Combining bc and continuous access xp operations – HP XP Business Copy Software User Manual

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Business Copy XP (BC) for the XP128/XP1024

CAUTION:

See

Pairresync operations

” on page 19 for important information on performing quick

restore operations on Cache LUN XP volumes.

Continuous Access XP. Continuous Access XP volumes can be assigned to BC pairs, and BC volumes

can be assigned to

Continuous Access XP

pairs. See

Combining BC and Continuous Access XP

operations

” on page 34 for important information on BC and

Continuous Access XP

shared volume

configurations.

Auto LUN XP. BC can be assigned to Auto LUN XP migration volumes. However, if the BC P-VOL is

already paired with three S-VOLs, delete the BC pairs before migrating the volumes. Also, to assign BC

volumes to destination migration volumes or reserve BC volumes for Auto LUN XP, delete the BC

volumes or unreserve the BC volumes before using them with Auto LUN XP. If you assign a BC P-VOL

that is already paired with three S-VOLs to Auto LUN XP migration volumes, or assign BC volumes to

Auto LUN XP volumes other than migration volumes, the command will be rejected.
If you split the BC pair assigned to Auto LUN XP migration volumes, migration of those volumes will be

canceled.

NOTE:

You cannot use Auto LUN XP migration, destination, and reserved volumes for BC pair

operations (the command will be rejected). To use Auto LUN XP volumes for BC pair operations, use

Auto LUN XP to release the volumes.

Combining BC and Continuous Access XP operations

BC and

Continuous Access XP

can function together in the same disk array to provide both internal and

remote backup for important data.

NOTE:

BC is recommended for intra-disk array copy operations. If BC is not installed, use

Continuous Access XP

(synchronous only) to copy within the same local disk array. This

Continuous Access XP

configuration

requires at least one external ESCON® cable loop (minimum of two is recommended).

Combining BC L1 and L2 pairs with

Continuous Access XP

volumes is allowed.

Continuous Access XP

considers node and leaf volumes secondary volumes (S-VOLs).

NOTE:

Reverse resync and quick restore operations cannot be performed on BC/Co

ntinuous Access XP

shared volume pairs.

The configuration shown in

Figure 10

is an example of a volume functioning as both a Continuous Access

XP P-VOL and BC P-VOL. With this configuration, you can perform the following:

Use BC to provide on-site backup copies of

Continuous Access XP

P-VOLs

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