HP P9000 Replication Manager Software 7.3.1-00 User Guide

Defining copy pairs and pair groups
This module discusses how copy pair configuration definitions are created and tasks for defining copy
pairs and pair groups:
• About copy pairs, page 143
• About copy pair configuration definitions, page 145
• About creating copy pair configuration definitions, page 146
• Creating pairs and pair groups, page 150
• Editing pair names, page 151
• About filtering candidate volumes, page 152
• Selecting multiple candidate volumes, page 153
About copy pairs
A copy pair is a pair of volumes linked by the storage system's volume replication functionality (such
as Business Copy and Continuous Access). Copy pairs are also called paired volumes.
The following types of volumes make up a copy pair:
• Primary volume (P-VOL): The copy source volume.
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