Changing the Cross-subsystem Path......................................................................................

83

Replacing All Cross-subsystem Paths with Newly Added Cross-subsystem Paths...........................

83

Checking the External Volume Details........................................................................................

85

LDEV Information Dialog Box...............................................................................................

85

Mapping Path Information Dialog Box..................................................................................

86

Turning On or Off the Storage System.......................................................................................

88

Commands for Turning On or Off Only the External Storage System.........................................

88

Turning On or Off Only the External Storage System...............................................................

89

Turning On or Off Only the Local Storage System...................................................................

89

Turning On or Off Both Storage Systems...............................................................................

90

Disconnecting External Storage System or Disconnecting External Volume......................................

91

Disconnecting All External Volumes (Disconnect Subsystem).....................................................

92

Disconnecting an Individual External Volume (Disconnect Volume Operation).............................

92

Checking Connection Status and Resuming External Volume Operation.........................................

93

Resuming All External Volumes (Check Paths & Restore Volume)................................................

93

Resuming an Individual External Volume (Check Paths & Restore Volume Operation)...................

94

Stopping the Use of Paths to the External Volume (Disconnect Paths)..............................................

94

Restoring the Paths to the External Volume (Check Paths)..............................................................

95

Changing the Cache Mode Setting of the External Volume...........................................................

95

Changing the Inflow Control Setting of the External Volume..........................................................

96

Changing the Port Setting of the External Storage System.............................................................

97

Change WWN Parameter Dialog Box..................................................................................

97

Performing Maintenance for External Subsystem..........................................................................

98

Editing Mapping Policy...........................................................................................................

98

Edit Policy Dialog Box.........................................................................................................

98

Deleting the External Volume Mapping (Delete Volume Command)...............................................

99

6 Using Spreadsheets for XP External Storage Operations..............................

101

Introduction..........................................................................................................................

101

Before Using Spreadsheets.....................................................................................................

102

Available Types and Operation Tags.......................................................................................

102

Saving Storage System Information.........................................................................................

103

SSID Tag........................................................................................................................

103

ExternalGroup Tag...........................................................................................................

104

MappedVolume Tag.........................................................................................................

104

Mapping External Volumes....................................................................................................

106

AddVolumeSetting Tag.....................................................................................................

106

How to Specify the LDEV Capacity................................................................................

110

AddVolumeSetting2 Tag...................................................................................................

111

Disconnecting an Individual External Volume (DisconnectVolume Tag)..........................................

114

Resuming an Individual External Volume (CheckPath-RestoreVolume Tag)......................................

114

Deleting the External Volume Mapping (DeleteVolume Tag)........................................................

115

Changing Path Group...........................................................................................................

115

DividePathGroup Tag.......................................................................................................

115

UnitePathGroup Tag.........................................................................................................

116

Example of a Spreadsheet.....................................................................................................

117

7 Remote Command Devices......................................................................

119

Overview of Remote Command Devices...................................................................................

119

Guidelines for Remote Command Devices................................................................................

120

Mapping a Command Device as a Remote Command Device....................................................

122

Using XP Continuous Access or XP Continuous Access Journal with Remote Command Device.........

122

Procedure to Use Initiator/External MIX Mode.....................................................................

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