HP XP P9000 Replication Manager Software 7.6.0-00 User Guide

About configuration definition file formats ..................................................................... 150
About creating copy pair configuration definitions ................................................................ 151
Copy pair configuration conditions .............................................................................. 151
Prerequisites for pair configuration ............................................................................... 152
Storage system conditions for pair configuration definition ............................................... 153
Conditions for volume selection ................................................................................... 154
Conditions for primary volumes that can be added (open systems) .................................. 154
Conditions for primary volumes that can be added (mainframe systems) ........................... 154
Conditions for secondary volumes that can be added (open systems) .............................. 154
Conditions for secondary volumes that can be added (mainframe systems) ...................... 155
Creating pairs and pair groups .......................................................................................... 156
Editing pair names ........................................................................................................... 157
About filtering candidate volumes ....................................................................................... 158
Conditions affecting displayed storage system information ............................................... 158
Selecting multiple candidate volumes .................................................................................. 158
About volume capacity checking ........................................................................................ 159
Defining copy groups .............................................................................................................. 159
About copy groups ........................................................................................................... 159
Copy group requirements for pair configuration (mainframe systems) ................................ 160
About assigning CTGID/JNLGID for copy pairs .................................................................... 160
Conditions for creating local copy pairs with the CTG option ........................................... 160
Configuring open and mainframe consistency groups ........................................................... 161
About HORCM instances .................................................................................................. 161
Creating copy groups ....................................................................................................... 162
Changing copy group names ............................................................................................ 163
Associating pair groups with copy groups ........................................................................... 164
Creating a container with multiple copy groups (mainframe systems) ............................................. 165
Supported copy group and container combinations .............................................................. 165
Defining multi-target and cascade configurations ........................................................................ 166
About multi target and cascade copy pair configurations ...................................................... 166
Copy type requirements for pair configuration definitions ................................................ 166
Permitted topologies for cascade and multi-target configurations ...................................... 168
About delta resync ........................................................................................................... 169
Limitations when performing 3DC configuration pair operations (mainframe systems) .......... 169
Defining copy groups in a multi-target or cascade configuration ............................................. 169
Creating a 3DC multi-target configuration ........................................................................... 170
Scheduling and managing tasks ............................................................................................... 170
About tasks ..................................................................................................................... 170
About task statuses ........................................................................................................... 172
About task types (open systems) ......................................................................................... 173
About task types (mainframe systems) .................................................................................. 173
Scheduling tasks .............................................................................................................. 174
Modifying task execution schedule ............................................................................... 174
Editing tasks .............................................................................................................. 175
Viewing a list of tasks ....................................................................................................... 177
Canceling tasks ............................................................................................................... 177
Deleting tasks .................................................................................................................. 178
Distributing copy group definitions (mainframe) .......................................................................... 178
About distributing copy group definitions ............................................................................. 178
Example of copy group definition distribution scenario .................................................... 179
Prerequisites for distribution destination hosts (copy group definitions) ............................... 179
Conditions for changing copy group distribution primary host .......................................... 179
Conditions that disrupt copy group distribution relationships ............................................ 180
About pre-distribution of copy group definition files ............................................................... 180
Confirming distribution hosts .............................................................................................. 181
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