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HPE XP7 Fast Snap User Guide

Part Number: 858749-

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Published: January 2019

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Abstract

This guide provides information about how to configure and use Fast Snap to store snapshots
in an XP7 Storage system. This document is intended for system administrators and Hewlett
Packard Enterprise representatives and authorized service providers who install, configure,
and operate the XP7 Storage system.

Summary of Contents for HPE XP7

Page 1: ...guide provides information about how to configure and use Fast Snap to store snapshots in an XP7 Storage system This document is intended for system administrators and Hewlett Packard Enterprise repre...

Page 2: ...required for possession use or copying Consistent with FAR 12 211 and 12 212 Commercial Computer Software Computer Software Documentation and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U...

Page 3: ...ccess and pair status 31 Workflow for Fast Snap pair status changes 31 Copy threshold option and host server I O performance for Fast Snap 33 Sharing Fast Snap volumes with other software applications...

Page 4: ...L settings 98 Creating V VOLs for Fast Snap S VOLs 100 Overview of using RAID Manager to run commands through in band connections 108 Changing system options that affect Fast Snap performance 108 Mana...

Page 5: ...tency groups 145 Viewing consistency group properties 145 Viewing Fast Snap pair task history 147 Fast Snap task code definitions 149 Viewing licensed capacities 150 Viewing the number of cache manage...

Page 6: ...perties window 231 History window 238 Consistency Group Properties window 240 Create FS Pairs wizard 244 Create FS Pairs window 244 Assign Secondary Volumes window 253 Create FS Pairs confirmation win...

Page 7: ...Documentation feedback 311 Contents 7...

Page 8: ...copy of differential data in Fast Snap P VOLs If your storage system experiences a data storage failure you can restore the data using the snapshot data in the pool Splitting a Fast Snap pair saves a...

Page 9: ...e Snapshot data A and Snapshot data B are handled as a Fast Snap S VOL of a snapshot pair the host can reference the P VOL Snapshot data A and Snapshot data B Components of Fast Snap Fast Snap compone...

Page 10: ...commands to perform Fast Snap tasks see Pair tasks using RAID Manager or Remote Web Console on page 194 When using RAID Manager run commands directly from the host instead of using a management client...

Page 11: ...g in RWC or V VOL created by the raidcom add ldev pool command in RAID Manager THP V VOL Yes Pairs used to store snapshot data To create a cascaded pair with the snapshot attribute use a THP V VOL as...

Page 12: ...Manager Secondary Fast Snap V VOL V VOL of which provisioning type is Snapshot in RWC or V VOL created by raidcom add ldev pool snap in RAID Manager Use this volume to create snapshot pairs Cannot be...

Page 13: ...napshot groups A consistency group can include Fast Snap FS Business Copy BC and Business Copy MF BC MF pairs Use consistency groups to split the Fast Snap pairs that are defined in the group Splittin...

Page 14: ...loning When cloning pairs use a logical volume as the P VOL and a THP V VOL as the S VOL If you split pairs that have the clone attribute the data of the entire P VOL is copied to the S VOL asynchrono...

Page 15: ...aired with secondary layer L2 S VOLs A maximum of 64 layers can be created and a maximum of 1 024 S VOLs can be used for a P VOL In this case the snapshot tree is cascaded L2 to L64 pairs are called c...

Page 16: ...apshot snap_mode cascade command in RAID Manager For details see Creating Fast Snap pairs using Remote Web Console on page 114 or Adding Fast Snap pairs to snapshot or consistency groups using RAID Ma...

Page 17: ...ows an example of when pairs that are being cloned are also cascaded You can use the S VOL of a cascaded and cloned pair as a new L1 pair of the P VOL In this case the volume is the root volume and a...

Page 18: ...the S VOL S VOL or pool physical failures If a physical failure occurs in a pool data in all S VOLs that use the pool cannot be guaranteed If a physical failure occurs in an S VOL data in the S VOL ca...

Page 19: ...OLs reference data in the pool If the pool cannot be used because a failure occurs in the pool or the pool becomes full data in all S VOLs that use the pool is lost In addition if a pool failure occur...

