for two data centers (2DC). If a monitor variable is not

 

defined (commented out) the default value is used.

 

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FENCE

Fence level. Possible values are NEVER, DATA, and ASYNC.

 

Use ASYNC for improved performance over long distances.

 

If a Raid Manager device group contains multiple items

 

where either the PVOL or SVOL devices reside on more than

 

a single P9000 or XP Series array, then the Fence level must

 

be set to “data” in order to prevent the possibility of

 

inconsistent data on the remote side if an Continuous Access

 

link or an array goes down. The side effect of the “data”

 

fence level is that if the package is running and a link goes

 

down, an array goes down, or the remote data center goes

 

down, then write(1) calls in the package application will

 

fail, causing the package to fail.

 

 

 

NOTE: The Continuous Access Journal is used for

 

asynchronous data replication. Fence level ascyn is used

 

for a journal group pair.

 

If the package is configured for three data centers (3DC),

 

this parameter holds the fence level of device group between

 

DC1 and DC2. As the device group between DC1 and DC2

 

is always synchronous, the fence level will be either “data”

 

or “never”. The fence level of device group between DC2

 

and DC3 or DC1 and DC3 is always assumed to be “async”

 

and user need not mention it.

HORCMINST

This is the instance of the Raid Manager that the control

 

script will communicate with. This instance of Raid Manager

 

must be started on all nodes before this package can be

 

successfully started. (Note: If this variable is not exported,

 

Raid Manager commands used in this script may fail).

HORCMPERM

This variable supports the security feature, RAID Manager

 

Protection Facility on the Continuous Access devices. (Note:

 

If the RAID Manager Protection Facility is disabled, set this

 

variable to MGRNOINST. This is the default value).

HORCTIMEOUT

(Default = 360)

 

This variable is used only in asynchronous mode when the

 

horctakeover command is issued; it is ignored in

 

synchronous mode. The value is used as the timeout value

 

in the horctakeover command, -t <timeout>. The

 

value is the time to wait while horctakeover re-synchronizes

 

the delta data from the PVOL to the SVOL. It is used for

 

swap-takeover and SVOL takeover. If the timeout value is

 

reached and a timeout occurs, horctakeover returns the

 

value EX_EWSTOT. The unit is seconds.

 

In asynchronous mode, when there is an Continuous Access

 

link failure, both the PVOL and SVOL sides change to a

 

PSUE state. However, this change will not take place until

 

the Continuous Access link timeout value, configured in the

 

Service Processor (SVP), has been reached. If the

 

horctakeover command is issued during this timeout period,

 

the horctakeover command could fail if its timeout value is

 

less than that of the Continuous Access link timeout.

 

Therefore, it is important to set the HORCTIMEOUT variable

 

to a value greater than the Continuous Access link timeout

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