HP XP P9000 Replication Manager Software 7.6.1-00 User Guide

N: This type of pair group cannot be connected.
Requirements for the copy type when creating a cascade configuration (mainframe systems)
Copy type of the pair group to be connected by group addition
Copy type of the
original pair
group
Continuous Ac-
cess Journal
Continuous Access
Asynchronous
Continuous Access
Synchronous
Business Copy
YYYNBusiness Copy
YNNY
Continuous Access
Synchronous
NNNY
Continuous Access
Asynchronous
NNYY
Continuous Access
Journal
Legend:
Y: This type of pair group can be connected.
N: This type of pair group cannot be connected.
Permitted topologies for cascade and multi-target configurations
The following restrictions apply when creating cascade or multi-target configurations or deleting copy
pairs or copy groups in cascade or multi-target configurations:
• When creating a cascade configuration, it is necessary to first create a higher-level copy pair or
copy group. Higher-level copy pairs or copy groups cannot be added to lower-level copy pairs
or copy groups
• When creating a cascade configuration, copy types and pair statuses of related copy pairs or
copy groups must be compatible
• When deleting copy pairs or copy groups from a cascade configuration, you must first delete all
lower-level copy pairs or copy groups before deleting a higher-level copy pair or copy group
• The number of pairs that can be created varies depending on the storage system and copy type
About delta resync
In a 3DC multi-target configuration, there is one primary site and two secondary sites. Continuous
Access Synchronous and Continuous Access Journal are used to copy storage system volumes among
the three sites (called a data center). Continuous Access Journal provides the primary site and
Continuous Access Synchronous and Continuous Access Journal provide the secondary sites. Replication
Manager can be used to configure a Delta Resync pair using the two secondary sites. Delta Resync
pairs are stand-by pairs for providing additional redundancy in 3DC multi-target configurations.
Continuous Access Journal provides the delta resync operation as a way to recover from failures in
the primary site. If a failure occurs at the primary site in a 3DC multi-target configuration, the P9000
RAID Manager horctakeover command is used to reconfigure the Continuous Access Synchronous
secondary site as the primary site. If the delta re-synchronization function is used between the primary
and secondary sites, journal-copying of only the minimum data required is performed following a
failure, minimizing the recovery time.
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