HP XP P9000 Replication Manager Software 7.6.1-00 Configuration Guide

For best results, ensure that the version numbers of installed P9000 Command View AE suite products
are synchronized.
Requirements for mainframe systems
The following table describes the requirements for hosts. For information on restrictions, see “Restrictions
when Replication Manager and HP StorageWorks P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Software
versions differ” on page 148.
Table 20 Requirements for hosts (for mainframe systems)
Prerequisite programsOperating system
HP StorageWorks P9000 for Business Continuity Manager
5.0, or or P9000 mainframe agent 6.0 or later.
For pair management: HP StorageWorks P9000 for
Business Continuity Manager 6.2 or later.
For monitoring only: HP StorageWorks P9000 for Business
Continuity Manager (6.1 or earlier) or P9000 mainframe
agent (6.0 or later).
Must support HP StorageWorks P9000 for Busi-
ness Continuity Manager or P9000 mainframe
agent
NOTE:
If you want to use an IPv6 connection or HTTPS (SSL) communication between RepMgr and BCM, you
must set up the IBM HTTP Server (IHS).
For HP StorageWorks P9000 for Business Continuity Manager requirements, see the HP P9000 for
Business Continuity Manager Software Installation Guide. For the requirements for P9000 mainframe
agent, see the HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software Mainframe Agent
Installation and Configuration Guide.
Support for Cnt Ac-J x Cnt Ac-J configurations
Cascade and multi-target configurations of Cnt Ac-J x Cnt Ac-J are supported in conjunction with
Business Continuity Manager Software v7.3. BCM must be used to create the configuration; Replication
Manager can only be used to update an existing Cnt Ac-J x Cnt Ac-J configuration.
NOTE:
When attempting to delete copy pairs from a Cnt Ac-J x Cnt Ac-J configuration for a mainframe
system, switch the status of all the copy pairs in the concatenated copy groups of the two instances
to Suspend, and then delete the copy pairs.
Restrictions on using HP StorageWorks P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Software 6.6.1
The following operations are not supported if you are using HP StorageWorks P9000 for Business
Continuity Manager 6.6.1:
• When using HP StorageWorks P9000 for Business Continuity Manager 6.6.1, if a volume scan
using Replication Manager is performed, an error (RPM-00539) occurs in Replication Manager.
• When Replication Manager is used to distribute disk configuration definitions files to a host linked
with HP StorageWorks P9000 for Business Continuity Manager 6.6.1, an error occurs (RPM-
00568) in Replication Manager.
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