HP XP P9000 Business Copy User Guide (AV400-96573, July 2013)

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You can also set access attributes for BC P-VOLs, S-VOLs, and reserve volumes. For BC pair
operations and reserve attribute change operations after access attribute setting, see the following
tables.
NOTE: The Data Retention access attributes of volumes do not change as a result of BC operations.
Even though the Quick Restore operation reverses the P-VOL and S-VOL, the access attributes of
the P-VOL and S-VOL are not reversed.
The following table shows volume access attribute and BC pair operations.
BC operationsVolume access attributes specified for the BC pair
DeleteResync (reverse)Create, Split, Suspend, Resync
(forward)
S-VOLP-VOL
YESYESYESRead/WriteRead/Write
YESNOYESRead/WriteRead Only, Protect, S-VOL
Disable
YESNONORead Only, Protect,
S-VOL Disable
Read/Write, Read Only,
Protect, S-VOL Disable
The following table shows access attributes and BC reserve attribute change operations.
BC reserve attribute change operationVolume access attributes
specified by BC
Removing reserve attributeSetting reserve attribute
YESYESRead/Write
YESNORead Only, Protect, S-VOL
Disable
Business Copy pair statuses and access attribute settings
Depending on the BC pair status, you may not be able to set access attributes for BC P-VOL or BC
S-VOL using Data Retention.
For BC reserve volumes, you can set all of the following Data Retention access attributes:
Read/Write
Read Only
Protect
S-VOL Disable
The following table shows whether access attributes can be set for BC pairs.
Attribute settingVolume specified by BC
Read Only, Protect, or S-VOL DisableRead/WriteVolumePair status
YESYESP-VOLCOPY
NOYESS-VOL
YESYESP-VOLPAIR
NOYESS-VOL
YESYESP-VOLCOPY(SP)/COPY
NOYESS-VOL
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