Svoltakeover function, Svol-takeover function 350, Svol-takeover function – HP XP Continuous Access Software User Manual

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3. The swap operation is performed.

The swap operation must copy non-transmitted P-VOL data within the
timeout value specified by the –t timeout option.

4. The swap command returns after the synchronization between the

P-VOL and S-VOL.

XP256 microcode 52-47-xx and over

XP512/48 microcode 10-00-xx and over

XP1024/128

XP10000

XP12000

1. The S-VOL side RM issues a “suspend for swapping” to the S-VOL

side disk array.

2. Non-transmitted data that remains in the FIFO queue (sidefile) of the

P-VOL is copied to the S-VOL side.

3. A “resync for swapping” operation is performed.

The swap operation must copy non-transmitted P-VOL data within the
timeout value specified by the –t timeout option.

SVOL-takeover function

This function enables the takeover node to have exclusive access to the
S-VOL volume in SSUS (PSUS) state (reading and writing are enabled),
except in COPY state, on the assumption that the remote node, controlling
the P-VOL, is unavailable or unreadable.

The data consistency of the secondary volume is judged by its pair status
and fence level. If the data consistency check fails, the SVOL-takeover
function fails.

You can specify SVOL-takeover at the granularity of a paired logical
volume or group.

If this check proves that the data is consistent, this function runs to switch
to the primary volume using a Resync for Swapping. If this switch
succeeds, this function returns with swap-takeover. Otherwise, this

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