HP XP P9000 Replication Manager Software 7.5.0-00 User Guide (TB584-96070, July 2013)

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• To specify the existing HORCM instances for which you do not want Replication Manager or

Device Manager to add or delete copy pairs or change copy pair statuses. You can view config-

uration information for copy groups and copy pairs included in the specified instance but cannot

perform any copy pair operations.

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HORCM instances created external to Replication Manager are not recognized and therefore not

provided in the list of candidate instances in the Create Group dialog box. You will need to perform

a configuration refresh for these instances to be recognized.

Related topics

• Creating copy groups, page 162

Creating copy groups

A copy group is created by assigning copy pairs to a pair group. For open systems pair configuration,

copy groups can be created on the 3. Group Management page of the Pair Configuration Wizard.

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If you need to stop the wizard before the copy pair configuration definition is completed, it can be

temporarily saved as a workflow. For more information, see “Saving workflows” on page 180.

To create a copy group:

1. Perform the following steps if you are creating a copy pair configuration definition from a saved

workflow:

1. From the Explorer menu, choose Tasks and then choose Workflows. A list of saved workflows

is displayed.

2. Select a saved workflow and click Edit Workflow.

2. On the 3. Group Management page of the Pair Configuration Wizard, select a pair group, and

then click Create Group.

The Create Group dialog box appears.

3. Specify the copy group name and pair management server for the primary and secondary

volumes.

4. Select an existing HORCM instance or specify HORCM related information (instance number

and communication port number) to create a new HORCM instance.

For details about how HORCM instances are managed by Replication Manager, see “About

HORCM instances” on page 161.

5. By default, Replication Manager automatically assigns an MU Number, which identifies the

generation number for backup volumes. To change this value, choose another from the drop-down

list.

For more information on the MU Number, see “Managing generations (replica

rotation)” on page 375.

6. Click OK to create a new copy group. The created copy group is displayed in the Copy Group

pane.

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