HP XP P9500 Storage - Manual (Page 114)

E Monitoring and maintaining the system (secondary
window)
This appendix provides information and instructions for monitoring and maintaining the Business
Copy system using the previous Remote Web Console GUI, which opens in a secondary window.
Monitoring the system (secondary window)
Monitoring helps you keep track of pairs and volumes and their current and past conditions.
Monitoring should be an ongoing activity. This section provides information for monitoring the
following:
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Pair status.
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Pair and pair volume details.
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Status and other pair information for pairs in a consistency group.
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S-VOL path information.
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Number of pairs in the storage system, with remaining license capacity.
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A pair’s history of operations.
Monitoring pair activity, status (secondary window)
Monitoring the Business Copy system is necessary to maintain your pairs.
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Each operation requires a specific status or statuses. When you want to perform a pair
command, first check the pair’s status.
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Pair-status changes when an operation is performed. Check status to see that pairs are operating
correctly and that status is changing to the appropriate state during and after the operation.
Monitoring using the Remote Web Console GUI is done at the user’s discretion. Monitoring should
be repeated frequently. Email notifications of problems in pair operations can be set up using the
GUI.
Procedure 17 To monitor pair status
1. In Remote Web Console, click Actions > Local Replications > BC/SS > Pair Operation.
2. Locate the pair whose status you want to review. Review pair status in the Status column.
You can view more details for the pair by right-clicking and selecting Detail. See “Reviewing pair,
volume details” (page 115) for field information.
Pair status definitions (secondary window)
When checking your pairs’ status in the Remote Web Console secondary window, click Refresh
View to make sure pair data is current.
See the following topics related to pair status:
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“Pair status definitions” (page 49)
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“Status, pair operations permitted (secondary window)” (page 114)
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“Status for L1, L2 pairs and operations permitted ” (page 51) .
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“Status of unaffected S-VOLs, operations permitted ” (page 53)
Status, pair operations permitted (secondary window)
A pair’s status shows whether a desired operation can be performed. Each operation requires a
specific status, or is permitted for multiple possible statuses.
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