HP StorageWorks XP Command View Advanced Edition software Device Manager server installation and configuration guide (web version) (T1780-96078, March 2008)

Setup for managing copy pairs
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6-4 Creating configuration definition files for XP
RAID Manager
This section describes copy pair management in conjunction with Device Manager when XP RAID
Manager or XP Protection Manager is already being used for copy pair management.
6-4-1 Using Device Manager when XP RAID Manager
manages existing copy pairs
If a copy pair is already managed by XP RAID Manager, the copy pair can be managed by Device
Manager once Device Manager is installed.
CAUTION: If you want to use Device Manager to control copy pairs managed by XP RAID
Manager, the configuration definition file on the host that manages the P-VOL of the copy pair and
the configuration definition file on the host that manages the S-VOL of the copy pair must have the
same group name and the same pair name. If different names are specified, Device Manager
cannot control that copy pair. In addition, if you want to manage multiple copy pairs by using the
same host, the combination of group name and pair name must be unique for each copy pair. If
there is more than one copy pair that has the same combination of group name and pair name,
modify the configuration definition file.
NOTE: When you install the Device Manager agent, the Device Manager agent properties must
be configured if the installation drive of XP RAID Manager in Windows is different from the
installation drive of the Device Manager agent. For details about the Device Manager agent
properties to be configured, see the HP StorageWorks XP Command View Advanced Edition
software Device Manager agent installation and configuration guide.
To avoid malfunctions and to shorten the processing time of Device Manager, exclude (from Device
Manager operations) copy pairs that you do not plan to control from Device Manager. You can do
this by performing the following operations:
• Check the number for XP RAID Manager HORCM instance that is managing the copy pair.
• In the following property in the Device Manager agent property file, enter the HORCM instance
that you want to exclude from Device Manager operations. Separate HORCM instances by
commas if you want to enter multiple HORCM instances.
Property file name: server.properties
Property name: server.agent.rm.exclusion.instance
Example:
server.agent.rm.exclusion.instance=0,1,2
• Restart the Device Manager agent service (daemon).
6-4-2 Using Device Manager web client to create a
configuration definition file for XP RAID Manager
Device Manager web client allows you to create a configuration definition file. This configuration
definition file is used when XP RAID Manager is used to create copy pairs.
NOTE: This function is provided for system administrators who use XP RAID Manager to manage
copy pairs.