Page 20: ...will create Fast Snap and THP pool VOLs are also referred to as used volumes The licensed capacity must exceed the total capacity of used volumes RAID Manager When you use RAID Manager to define mult...

Page 21: ...reating pools calculate the pool capacity and reserve a sufficient amount of pool capacity When you write data to Fast Snap pair volumes and the amount of pool usage exceeds the pool capacity the Fast...

Page 22: ...S VOL to snapshot data If the storage system or snapshot pair does not need to access snapshot data from hosts V VOLs are not necessary You can release the V VOLs that are being used as Fast Snap S V...

Page 23: ...snapshot pairs not cascaded Data in the P VOL is backed up one time every day The P VOL can be restored using the S VOL if a logical failure occurs during data update or if there is a virus in the P V...

Page 24: ...24 Overview of Fast Snap...

Page 25: ...eate cascaded pairs and distribute data in the P VOL Assign users to whom you want to distribute the updated data and users to whom you do not want to distribute the updated data to separate node volu...

Page 26: ...VOL 3 can be a new distributor As a result the overhead of the Fast Snap pairs can be reduced Workflow for creating groups and storing snapshot data using RAID Manager With Fast Snap Business Copy an...

Page 27: ..._data create 2 The host issues a write request to each P VOL in the group Snapshot data for the volumes are stored A RAID Manager command is used to store snapshot data for a consistency group or a sn...

Page 28: ...method and how an XP7 Storage system stores snapshot data 1 The host writes data to a P VOL 2 The storage system returns the write completion status to the host 3 The storage system stores snapshot d...

Page 29: ...he pair synchronization rate is 100 The amount of pool capacity a pair is using The number of pairs being operated concurrently The pair synchronization rate shows the rate that S VOL data matches tha...

Page 30: ...for the primary volume If the pool threshold is exceeded when the Fast Snap pair is in PAIR status the pair status changes to PFUL Fast Snap pairs cannot be created when the pool threshold warning th...

Page 31: ...suspend_tipair yes no command in RAID Manager For details see the HPE XP7 Provisioning for Open Systems User Guide Fast Snap host access and pair status The following table explains the host access a...

Page 32: ...ppens data in the S VOL is not guaranteed 4 The THP pool can only contain data of predetermined capacity If the total capacity of data in the pool exceeds the pool capacity the status of the Fast Snap...

Page 33: ...option is applied all the replication processes triggered by restore operations are stopped Replication processes stopped by the copy threshold option will be restarted as the workload on the storage...

Page 34: ...are applications because the S VOL does not exist NOTE For node or leaf volumes see the Used as an FS S VOL column instead of the Used as an FS P VOL column Software application volume type Used as an...

Page 35: ...umes that have Data Retention access attributes Depending on access attributes of the P VOL S VOL or pool volume you cannot perform some pair tasks and pool tasks with Fast Snap The Fast Snap pair tas...

Page 36: ...er to assign Data Retention access attributes Volume access attributes specified for the FS pair FS pair task P VOL S VOL Create split suspend Resync pair Normal Copy Resync Reverse Copy 1 Delete Read...

Page 37: ...and S VOLs when also using RWC to assign Data Retention access attributes FS volume Access attribute to be assigned Pair status Volume Read Write Read Only Protect S VOL Disable COPY P VOL Yes Yes S...

Page 38: ...N You cannot do the following Perform Fast Snap tasks on volumes reserved for Auto LUN without regard to the migration plan status Use Fast Snap pair volumes or pool VOLs as volumes reserved for Auto...

Page 39: ...No No No Yes No No No Store snapshot data N A No No No Yes No No No Store snapshot data for a consistency group N A No No No Yes No No No Restore pair N A No No No Yes No No No Delete snapshot data N...

Page 40: ...S pair status COPY PAIR PFUL PSUS PFUS SMPL PD RCPY PSUE Create pair No No No No No No Create and split pair No No No No No No Split pair Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Normal Copy Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Reve...

Page 41: ...FS task Cnt Ac S Cnt Ac J status COPY PAIR PSUS PSUE Suspending Deleting Create pair Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Store snapshot data Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Restore pair No No Yes Yes No No Delete snapsh...

