Sample replication product combinations – HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual

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When Continuous Access Journal Z is linked with Compatible FlashCopy, the following functions
might not operate correctly because the timestamp information assigned to the I/O is not
inherited:

Consistency Preservation Function in a 4x4 configuration

Cnt Ac-J Z ATTIME suspend function

Table 15 (page 68)

lists Continuous Access Synchronous Z copy group attributes which can

be set when using the Preserve Mirror function.

Table 15 Continuous Access Synchronous Z copy group attributes that can be set when using
the Preserve Mirror function

Description

Possibility of the setting

Items displayed on the Copy Group

Attributes panel

Specifies the specification of
consistency group IDs.

N

C/T ID

Specifies how to handle the P-VOL
after suspension (fence level).

Y

FENCE LVL

Specifies whether to freeze the
storage system when a failure
suspension (SUSPER) occurs.

Y

FREEZE SCP

Specifies whether to forward the
writing timestamp to the S-VOL
(timestamp transfer mode).

Y

TIMESTAMP

Specifies the differential-data
management unit.

Can be set to only TRK.

DIF UNIT

Specifies whether to use the
Open/MF Consistency Preservation
function.

N

OPEN/MF

Legend: Y: Can be set; N: Cannot be set

Configurations cannot be created in which Continuous Access Synchronous Z copy pairs that
use the Preserve Mirror function are combined with other copy pairs.

Sample replication product combinations

Different replication products can be used concurrently for the same volume.

Figure 30 (page 68)

through

Figure 34 (page 69)

give examples of basic replication product combinations.

Figure 30 3DC Cascade (Cnt Ac-S Z x Cnt Ac-J Z) configuration

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Business Continuity Manager with replication products

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