HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console Software User Manual
HP Storage
HP StorageWorks
XP24000/XP20000 Continuous Access
Software User Guide
Abstract
This guide explains how to use HP StorageWorks XP Continuous Access Software to protect information stored on HP
StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 disk arrays from local disaster by continuously copying local data across Fibre Channel
connections to remote XP disk arrays. Topics include configuring and managing remote copies using Remote Web Console,
recovering from a disaster, troubleshooting, and using XP Continuous Access for data migration and point-in-time replication.
The intended audience is a storage system administrator or authorized service provider with independent knowledge of HP
StorageWorks XP storage systems and Remote Web Console.
HP Part Number: T5278-96046
Published: May 2011
Edition: Fifteenth
Document Outline
- XP24000/XP20000 Continuous Access Software User Guide
- Contents
- 1 Overview of XP Continuous Access Software
- 2 About XP Continuous Access Operations
- XP Continuous Access Components
- XP Continuous Access Remote Copy Operations
- XP Continuous Access Asynchronous Recordset Operations
- XP Continuous Access Synchronous Consistency Group Operations
- XP Continuous Access Asynchronous Consistency Group Operations
- Pair Status
- Interoperability with Other Products and Functions
- 3 Preparing for XP Continuous Access Operations
- 4 Using the XP Continuous Access GUI
- 5 Performing XP Continuous Access Configuration Operations
- 6 Performing XP Continuous Access Pair Operations
- Preparing for XP Continuous Access Pair Operations
- Creating XP Continuous Access Pairs
- Changing Pair Options
- Viewing XP Continuous Access Pair Status
- Splitting XP Continuous Access Pairs
- Resynchronizing XP Continuous Access Pairs
- Releasing XP Continuous Access Pairs
- Powering Off/On XP Continuous Access Components
- Pinned Track Recovery for XP Continuous Access Volumes
- 7 Usage Scenarios
- Data Migration Using XP Continuous Access Synchronous
- Point-in-Time (PiT) Data Duplication Using XP Continuous Access Asynchronous
- Using XP Continuous Access for Disaster Recovery Operations
- Considering the P-VOL Fence Level Setting
- Setting the Fence Level
- Transferring Sense Information Between Sites
- File and Database Recovery Procedures
- Switching Operations to the Remote Site
- Analyzing the Currency of XP Continuous Access Synchronous S-VOLs
- Analyzing the Consistency of XP Continuous Access Asynchronous S-VOLs
- Transferring Operations Back to the Primary Site
- Resuming Normal Operations at the Primary Site
- 8 Troubleshooting
- 9 Support and Other Resources
- A XP Continuous Access Load Balancing and Sidefile Management and Control
- B Retention of Pair Consistency using the Consistency Group of the XP Continuous Access Synchronous
- Glossary
- Index