HP XP Racks User Manual

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When Executing Copy Group Operation Commands............................................................310
Batch Processing for Multiple Copy Pairs.............................................................................311
Copy Pair Operations Common to All Copy Types................................................................312
Copy Pair Operations for BC Z and TCA.............................................................................312
Copy Pair Operations for BC Z..........................................................................................313
Copy Pair Operations for Cnt Ac-S Z..................................................................................313
Copy Pair Operations for Cnt Ac-J Z...................................................................................313
Messages Output from Business Continuity Manager............................................................313

Using configuration files........................................................................................................314
Working with scripts.............................................................................................................314

Expanding to REXX Variables............................................................................................314
Acquiring Copy Pair Status................................................................................................315
Creating and Dissolving Copy Pairs....................................................................................315
Changing the Copy Pair Status..........................................................................................315
Monitoring the Copy Pair Status.........................................................................................315
Checking the copy group configuration...............................................................................315
Sample Script..................................................................................................................315
About Scripts and YKLOAD...............................................................................................315

Operating a copy group.......................................................................................................316

Preparing to Use a Copy Group........................................................................................316
Starting Backup Operations...............................................................................................316
Suspending a Copy Group...............................................................................................316
Resynchronizing a Copy Group.........................................................................................316
Displaying the Status of a Copy Group...............................................................................316
Operating a Copy Group.................................................................................................316
Creating a Copy Group....................................................................................................317
Backing Up a Copy Group...............................................................................................319
Operational Testing..........................................................................................................319

Backup operations using the Cnt Ac-J Z ATTIME Suspend function...............................................320

Status During Normal Operations......................................................................................320
Obtaining Cnt Ac-J Z ATTIME Backups................................................................................321
If an Error Occurs While Copy Pairs Are Suspended.............................................................323
Determining the Volume to Be Used for Restoration...............................................................324

Check whether the Cnt Ac-J Z S-VOL is usable.................................................................324
Check which Business Copy S-VOL generation is usable...................................................324

Setting and Canceling ATTIME Suspension Information.........................................................324

Monitoring status and changing configurations in a 3DC Cascade (Cnt Ac-S Z x Cnt Ac-J Z)
configuration........................................................................................................................325

Monitoring the Copy Status...............................................................................................325

When the Cnt Ac-S consistency preservation function is not used.......................................326
When the Cnt Ac-S consistency preservation function is used.............................................327

Changing Configurations of Cnt Ac-S Z and Cnt Ac-J Z Copy Groups.....................................327

Using Compatible FlashCopy linkage configurations.................................................................330

Using the Compatible FlashCopy Linkage Function in a 2DC Configuration.............................330

Compatible FlashCopy Linkage When the Copy Pair Is in the DUPLEX Status.......................331
Compatible FlashCopy linkage using the Preserve Mirror function when the copy pair is in the
DUPLEX status (Continuous Access Synchronous Z)...........................................................332
Compatible FlashCopy Linkage When the Copy Pair Is in the Suspend Status......................334

Using the Compatible FlashCopy Linkage Function in a 3DC Multi-Target (Cnt Ac-S Z x Cnt Ac-J
Z) Configuration..............................................................................................................335
Determining the Compatible FlashCopy Copy Status.............................................................337

How to determine the Compatible FlashCopy copy status.................................................337
Example of a script that determines the Compatible FlashCopy copy status.........................338

Monitoring PPRC copy pairs...................................................................................................338
Using an Open/MF consistency group....................................................................................339

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