Page 42: ...al tasks you can perform when the Fast Snap P VOL is shared with a Continuous Access Synchronous or Continuous Access Journal S VOL Cnt Ac S Cnt Ac J task FS status COPY PAIR PFUL PSUS PFUS RCPY PSUE...

Page 43: ...multitarget configuration workflow The following figure shows how to back up the volumes Pairs 1 and 2 are Continuous Access Journal pairs Pair 3 is a Continuous Access Journal pair for delta resync...

Page 44: ...information about HA see the HPE XP7 High Availability User Guide The following table lists the Fast Snap tasks you can perform when the P VOL is shared with an HA P VOL HA status I O mode FS task Cr...

Page 45: ...pair using a volume from an HA pair the server recognizes the HA P VOL and S VOL as a single volume If you create Fast Snap pairs using both the P VOL and S VOL of an HA pair the server recognizes the...

Page 46: ...The following figure shows a supported storage system configuration with a Fast Snap pair using an HA S VOL 46 Overview of Fast Snap...

Page 47: ...The following figure shows a supported storage system configuration with Fast Snap pairs using an HA P VOL and S VOL Overview of Fast Snap 47...

Page 48: ...figuration You cannot create an HA pair using Fast Snap volumes that are already being used as an HA P VOL and S VOL The following figure shows this unsupported storage system configuration 48 Overvie...

Page 49: ...ame storage system Therefore if an HA P VOL and S VOL are each used in Fast Snap pairs the Fast Snap pairs cannot be registered to the same consistency group Supported configuration The following figu...

Page 50: ...Unsupported configuration The following figure shows an unsupported consistency group configuration 50 Overview of Fast Snap...

Page 51: ...same storage system Therefore if an HA P VOL and S VOL are each used in Fast Snap pairs the Fast Snap pairs cannot be registered to the same snapshot group Supported configuration The following figure...

Page 52: ...Unsupported configuration The following figure shows an unsupported snapshot group configuration 52 Overview of Fast Snap...

Page 53: ...immediately for copied data Before creating or resynchronizing a Fast Snap pair make sure that the available capacity in the copy destination volume is greater than the used capacity in the copy orig...

Page 54: ...t be rejected if the Unmap command operation is in progress with system option mode 905 ON Wait a while and then retry the operation If the operation still fails set system option mode 905 to OFF and...

Page 55: ...pacity Make sure you have enough Thin Provisioning licensed capacity to run both THP and Fast Snap Use the maintenance utility to ensure that the license key for the Thin Provisioning program product...

Page 56: ...t Tier FS Extension2 Under 7 9 PB THP Smart Real Time Smart Tier FS Extension3 Under 12 3 PB You can reduce or remove shared memory if the pools for Thin Provisioning Smart Tiers Real Time Smart Tier...

Page 57: ...s 64 layers L64 For each primary volume 1 024 S VOLs can be used Maximum number of clones 1 024 When storing snapshot data this number includes the number of snapshots You can create a Fast Snap pair...

Page 58: ...t the maximum number of FS pairs see Thin Image planning requirements Path definitions Required Not required for cascaded pairs and pairs with the clone attribute The following table lists the require...

Page 59: ...mart Tier pools Volumes used as migration plans or pair volumes for another product Volumes for which you have used the Data Retention to set Read Only Protect or S VOL Disable attributes Cache Reside...

Page 60: ...olume capacity 8 GB to 4 TB Path definition Define only needed paths to a volume so that you can specify the volume as a pool VOL Fast Snap data pool requirements The following table lists the require...

Page 61: ...about deleting pools see Deleting pools on page 170 Data pool warning threshold Value Warning Threshold Range 20 95 in 1 increments Default 80 Note If you exceed the data pool warning threshold a war...

Page 62: ...e the raidcom get snapshot command to view the consistency group ID Pair limit 8 192 pairs per consistency group Pair type BC BC MF and Fast Snap pairs cannot be contained in a single consistency grou...

Page 63: ...mber of groups as the consistency groups you want to specify Fast Snap snapshot group requirements Item Requirement Name Character limit 32 You can change snapshot group names using RAID Manager comma...

