4 preparing to use business continuity manager – HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual

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Differences in functionality between NORMAL ATTIME and Cnt Ac-J Z ATTIME Suspend
function..........................................................................................................................102

Functions that acquire volume information................................................................................103

Local scan.......................................................................................................................103
Remote scan....................................................................................................................103
NG scan........................................................................................................................105

Volumes used for NG scans..........................................................................................105
Copy types for which a copy group including Non Gen'ed volumes can be defined............106
Operating a copy group including Non Gen'ed volumes.................................................108
Notes on executing an NG scan...................................................................................109

The Logical Path Control function............................................................................................109

Inter-control unit logical paths............................................................................................110
Inter-disk controller logical paths........................................................................................111

Functions that monitor events and errors...................................................................................112

4 Preparing to use Business Continuity Manager...........................................114

Preparation overview............................................................................................................114
Specifying the Business Continuity Manager Log output destination.............................................115
Setting up Storage Systems....................................................................................................115
Settings in the Set Defaults panel............................................................................................116

Specifying the device address domain ID............................................................................116
Setting a prefix for configuration files..................................................................................117

Creating configuration files....................................................................................................117

Overview of configuration files..........................................................................................117
Required settings for configuration files...............................................................................120
Preparing the configuration files on each site.......................................................................120

Acquiring volume information (preparations)............................................................................121

Performing a local scan to acquire volume information..........................................................121
Performing an NG Scan (on a Non-Gen'ed Volume) to acquire device configuration
information.....................................................................................................................121
Performing a remote scan to acquire remote storage system information..................................121

Prerequisite conditions for performing a Remote Scan......................................................121
Specifying a Route List ID.............................................................................................122
Performing a Remote Scan............................................................................................122
Assigning a Dummy Device Number..............................................................................122

Creating a logical path.........................................................................................................123

Establishing a logical path................................................................................................123
Establishing an inter-control unit logical path.......................................................................124
Acquiring path information from a storage system................................................................124

Checking the prerequisite conditions for acquiring a port number......................................125

Establishing a logical path in the reverse direction................................................................126
Deleting a logical path.....................................................................................................126

Defining a journal group with path group IDs...........................................................................126
Setting up the Remote DKC Control Function environment...........................................................127

General procedure for setting up a Remote DKC Control Function environment.........................127
Prerequisite conditions for using the Remote DKC Control Function..........................................127
Configuring routes and command device lines.....................................................................128
Defining the route list........................................................................................................128

Procedure for defining the route list................................................................................128
Images for route list definitions......................................................................................129
Notes on defining the route list......................................................................................131

Registering a command device..........................................................................................132
Deleting command devices................................................................................................133

Deleting command devices registered in a route list.........................................................133
Deleting command devices not registered in a route list....................................................134

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