HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual
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Contents
1 Overview of HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Software.............19
Why use Business Continuity Manager?....................................................................................19
Communication with HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software.....................20
Products that can be controlled by Business Continuity Manager...................................................21
Business Copy Z (BC Z)......................................................................................................21
Continuous Access Synchronous Z (Cnt Ac-S Z)......................................................................22
TrueCopy Asynchronous for Mainframe (TCA)........................................................................22
Continuous Access Journal Z (Cnt Ac-J Z)..............................................................................22
How to preserve consistency...........................................................................................24
How to check whether consistency is preserved.................................................................26
Open/MF consistency groups.............................................................................................27
Copy group containers.......................................................................................................28
Extended consistency groups...............................................................................................29
Consistency times and consistency delta values......................................................................31
Description of consistency times and consistency delta values and how to use them...............31
How to view consistency group and EXCTG values............................................................34
2DC configuration.............................................................................................................35
3DC Cascade (Cnt Ac-S Z x Cnt Ac-J Z) configuration.............................................................35
3DC Cascade (Cnt Ac-J Z x Cnt Ac-J Z) configuration..............................................................36
3DC Multi-Target (Cnt Ac-S Z x Cnt Ac-J Z) configuration.........................................................36
3DC Multi-Target (Cnt Ac-J Z x Cnt Ac-J Z) configuration..........................................................37
Delta Resync configuration..................................................................................................37
2DC configuration with HyperSwap and Continuous Access Journal Z......................................37
4x4 configuration..............................................................................................................38
4x4x4 Cascade configuration.............................................................................................39
4x4x4 Multi-Target configuration..........................................................................................40
Compatible FlashCopy linkage configuration.........................................................................41
Functions supporting automatic operation (BCM Monitor).............................................................41
Business Continuity Manager functions......................................................................................42
Disaster recovery functions..................................................................................................42
Operational testing function................................................................................................42
Functions that support copy group definitions and operations...................................................43
Specified time suspend functions..........................................................................................43
Functions for acquiring volume information............................................................................43
Logical Path Control function................................................................................................44
For monitoring events and errors..........................................................................................44
Functionalities dependent on the storage system..........................................................................44
Storage system identification ...................................................................................................47
Setting up Business Continuity Manager....................................................................................49
2 Business Continuity Manager with replication products..................................50
Storage system settings and copy group definitions.....................................................................50
Replication products and data center configurations....................................................................51
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