Page 64: ...ting FS pairs in RWC use the Local Replication window In RAID Manager use the raidcom get snapshot command For details see Viewing local replication summary information on page 137 More information Ca...

Page 65: ...ent devices Cache management devices are the unit for controlling the cache in association with logical volumes LDEVs They are required to perform FS tasks such as creating FS pairs for a volume To vi...

Page 66: ...apacity for THP pools on page 66 Calculating and assigning pool capacity on page 69 External Storage and external volumes used as pool VOLs on page 71 Simultaneous processing of multiple Fast Snap pai...

Page 67: ...le snapshot tree The following example illustrates how the FS pair capacity is calculated When you create three FS pairs using the 500 GB 500 x 1024 MB volume as the P VOL the FS pair capacity is calc...

Page 68: ...multiple Fast Snap pair tasks on page 71 Pair operations when pairs are cascaded on page 72 Pair operations when pairs are not cascaded on page 83 Pair operations when a P VOL is shared by multiple S...

Page 69: ...en a P VOL is shared by multiple S VOLs on page 84 Data recovery and backup differences between Fast Snap and Business Copy on page 85 Calculating and assigning pool capacity Use the following formula...

Page 70: ...s on page 68 Fast Snap shared memory requirements on page 56 Resolving insufficient pool capacity Make sure you have sufficient pool capacity If the pool capacity is insufficient the storage system ca...

Page 71: ...e likelihood of the pool being blocked To minimize the adverse effects of failure use only one pool per external storage system An external pool VOL that is blocked due to a failure blocks the pool Yo...

Page 72: ...rs are not cascaded on page 83 Pair operations when a P VOL is shared by multiple S VOLs on page 84 Data recovery and backup differences between Fast Snap and Business Copy on page 85 Creating Fast Sn...

Page 73: ...ss terminated abnormally The following table explains operations of cascaded pair B when pair B has the snapshot attribute and its pair status is COPY PD Pair Type Pair A status Operation for pair B P...

Page 74: ...owing table explains operations of cascaded pair A when pair B has the snapshot attribute and its pair status is COPY PD Pair Type Pair A status Operation for pair A Pair with snapshot attribute Pair...

Page 75: ...when pair B has the clone attribute and its pair status is COPY PD Pair Type Pair A status Operation for pair B Pair with snapshot attribute Pair with clone attribute Snapshot clone attribute common C...

Page 76: ...A Pair with snapshot attribute Pair with clone attribute Snapshot clone attribute common Create Split Resync Restore Create Split Delete With the snapshot attribute COPY PD N A N A N A N A N A N A N A...

Page 77: ...Y PSUS N Y YN YN N N Y COPY RS N N YN YN N N Y COPY RS R N N YN YN N N Y PSUE N A N A N A N A N A N A N A SMPL PD N A N A N A N A N A N A N A With the clone attribute COPY PD N N YN YN N N Y PAIR N N...

Page 78: ...IR N N N N N Y N PSUS SP N N N N N YN N PSUE N A N A N A N A N A N A N A SMPL PD N A N A N A N A N A N A N A Y Operation successful YN Operation not performed process terminated N Process terminated a...

Page 79: ...A N A SMPL PD N A N A N A N A N A N A N A Y Operation successful YN Operation not performed process terminated N Process terminated abnormally The following table explains operations of cascaded pair...

Page 80: ...on successful YN Operation not performed process terminated N Process terminated abnormally The following table explains operations of cascaded pair B when the status of pair B is not SMPL COPY PD and...

Page 81: ...ocess terminated N Process terminated abnormally Notes 1 Pair B has snapshot attribute 2 Pair B has clone attribute The following table explains operations of cascaded pair A when the status of pair B...

Page 82: ...Snap pairs based on pair tables on page 64 Calculating Fast Snap pairs based on the snapshot estimated manageable capacity on page 64 Calculating Fast Snap pairs based on cache management devices on p...

Page 83: ...US SP N N N N N YN Y PSUE N N N N N N Y SMPL PD N N N N N N YN Y Operation successful YN Operation not performed process terminated N Process terminated abnormally More information Calculating the num...

