HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring Scripting Guide (T2558-96327, April 2009)

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction .........................................................1-1
Resources ......................................................................................... 1-1
Conventions used in this guide ......................................................... 1-2
Chapter 2 Clients and Scripts ................................................2-1
The Command Line Client ................................................................. 2-1
Storage Mirroring scripts .................................................................. 2-2
Logging on and off of Storage Mirroring ........................................... 2-3
Getting Help ..................................................................................... 2-4
Exiting .............................................................................................. 2-4
Chapter 3 Replication Sets ....................................................3-1
Creating a replication set .................................................................. 3-1
Modifying a replication set ................................................................ 3-4
Deleting a replication set .................................................................. 3-7
Calculating replication set size ......................................................... 3-8
Chapter 4 Establishing a Connection .....................................4-1
Chapter 5 Simulating a Connection .......................................5-1
Chapter 6 Managing Connections ..........................................6-1
Monitoring connections .................................................................... 6-1
Controlling an automatic mirror ........................................................ 6-3
Queuing Storage Mirroring data ........................................................ 6-3
Configuring automatic reconnections ............................................... 6-3
Configuring compression .................................................................. 6-4
Disconnecting a connection .............................................................. 6-5
Chapter 7 Mirroring and Replication .....................................7-1
Controlling mirroring ........................................................................ 7-1
Controlling an automatic mirror ........................................................ 7-3
Configuring customized mirror scripts .............................................. 7-3
Configuring and removing orphan files ............................................. 7-8
Starting replication ......................................................................... 7-10
Inserting tasks during replication ................................................... 7-10
Chapter 8 Verification ...........................................................8-1