HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console Software User Manual

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is complete, the pair status changes to split, and you can access the split T-VOL. The
update copy operation is not performed on the pairs which status is split.

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If the HP disk array cannot maintain duplex status for any reason, or if you suspend the
pair, the pair status changes to suspend.

4.

When you start a pairresync operation, the pair status changes to resync or resync-r. When
the pairresync operation is complete, the pair status changes to Duplex.

When you specify reverse or quick restore mode for a pairresync operation, the pair status changes
to resync-r (data is copied in the reverse direction from the T-VOL to the S-VOL). For details on the
settings of the pairresync operation, see

(page 14)

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When you delete a pair, the status of the volumes that were used by that pair changes to Simplex.
You cannot delete the pair which status is V-Split.

Table 2 (page 21)

lists and describes the SIz pair status conditions.

Table 2 ShadowImage for Mainframe Pair Status

T-VOL Access

S-VOL Access

Host Status

Description

Status

N/A (there is no
T-VOL yet).

N/A (there is no
S-VOL yet).

S-VOL = SIMPLEX

T-VOL = SIMPLEX

The volume is not
assigned to an SIz
pair. The XP storage

Simplex

If the volume is
reserved as a T-VOL,

system accepts read
and write I/Os for all

the storage system

simplex volumes that
are not reserved.

does not accept read
and write I/Os.

Read/write-disabled

Read/write-enabled

S-VOL = PPRI-PNDG

The pair create
operation has been

Pending

T-VOL = PSEC-PNDG

accepted normally.
The initial copy
operation is
executed.

1

No update

copy operations are
performed.

Read/write-disabled

Read/write-enabled

S-VOL = PPRIMARY

The initial copy
operation is complete,

Duplex

T-VOL = PSECONDRY

and the XP storage
system starts
performing
asynchronous update
copy operations from
the S-VOL to the T-VOL
as needed. The S-VOL
and T-VOL of a duplex
pair may not be
identical.

Read/write-disabled

Read/write-enabled

S-VOL = PPRI-PNDG

The pair split
operation in Steady

SP-Pend

T-VOL = PSEC-PNDG

Split mode has been
accepted normally.
The split operation
starts a copy
operation.

1

All S-VOL

updates prior to the
split command are
being copied to the
T-VOL. When these
updates are complete,
the split T-VOL is
identical to the state of
the S-VOL when the
split started.

Pair Status

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