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 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 the nodes before this package can

 

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

 

Raid Manager commands used in this script might 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 will 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

 

value. The default Continuous Access link timeout value is

 

5 minutes (300 seconds). A suggested value for

 

HORCTIMEOUT is 360 seconds.

 

During package startup, the default startup timeout value of

 

the package is set to NO_TIMEOUT in the package ASCII

 

file. However, if there is a need to set a startup timeout

 

value, then the package startup timeout value must be

 

greater than the HORCTIMEOUT value, which is greater than

 

the Continuous Access link timeout value:

 

Pkg Startup Timeout > HORCTIMEOUT >

 

Continuous Access link timeout value

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