HP P9000 Continuous Access Journal User Guide (AV400-96399, October 2011)

A Sharing Continuous Access Journal volumes
This appendix discusses non-Continuous Access Journal volumes that can be shared as Continuous
Access Journal volumes. It discusses the volumes of several features that can be used in full or
limited ways with Continuous Access Journal.
Continuous Access Synchronous, Business Copy, and External Storage Access Manager volumes
can be used extensively with Continuous Access Journal. For complete information, see:
“Continuous Access Journal configurations with Continuous Access Synchronous” (page 130)
“Continuous Access Journal configurations with Business Copy” (page 143)
“Continuous Access Journal configurations with External Storage Access Manager” (page 147)
Volume types that can be shared with Continuous Access Journal
The following table shows whether non-Continuous Access Journal volumes can be used as
Continuous Access Journal P-VOLs, S-VOLs, and journal volumes.
NOTE: Continuous Access Synchronous and Business Copy volumes are used extensively with
Continuous Access Journal. See “Continuous Access Journal configurations with Continuous Access
Synchronous” (page 130), “Continuous Access Journal configurations with External Storage Access
Manager” (page 147) and “Continuous Access Journal configurations with Business Copy” (page 143)
for more information.
Table 22 Volume types that can be shared with Continuous Access Journal
Can the volumes be
used as journal
volumes?
Can the volumes be
used as S-VOLs?
Can the volumes be
used as P-VOLs?
Volumes types
LUN Expansion
NoYesYesLUSE volume
Business Copy
NoYesYesP-VOL in PSUS status
NoNoNoP-VOL in COPY(RS-R) status
NoYesYesP-VOL that is also used as a Continuous Access
Synchronous P-VOL or Continuous Access
Synchronous S-VOL
NoYesYesP-VOL (none of the above)
NoNoYesS-VOL in PSUS status
NoNoNoS-VOL (none of the above)
NoNoNoReserved volume
Snapshot
NoNoNoP-VOL in COPY(RS-R) status
NoNoNoP-VOL that is also used as a Continuous Access
Synchronous P-VOL or Continuous Access
Synchronous S-VOL
NoYes*6Yes*1P-VOL (none of the above)
NoNoNV-VOL
NoNoNopool-VOL
Auto LUN *2
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