Journal Cache, Journal Volumes, and Inflow Control........................................................

161

Continuous Access Journal Pair State.............................................................................

161

Limitations of Continuous Access Journal........................................................................

161

One-to-One Volume Copy Operations...........................................................................

162

One-to-One Journal Group Operations..........................................................................

162

Journal Group Requirement..........................................................................................

162

Configuring Continuous Access Journal..........................................................................

162

Registering Journal Volumes..........................................................................................

162

Data Replication Connections.......................................................................................

163

Metrocluster package vs. Journal Group.........................................................................

163

Metrocluster with Continuous Access for P9000 and XP and Thin Provisioning Volumes.............

163

HP StorageWorks Smart Tiers............................................................................................

164

Creating the Cluster..............................................................................................................

164

Preparing the Cluster for Data Replication................................................................................

164

Creating the RAID Manager Configuration..........................................................................

164

Pair Creation of Journal Groups....................................................................................

167

Creating Continuous Access Journal Pair........................................................................

167

Sample Raid Manager Configuration File.......................................................................

167

Notes on the Raid Manager Configuration.....................................................................

169

Configuring Automatic Raid Manager Startup.................................................................

169

Configuring a remote array RAID Manager instance.............................................................

170

Configuring the command device to manage the remote P9000 or XP arrays......................

172

Configuring a remote array RAID Manager instance........................................................

173

Sample RAID Manager Configuration File for the Remote Command Device.......................

175

Configuring the remote array RAID Manager instance for automatic startup........................

176

Restrictions.................................................................................................................

176

Defining Storage Units......................................................................................................

176

Creating and Exporting LVM Volume Groups using Continuous Access P9000 or XP............

176

Creating VxVM Disk Groups using Continuous Access P9000 or XP..................................

177

Validating VxVM Disk Groups using Metrocluster/Continuous Access Data Replication........

178

Configuring Legacy Packages for Disaster Recovery...................................................................

179

Configuring Modular Packages..............................................................................................

181

Configuring Modular Packages with Metrocluster with Continuous Access XP A.09.00..............

181

Migrating Legacy Packages to Modular Packages with Metrocluster with Continuous Access XP

 

A.09.00.........................................................................................................................

184

Configuring Modular Packages with Metrocluster with Continuous Access XP A.10.00 or Later....

185

Migrating Legacy Packages to Modular Packages using Metrocluster with Continuous Access XP

 

A.10.00 or Later..............................................................................................................

186

Upgrading Metrocluster XPCA Modular Packages to the Latest Version....................................

187

Checking the Metrocluster Configuration.............................................................................

189

Support for Easy Deployment Feature......................................................................................

190

Easy Cluster Creation.......................................................................................................

190

Easy Storage Preparation..................................................................................................

190

Easy Deployment of Metrocluster Modular Packages.............................................................

190

Adding a Node to a Metrocluster...........................................................................................

191

Completing and Running a Metrocluster Solution with Continuous Access P9000 or XP..................

192

Maintaining a Cluster that uses Metrocluster with Continuous Access for P9000 and XP............

192

Viewing the Progress of Copy Operations.......................................................................

192

Viewing Side File Size.................................................................................................

192

Viewing the Continuous Access Journal Status.................................................................

193

Viewing the Pair and Journal Group Information - Raid Manager using the “pairdisplay”

 

Command..................................................................................................................

193

Viewing the Journal Volumes Information - Raid Manager using the “raidvchkscan”

 

Command..................................................................................................................

193

Normal Maintenance..................................................................................................

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