HP XP P9500 Storage - Manual (Page 50)

Register journal volumes in a journal
You set up journal volumes by registering them in a journal. The procedure is provided below.
Prerequisite information
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The emulation type of the volume that can be registered in the journal is only OPEN-V. For
details, see
(page 17) .
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Journal volumes must be registered in a journal before the initial pair-copy operation is
performed.
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Journal volumes must be registered on both local and remote systems.
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A journal can contain up to 64 journal volumes.
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Journal volumes must be set up and sized according to your Continuous Access Journal system’s
requirements. For more information, see
“Sizing journal volumes ” (page 22) .
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Journal volumes can be added to a journal under the following conditions:
The journal is not used. ◦
◦ When pair operations are not in progress and the status of the journal of the mirror is
Active, Stopped, Hold, Holding, or Hold(Failure).
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Journal volumes cannot be added to a journal under the following conditions:
When pair operations are in progress and the status of the journal of the mirror is Active,
Stopped, Hold, Holding, or Hold(Failure). ◦
◦ When Cache Residency settings are defined for the volumes.
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If a path (LU path) is defined from a host to a volume, you cannot register the volume to a
journal. Also, a journal volume cannot have a LU path defined to it from a host. Hosts cannot
read from and write to journal volumes.
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Do not register a volume to a journal during quick formatting. Doing so stalls quick formatting
operation.
To register journal volumes
1. In Remote Web Console, select Actions > Remote Copy > Continuous Access Journal > Journal
Operation. The Journal Operation window is displayed.
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