HP XP Racks - Manual (Page 70)

Figure 2 Using Thin Provisioning or Smart Tiers and Continuous Access Journal
The following table lists the supported Continuous Access Journal and Thin Provisioning or Smart
Tiers volume combinations.
Explanation Continuous Access
Journal journal volume Continuous Access
Journal S-VOL Continuous Access Journal
P-VOL
Supported. THP V-VOL that has the
OPEN-V emulation type
2
THP V-VOLs THP V-VOLs
Supported. THP V-VOL that has the
OPEN-V emulation type
2
Normal (ordinary)
volumes
1
THP V-VOLs
Supported. THP V-VOL that has the
OPEN-V emulation type
2
THP V-VOLs Normal (ordinary)
volumes
1
Note, however, that this combination
consumes the same amount of pool
capacity as the original normal volume
(primary volume).
1
Normal volumes include the internal volumes and external volumes that are mapped to the volumes of the external
storage system using External Storage. For more information on external volumes, see the HP XP7 External Storage
for Open and Mainframe Systems User Guide.
2
THP V-VOL that has a mainframe emulation type cannot be used.
You cannot specify a Thin Provisioning or Smart Tiers pool-VOL as a Continuous Access Journal
primary volume, secondary volume, or journal volume.
Business Copy
You can use Thin Provisioning or Smart Tiers in combination with Business Copy to replicate THP
V-VOLs.
The following table lists the interaction when the Business Copy primary volume and secondary
volume are also THP V-VOLs.
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