HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring Recover User's Guide (T5437-96008, November 2009)

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Action State Description
Automatic Action
Taken for Scheduled
and Automatic
Snapshots
User Interaction
Required for
Manual
Snapshots
Mirror
Complete
Good
Because the
mirror is complete,
the data on the
source and target
is synchronized.
Storage Mirroring
Recover will take
a snapshot while
the data is in a
good state.
Scheduled and
automatic snapshots
will occur normally.
Manual snapshots
can be taken
normally.
Write
Operation
Retried
Good
An operation
cannot be written
to the hard drive
on the target. For
example, the file
could be in use by
another
application on the
target.
Scheduled and
automatic snapshots
will occur normally,
although the operation
that is being retried will
not be included in the
snapshot.
Manual snapshots
can be taken
normally, although
the operation that
is being retried will
not be included in
the snapshot.
Write
Operation
Dropped
Bad
An operation
could not be
written to the hard
drive on the target,
even after multiple
retries. For
example, the file
could be in use by
another
application on the
target.
An automatic snapshot
will be taken just prior to
the operation being
dropped.
Scheduled snapshots
will be delayed until the
target data is back in a
good state.
Start a mirror, wait
until it is complete
and the data is in a
good state, and
then take a manual
snapshot.
Write
Operation
Succeeded
Good
An operation that
was retrying on
the target has
been successfully
written to the hard
Scheduled and
automatic snapshots
will occur normally.
Manual snapshots
can be taken
normally.