Page 84: ...COPY PD Y Y Y Y Y Y Y PAIR Y Y Y Y Y Y Y PSUS Y Y Y Y Y Y Y COPY RS Y Y Y Y Y Y Y COPY RS R Y N Y N Y N Y PSUE N Y Y Y N Y Y SMPL PD Y Y Y Y Y Y Y With the clone attribute COPY PD Y Y Y Y Y Y Y PAIR...

Page 85: ...he P VOL is shared 2 P VOL performance is not affected because the P VOL and the S VOL can be disconnected S VOL or pool physical failures If a physical failure occurs in a pool3 data in all S VOLs th...

Page 86: ...ting the Fast Snap pair capacity for THP pools on page 66 Calculating and assigning pool capacity on page 69 External Storage and external volumes used as pool VOLs on page 71 Simultaneous processing...

Page 87: ...in FS pairs 3 Disable or remove the Fast Snap license For details about disabling and removing licenses see the System Administrator Guide for your storage system More information Deleting Fast Snap p...

Page 88: ...anagement area in the shared memory This area is automatically created when you install additional shared memory Workflow for configuring Fast Snap The following image shows the configuration tasks wo...

Page 89: ...te up to 1 024 pairs for a P VOL Therefore you must delete snapshot data or Fast Snap pairs that are no longer necessary When you delete a Fast Snap pair snapshot data stored by the pair is also delet...

Page 90: ...ol command Procedure 1 In the Explorer pane click Storage Systems expand the storage system tree and then click Pools 2 In the Pools window select Create Pools 3 In the Create Pools window of the Crea...

Page 91: ...number Integer number range 0 127 Default The smallest available number displays as the default If no available pool ID exists no number appears If an already registered pool ID is entered the smalles...

Page 92: ...o to tasks window for status 7 Click Apply to submit the task What to do next Select the pool volumes More information Selecting pool volumes on page 92 Increasing pool capacity on page 155 Selecting...

Page 93: ...you want to add to the pool and then click Add The pool VOL is added to the Selected Pool Volumes table You can add a maximum of 1 024 volumes in a pool NOTE Before you add an LDEV belonging to a pari...

Page 94: ...lick Select All Pages To cancel the selection click Select All Pages again To specify the unit or the number of rows to be displayed click Options 5 Click OK The selected pool VOL is shown in the Sele...

Page 95: ...V VOL see Creating V VOLs for Fast Snap S VOLs on page 100 Editing the SSID for virtual volumes Prerequisites You must have the Storage Administrator Provisioning role For more information about regis...

Page 96: ...ected LDEVs table click Edit SSIDs In the Edit SSIDs window in the SSIDs table existing SSIDs and those to be generated are shown in the list 4 In the Edit SSIDs window select the row of the SSID you...

Page 97: ...new SSID and click OK 6 In the Edit SSIDs window click OK 7 Click Finish and then confirm the settings 8 Accept the default task name or enter a unique name You can enter up to 32 letters numbers and...

Page 98: ...ge 208 Changing V VOL settings Prerequisites You must have the Storage Administrator Provisioning role In RAID Manager use the raidcom modify ldev command You can edit the V VOL settings before regist...

Page 99: ...w of the Create LDEVs wizard in the Selected LDEVs table select an LDEV and then click Change LDEV Settings 4 In the Change LDEV Settings window complete the following items and then click OK LDEV Nam...

Page 100: ...torage Administrator Provisioning role Change the pair status of V VOLs you want the host server to recognize to PSUS or unpaired In RAID Manager use the raidcom add ldev pool snap command Depending o...

Page 101: ...e Pools tab click Create LDEVs 3 In the Create LDEVs window of the Create LDEVs wizard complete or review the following items and then click Options Provisioning Type Confirm that Snapshot is selected...

Page 102: ...nit TB GB MB or block Number of LDEVs Enter the number of LDEVs you want to create Range Shown below the text box Required Yes LDEV Name Enter a name for the V VOL For Prefix enter the case sensitive...

Page 103: ...h you want to assign the LDEV To specify an MP blade identifier select the MP blade ID To assign an arbitrary MP blade identifier click Auto Required No The created LDEVs are added to the Selected LDE...

