HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual
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HP XP P9000 for Compatible FlashCopy
Mirroring User Guide
Abstract
This guide explains how to use HP XP P9000 FlashCopy Mirroring Software to create and use point-in-time copies of data
stored by mainframe hosts on HP XP P9000 disk arrays. Topics include installing the license, creating copy pairs using PPRC,
TSO, DFSMSdss
and ICKDSF command utilities, and restoring source volumes using reverse copy. The intended audience
is a storage administrator with independent knowledge of HP XP P9000 storage systems, HP Remote Web Console, and
mainframe host operating systems and command utilities.
HP Part Number: AV400-96600
Published: January 2014
Edition: Eleventh
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- HP XP P9000 for Compatible FlashCopy Mirroring User Guide
- Contents
- 1 About Compatible FlashCopy operations
- About Compatible FlashCopy
- Establishing a Compatible FlashCopy relationship
- Copy modes
- Copying by volume
- Copying by dataset
- Using Consistency Groups for Dataset Copies that Span Volumes
- Incremental FlashCopy function
- Reverse Restore function
- Fast Reverse Restore function
- FlashCopy to PPRC Primary Volume function
- Remote Compatible FlashCopy function
- Compatible FlashCopy to Continuous Access Journal Z Primary Volume Function
- Preserve Mirror Compatible FlashCopy Function
- Releasing Compatible FlashCopy relationships
- Interoperability with other products and functions
- Optimizing Volumes
- 2 Preparing for Compatible FlashCopy operations
- Requirements of Compatible FlashCopy
- Calculating the maximum number of Compatible FlashCopy relationships
- Selecting Prior operation
- FC Ext. Slower Copy1 Option
- FC Ext. Slower Copy2 Option
- Cautions on turning off the power while using Compatible FlashCopy
- Installing and removing Compatible FlashCopy
- License Capacity Requirements
- 3 Performing Compatible FlashCopy operations
- Operating commands for Compatible FlashCopy
- Operating systems supporting Compatible FlashCopy
- Setting options
- Establishing relationships by volumes for Compatible FlashCopy
- Establishing relationships by extents for Compatible FlashCopy
- Using z/VM CP to establish relationships for Compatible FlashCopy
- Using z/VM FlashCopy to establish relationships
- Using z/VM FLASHCOPY ESTABLISH to establish relationships
- Using z/VM FLASHCOPY BACKGNDCOPY to start up background copying
- Using z/VM FLASHCOPY RESYNC to re-establish relationships
- Using z/VM FLASHCOPY TGTWRITE command to remove write-protection from an S-VOL
- Suspending Write Operations to S-VOLs while establishing relationships for Compatible FlashCopy
- Viewing relationship states of Compatible FlashCopy
- Viewing resource information
- Releasing Compatible FlashCopy relationships
- Using PPRC TSO to release Compatible FlashCopy relationships
- Case 1: TDEVN Specified, DDSW = NO
- Case 2: TDEVN Specified, DDSW = NO, XTNTLST Parameter Specified
- Case 3: SDEVN and TDEVN Specified, DDSW = NO
- Case 4 (a, b): SDEVN and TDEVN Specified, DDSW = NO, XTNTLST Parameter Specified
- Case 5: SDEVN and TDEVN Specified, DDSW = YES
- Case 6: SDEVN and TDEVN Specified, DDSW = YES, XTNTLST Parameter Specified
- Case 7: DEVN Specified, ACTION = THAW
- USING ICKDSF to release Compatible FlashCopy relationships
- Using ANTRQST macro to release Compatible FlashCopy relationships
- Using z/VM CP to release Compatible FlashCopy relationships
- Using PPRC TSO to release Compatible FlashCopy relationships
- 4 Performing Compatible FlashCopy SE operations
- Overview of FlashCopy SE
- Best practice for using Compatible FlashCopy SE
- Requirements for using Compatible FlashCopy SE
- Creating and modifying pools and TSE-VOLs for Compatible FlashCopy SE
- About Operating Pools and TSE-VOLS
- Notes when sharing pool with THP V-VOL
- Establishing relationships for FlashCopy SE
- Viewing relationship states of Compatible FlashCopy SE
- Releasing relationships for Compatible FlashCopy SE
- Viewing TSE-VOL or pool information using LISTDATA
- 5 Feature comparison with IBM product
- Feature comparison with IBM product
- Comparison of the maximum number of relationships between IBM FlashCopy and HP Compatible FlashCopy
- Comparison of copying processes
- Comparison of processing in releasing relationships
- Comparing IBM FlashCopy SE and Compatible FlashCopy SE
- Comparison of supporting commands
- 6 Troubleshooting
- 7 Support and other resources
- A Compatible FlashCopy GUI reference
- B Performing Compatible FlashCopy operations (secondary window)
- C Compatible FlashCopy GUI reference (secondary window)
- Glossary
- Index