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5.

You restore the suspended FS pair (“PSUS” status) (see

“Workflow for restoring suspended

Fast Snap pairs” (page 81)

).

The snapshot data is overwritten to the P-VOL. The FS pair status first changes to “RCPY” and
then the volumes are paired (“PAIR” status).

6.

You complete one of the following while the volumes are paired (“PAIR” status):

You exceed the pool capacity by reaching the total capacity of snapshot data in the pool.

NOTE:

You can add data to the pool only up to the predetermined pool capacity limit.

Make sure you meet the pool capacity requirements (see

“Fast Snap data pool

requirements” (page 30)

).

You restore the pair. A failure occurs and the pair is suspended (“PSUE” status).

You reach the maximum pool usage rate (100%).

The FS pair is suspended (“PSUE” status).

The status of FS pairs depends on whether the hosts can read from or write to the FS pair P-VOL
or S-VOLs.

The following table explains the host access and pair status.

S-VOL

P-VOL

FS pair status

Write

Read

Write

Read

No

No

Yes

Yes

SMPL(PD)

No

No

Yes

Yes

COPY

No

No

Yes

Yes

PAIR/PFUL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

PSUS/PFUS

No

No

Yes

Yes

RCPY

No

No

Yes

Yes

PSUE

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Yes: Hosts can access the volume

No: Hosts cannot access the volume

CAUTION:

If a host uses a software application to monitor FS pair volumes other than FS, the

S-VOL status determines if the software application ends abnormally. For example, if the S-VOLs
are in a status other than “PSUS” and “PFUS”, the host can reject access.

If a host connects to at least two ports, an abnormality can occur with ports that are not connected
to S-VOLs rejecting access from hosts. To resolve these issues, close the software application that
monitors volumes.

The copy threshold option and host server I/O performance

During the replication process, the host server I/O performance can decrease as the workload on
the XP7 storage system increases. Enable the copy threshold option to help minimize the decline
of host server I/O performance by lowering the workload on the storage system.

Related topics

For more information about enabling the copy threshold option, contact HP Technical Support.

HP XP7 for Compatible FlashCopy Mirroring User Guide.

The copy threshold option and host server I/O performance

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