Page 104: ...ct a storage system identifier and edit the SSID properties click Edit SSIDs b To change the LDEV settings click Change LDEV Settings c In the Change LDEV Settings window change the desired settings a...

Page 105: ...53 Removing LDEVs from registering tasks Prerequisites You must have the Storage Administrator Provisioning role In RAID Manager use the raidcom delete ldev command The LDEVs that are shown in the Se...

Page 106: ...In the warning message that appears click OK to confirm that you want to remove the selected LDEV 4 Click Finish and then confirm the settings 5 Accept the default task name or enter a unique name You...

Page 107: ...oppages and device recognition issues You cannot change the volume of the device recognized by the host server to a V VOL Before booting or rebooting the host server or running the command for recogni...

Page 108: ...Storage RAID Manager User Guide For more information about RAID Manager commands that correspond to actions in the RWC GUI see RAID Manager command reference for Fast Snap on page 194 Changing system...

Page 109: ...2 In the Replication window click Edit Options Local Replication Configuring Fast Snap 109...

Page 110: ...w of the Edit Local Replica Options wizard for System Type confirm that Open is selected Default Open 4 In the BC FS System Options table select the system option you want to change and then click Ena...

Page 111: ...fault task name or enter a unique name You can enter up to 32 letters numbers and symbols except the following 7 If you want to monitor the task after submitting it select Go to tasks window for statu...

Page 112: ...s and defining them in snapshot or consistency groups using Remote Web Console on page 119 Checking Fast Snap pair status on page 112 Creating Fast Snap pairs using Remote Web Console on page 114 Spli...

Page 113: ...information about how to create Fast Snap pairs using RAID Manager see Adding Fast Snap pairs to snapshot or consistency groups using RAID Manager on page 119 5 If you have assigned the pairs to a con...

Page 114: ...n in the Local Replication window and the number of pairs shown in the list in the FS Pairs tab can be different Wait until the configuration information has completed processing If the numbers of pai...

Page 115: ...r use the raidcom add snapshot command You can create a Fast Snap pair and define the pair in a consistency group You can create 1 024 Fast Snap pairs at the same time To create more than 1 024 pairs...

Page 116: ...t The selected LDEV is displayed in the Secondary Volumes column of the Selected Pairs table NOTE The Online Migration volumes do not appear in the Available Primary Volumes table If you select a capa...

Page 117: ...pand Replication and then click Local Replication 2 In the Local Replication window select a P VOL in the FS Root Volumes tab or a snapshot group in the Snapshot Groups tab and then click Create FS Pa...

Page 118: ...m the Available Primary Volumes table 3 In Cascade select Enable to create a cascaded pair 4 In Pair Type select Snapshot to create a pair with the snapshot attribute Select Clone to create cloned pai...

Page 119: ...stency group This task describes how to do this using RAID Manager More information Creating Fast Snap pairs using Remote Web Console on page 114 Workflow for defining Fast Snap pairs and defining the...

Page 120: ...error message appears when attempting to perform pair tasks Prerequisites You must have the Storage Administrator Local Copy role The Fast Snap pair status must be PAIR In RAID Manager use the raidco...

Page 121: ...ing process to split Fast Snap pairs to store snapshot data or clone pairs 1 If the pairs are not created Create two Fast Snap pairs and assign both pairs to the same consistency group To do this usin...

Page 122: ...r split with shared volumes The following figures illustrate these configurations The following figure shows the consistency group pair split configuration when you are sharing Fast Snap P VOLs with C...

Page 123: ...with shared volumes FS P VOL used as Pair status Can you use consistency group pair split Cnt Ac J S VOL COPY No PAIR Yes PSUS Yes Cnt Ac S S VOL COPY No PAIR Yes PSUS Yes BC S VOL COPY No PAIR No CO...

Page 124: ...ng the P VOL of the pair as the P VOL of another Fast Snap pair and you are storing snapshot data for a consistency group including the latter pair In RAID Manager use the raidcom modify snapshot snap...

