HP P9000 Replication Manager Software 7.3.1-00 Configuration Guide

• Using P9000 RAID Manager to configure pair volumes, page 77
• Device Manager and P9000 RAID Manager, page 77
• Starting and stopping P9000 RAID Manager, page 77
Command line interface for P9000 RAID Manager
Note the following precautions regarding using the P9000 RAID Manager command line interface:
• Do not use the P9000 RAID Manager command line interface while carrying out replica operations
from Replication Manager.
• If you use the P9000 RAID Manager command line interface to change a copy pair configuration,
be sure and refresh the system from Device Manager, followed by updating the pair configuration
and refreshing the hosts from Replication Manager.
Protection function of P9000 RAID Manager
Application Agent does not support the protection function of P9000 RAID Manager. This function
should be disabled on servers where Application Agent is installed.
Using P9000 RAID Manager to configure pair volumes
Within a copy group, only include the pair volumes for one application. If the pair volumes of multiple
applications are mixed together in one copy group, unintended backups and restorations might occur.
Device Manager and P9000 RAID Manager
For P9000 RAID Manager to be started on the database and/or backup servers automatically, Device
Manager Agent needs to be installed on both servers.
If Device Manager Agent is not installed, you must manually start the P9000 RAID Manager instance
on both the backup and database servers before carrying out replica operations. (If P9000 RAID
Manager is not started, the replica operation will fail.)
Starting and stopping P9000 RAID Manager
Application Agent automatically starts and stops the local P9000 RAID Manager instance as needed.
However, if P9000 RAID Manager is already running when Application Agent executes a command,
P9000 RAID Manager might not be stopped when the command completes. You should take this into
account when choosing the startup method for each P9000 RAID Manager instance.
Settings for Application Agent in a cluster configuration (MSCS)
This section describes the steps necessary to configure replica operations properly in a cluster
configuration. Application Agent provides a dedicated command (drmjobsch.exe) for switching
the target node. You must set up this command in the cluster software so that it runs automatically
when a failover occurs.
Verify the following before performing the appropriate procedure for the cluster software you are
using:
• Application Agent and the cluster software have been installed successfully.
• You have logged in as a member of the Administrators group.
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