HP XP7 Continuous Access Journal for Mainframe Systems User Guide (TK911-96001)

Prerequisite information
• Review the following:
“System requirements” (page 16)◦
◦ “Planning journals ” (page 25)
◦ “Planning journal volumes ” (page 26)
◦ “Data and journal volume specifications” (page 27)
• The journal’s mirror status must be Initial, Active, Stopped, Hold, Holding, or Hold(Failure).
• The journal cannot be in use.
• Pair operations involving the journal cannot be in progress.
• If you will use EXCTGs, make sure to set them up before registering journals. For more
information, see “Using extended consistency groups” (page 50).
• Cache Residency settings cannot be defined for the volumes.
Procedure 8 To create journals
1. In the Storage System tree, click Replication > Journals.
2. In the Journals window, click the Journals tab.
3. From the Actions menu, click Journals > Create Journals.
4. In the Create Journals window, for System Type, select Mainframe.
5. For Journal ID, select a journal ID from the list.
6. In the Journal Volume Selection box, click the Select Journal Volumes button.
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