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

Figure 10 Operation workflow of managing a mainframe host

Related products

This section describes the products related to Device Manager and Tiered Storage Manager.

Replication Manager

Replication Manager provides centralized management of configurations and operating statuses

of replication volumes distributed over a storage network. The Replication Manager GUI can be

displayed from Device Manager GUI.

Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager

Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager manages each LUN path between a storage system and host.

HP Storage Essential

HP Storage Essential acts as the main console for heterogeneous storage infrastructure management

software, providing SAN visualization and reporting, asset management, performance and ca-

pacity monitoring and planning, and policy-driven event management.

System requirements for managing copy pairs

Device Manager improves reliability of the system by replicating storage system volumes and providing

redundancy of important business data.

For Device Manager, a pair of the primary volume (P-VOL) and the secondary volume (S-VOL) to be

replicated is called a copy pair.

In Device Manager , the following components can be used to manage copy pairs:

• GUI

By launching the Replication Manager GUI from the Device Manager GUI, you can define copy

pairs or change pair statuses. Even if the Replication Manager license is not registered, you can

use a part of the Replication Manager functionality by only using the Device Manager license.

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