Notes on executing an ng scan, The logical path control function – HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual

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Figure 62 Copy group operation for Non Gen'ed volumes using a Gen'ed volume that is a BC Z
pair

Notes on executing an NG scan

Do not execute both a local scan and an NG scan on the same volume. Doing so enables
the disk configuration definition files for both the local scan and NG scan. Therefore, carefully
consider that the same volume is defined as the P-VOL and S-VOL of the Business Copy.

If a Gen'ed volume is changed to a Non Gen'ed volume, or if a Non Gen'ed volume is
changed to a Gen'ed volume, you need to rescan and then redefine the copy groups. Before
re-scanning, delete unnecessary disk configuration definition files.

When disk configuration is acquired using an NG scan on any of the storage systems below,
the capacities of the discovered volumes are not acquired. Therefore, the P-VOLs' and S-VOLs'
capacities for pairs cannot be checked by BCM. Make sure that you define pairs so that the
capacities of the P-VOLs and S-VOLs are equal when using disk configuration information
acquired using an NG scan of any of the following storage systems.

XP12000 Disk Array

XP24000 Disk Array

The Logical Path Control function

Use one of the types of Logical Path Control functions to establish and delete remote inter-disk
controller paths, and create an environment for logical paths required for operations from the
primary site to Business Continuity Manager.

There are two types of logical paths:

Inter-control unit logical paths

Inter-disk controller logical paths

The available path type differs for each copy type as shown in the following table.

Path Type

Copy type

Inter-disk controller logical

path

Inter-control unit logical

path

No

Yes

Cnt Ac-S Z or TCA

Yes

No

Cnt Ac-J Z

Legend:

Yes: Can be used.

No: Cannot be used.

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