Business copy operations, Business copy duplicated mirroring – HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual

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Continuous Access Synchronous operations, please see the HP P9000 Continuous Access
Synchronous User Guide
for your storage system.

Business Copy operations

Figure 47 (page 122)

illustrates a Business Copy configuration. The Business Copy commands also

support the functionality that links the system operation for the purpose of volume backup among
UNIX servers managed by the operating system. For detailed information about the operational
requirements and specifications for Business Copy, see the HP P9000 Business Copy User Guide
for your storage system.

Following is a list of sample Business Copy functions that can be executed using RAID Manager
commands:

Pair creation: Creates a new volume pair. Volume pairs can be created in units of volumes
or groups.

Pair splitting: Splits a volume pair and allows read and write access to the secondary volume.

Pair resynchronization: Resynchronizes a split volume pair based on the primary volume. The
primary volume remains accessible during resynchronization.

Pair resynchronization with restore option: Resynchronizes a split pair based on the secondary
volume (reverse resync). The primary volume is not accessible during resync with restore option.

Event waiting: Used for waiting for the completion of a volume pair creation or
resynchronization to check the pair status.

Pair status display and configuration confirmation: Displays the pair status and configuration
of the volume pairs; this can also be used for checking the completion of a pair creation or
pair resynchronization.

Figure 47 Business Copy system configuration

Business Copy duplicated mirroring

Duplicated mirroring of a single primary volume is possible when the Business Copy feature is
used. The duplicated mirror volumes of the P-VOL are expressed as virtual volumes using the mirror
descriptors (MU#0-2) in the configuration diagram as shown below.

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Data replication operations with RAID Manager

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