HP XP P9500 Storage - Manual (Page 32)

4 Performing configuration operations
This chapter provides instructions for configuring Business Copy.
Configuration workflow
Setup for Business Copy consists of the following operations. You must have Storage Administrator
(Local Copy) role to perform Business Copy operations.
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“Setting up primary and secondary volumes” (page 32) .
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“Reserving secondary volumes ” (page 32) . (Optional.)
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“System options that affect performance” (page 33) . (Optional.)
Setting up primary and secondary volumes
The primary and secondary volumes must be set up prior to making copies. Insure that the volumes
you plan to use meet the requirements for pair volumes in
“Planning pair volumes” (page 13) .
Reserving secondary volumes
This is an optional feature that allows you to reserve SMPL volumes for use as secondary volumes.
The storage system rejects write I/Os to reserved volumes (except in PSUS status).
Prerequisite information
Volumes must be:
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In SMPL status
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Unreserved and unpaired
Procedure 1 To reserve a volume
1. In the tree, click Replications > Local Replications, then click the Reserve Volumes tab.
2. In the Reserve Volumes tab, click Add Reserve Volumes.
3. In the Add Reserve Volumes window/Available LDEVs table, select the LDEV you want for a
reserved volume and click Add. This action moves the LDEV to the Selected LDEVs table.
4. Click Finish.
5. In the Confirm window, enter a Task Name then click Apply.
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