Contents | |
1 Overview of HP StorageWorks XP External Storage Software........................... | 9 |
XP External Storage.................................................................................................................. | 9 |
Unifying Copy Operations between Different Storage Systems........................................................ | 9 |
Unifying Connections from a Host to Different Storage Systems..................................................... | 10 |
2 About XP External Storage Operations........................................................ | 12 |
Connecting External Storage Systems........................................................................................ | 12 |
XP External Storage Components.............................................................................................. | 13 |
Storage Systems and Cross-subsystem Paths........................................................................... | 14 |
Volumes and Mapping Paths............................................................................................... | 14 |
XP External Storage Operations................................................................................................ | 15 |
Configuring XP External Storage............................................................................................... | 16 |
Choosing the External Port.................................................................................................. | 16 |
Choosing and Mapping External Volumes............................................................................. | 16 |
Registering a Volume to an External Volume Group (ExG)....................................................... | 17 |
Configuring External Volume Attributes................................................................................. | 17 |
Cross-subsystem Paths......................................................................................................... | 18 |
Path Mode................................................................................................................... | 19 |
Examples of Alternate Paths............................................................................................ | 19 |
Examples of Switching I/O Execution Paths to Alternate Paths............................................. | 21 |
Connecting Mainframe Volumes.......................................................................................... | 25 |
Connecting Open Systems Volumes...................................................................................... | 26 |
Choosing Mapping Policy........................................................................................................ | 26 |
Difference between Automatic Mapping and Manual Mapping............................................... | 26 |
Port Discovery and Volume Discovery................................................................................... | 26 |
Using a Mapped External Volume from a Connected Host........................................................... | 27 |
Storing New Data in the Mapped External Volume................................................................. | 27 |
Using Existing Data in the Mapped External Volume............................................................... | 28 |
Interoperability with other Products and Functions....................................................................... | 29 |
LUN Manager and Configuration File Loader........................................................................ | 29 |
LUN Expansion (LUSE)........................................................................................................ | 29 |
Virtual LVI/LUN (VLL).......................................................................................................... | 30 |
Cache Residency Manager................................................................................................. | 30 |
Performance Monitor and XP Auto LUN................................................................................. | 30 |
XP Continuous Access and Hitachi TrueCopy™ for Mainframe................................................. | 30 |
HP StorageWorks XP Continuous Access Journal Software and Hitachi Universal Replicator™ for | |
Mainframe........................................................................................................................ | 30 |
HP StorageWorks XP Business Copy Software and Hitachi ShadowImage™ for Mainframe......... | 30 |
HP StorageWorks XP Snapshot Software............................................................................... | 31 |
HP StorageWorks XP Thin Provisioning Software.................................................................... | 31 |
SNMP Agent..................................................................................................................... | 31 |
Examples of Using External Volumes with Other Products............................................................. | 31 |
XP Auto LUN Operations..................................................................................................... | 31 |
XP Continuous Access Operations........................................................................................ | 32 |
XP Continuous Access Journal Operations............................................................................. | 33 |
XP Business Copy Operations.............................................................................................. | 35 |
XP Snapshot Operations..................................................................................................... | 36 |
