Handling automatic transparent failover, Vmware vmsc certification—uniform host access – HP 3PAR Operating System Software User Manual

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Figure 52 VMware vMSC Certification—Uniform Host Access

Uniform host access provides:

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Protection against storage failure

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Active load balancing

Handling Automatic Transparent Failover

To handle automatic failover, each HP 3PAR StoreServ stores its individual quorum state. Quorums
can be in one of the following states:

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Not started

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Initializing

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Started

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Failover

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Failsafe

The failure of HP 3PAR StoreServ array A will result in loss of remote-copy links and updates to the
quorum witness. A peer-persistence failover is automatically initiated on HP 3PAR StoreServ SystemB,
which now becomes the source. When HP 3PAR StoreServ SystemA recovers, and remote-copy
links are re-established, SystemA notices that SystemB is now the source. See

Figure 53 (page 144)

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HP 3PAR Peer Persistence Quorum

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