HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition Administrator Guide (Web Version) (TK981-96004, May 2014)

Managing copy pairs
If you use Device Manager or Replication Manager to manage copy pairs, depending on the
environment, you must change property settings on the Device Manager agent or the Replication
Manager server.
• If RAID Manager is installed in a location other than the default location, or if the host OS is
Windows and the RAID Manager installation drive is different from the Device Manager agent
installation drive:
server.agent.rm.location property in the server.properties file of the Device Manager
agent
• If you want to centrally manage copy pairs in the storage system managed by the Device Manager
server from the management target host:
server.agent.rm.centralizePairConfiguration property in the server.properties
file of the Device Manager agent
CAUTION:
To create or add a copy pair definition for a mainframe volume to the configuration definition
file, the copy pair management method must be central management.
• If the host that recognizes copy pairs is a virtual machine:
server.agent.rm.ignorePairStatus property in the server.properties file of the
Device Manager agent
CAUTION:
If you want to check the latest copy pair information by using the GUI or CLI, take either of the
following actions depending on the copy pair management method.
If local management is used: Refresh the storage systems.
If central management is used: Refresh the pair management server.
• To use an SVP as a virtual command device to manage copy pairs defined as a device group:
When P-VOLs and S-VOLs are assigned to the management server, the following property must
be set:
server.agent.rm.ignorePairStatus property in the server.properties file of the
Device Manager agent
To check the latest copy pair information via the GUI or CLI, refresh the storage systems.
• If copy pairs are managed that have been defined by using a device group or a virtual command
device
Because responses to RAID Manager commands take more time than when managing copy pairs
in a configuration using physical command devices, processing by the Device Manager agent
might terminate in an error. HP recommends that you change the following property values in
advance:
• server.agent.rm.moduleTimeOut property in the server.properties file of the
Device Manager agent
Set the value to 1800 or greater.
• agent.rm.TimeOut property in the agent.properties file of the Device Manager agent
Using the Device Manager agent202