Page 125: ...ot snapshot_data restore command for reverse copy Procedure 1 In the Explorer pane click Storage Systems expand the storage system tree expand Replication and then click Local Replication 2 In the Loc...

Page 126: ...the P VOL Format the P VOL For more information about overwriting backup data to the P VOL or formatting LDEVs see the HPE XP7 Provisioning for Open Systems User Guide More information Failure during...

Page 127: ...ocal Replication window select a P VOL in the FS Root Volumes tab or a snapshot group in the Snapshot Groups tab 3 Click Operate FS Pairs 4 In the FS Pairs window select the pair you want to resynchro...

Page 128: ...ete snapshot data or restore Fast Snap pairs If you deleted only snapshot data the relationship between the P VOL and the S VOL is maintained If you delete only snapshot data you can assign the MU num...

Page 129: ...of the View Pair Synchronization Rate window in Remote Web Console or the information displayed by the raidcom get snapshot command in RAID Manager varies depending on the pair status For details see...

Page 130: ...inish and then confirm the settings 6 Accept the default task name or enter a unique name You can enter up to 32 letters numbers and symbols except the following 7 If you want to monitor the task afte...

Page 131: ...s tab or a snapshot group in the Snapshot Groups tab 3 Click Operate FS Pairs 4 In the FS Pairs window click Create FS Pairs You can specify P VOLs in Remote Web Console until the total number of snap...

Page 132: ...want to assign as the S VOL and then click Set The selected LDEV is displayed in the Secondary Volumes column of the Selected Pairs table NOTE The Online Migration volumes do not appear in the Availab...

Page 133: ...Volumes column of the Selected Pairs table NOTE The Online Migration volumes do not appear in the Available Primary Volumes table If you select a capacity in Capacity the Available LDEVs and Selected...

Page 134: ...ers and symbols except the following 7 If you want to monitor the task after submitting it select Go to tasks window for status 8 Click Apply to submit the task More information Remove Secondary Volum...

Page 135: ...If you select a row in the Available LDEVs table and a row in the Selected Pairs table and then click Set you can configure a pair If you select LDEVs that were assigned to an S VOL with the Exclude A...

Page 136: ...om which you can set the system options that affect performance in Fast Snap Procedure 1 In the Explorer pane click Storage Systems expand the storage system tree and then click Replication 2 In the s...

Page 137: ...rmal The source volume in the normal status S means a source volume T Normal The target volume in the normal status T means a target volume ST Normal The normal volume which is set for the source volu...

Page 138: ...hot Estimated Manageable Capacity The Fast Snap pair s estimated manageable capacity which is the estimated pair capacity that you can create using the remaining shared memory capacity This value vari...

Page 139: ...Storage Administrator Local Copy role Procedure 1 In the Explorer pane click Storage Systems expand the storage system tree expand Replication and then click Local Replication 2 In the summary sectio...

Page 140: ...l Copy role In RAID Manager use the raidcom get snapshot command Procedure 1 In the Explorer pane click Storage Systems expand the storage system tree expand Replication and then click Local Replicati...

Page 141: ...The cascaded pair or the pair with the clone attribute is in the process of being deleted You cannot perform pair tasks when the pair is in this process When the process completes volumes are unpaire...

Page 142: ...read write operations for the S VOL Read Write disabled PSUE Notes 1 SMPL SMPP is displayed if the key opt option is specified for the raidcom get snapshot command SMPP appears when cascaded or cloned...

Page 143: ...ystem tree expand Replication and then click Local Replication 2 In the Local Replication window select a P VOL in the FS Root Volumes tab or a snapshot group in the Snapshot Groups tab 3 Click Operat...

Page 144: ...plication summary information Consistency Group Properties window For more information about viewing this information on this window see Viewing consistency group properties More information Local Rep...

Page 145: ...cy Groups tab More information Viewing local replication summary information on page 137 Local Replication window on page 211 Viewing consistency group properties Prerequisites You must have the Stora...

Page 146: ...ties window view the following consistency group properties CTG IDThe consistency group identification number StatusThe consistency group status Values BC Used BC is using the consistency group BC MF...

Page 147: ...last 1 024 000 Fast Snap pair tasks You can view a maximum of 16 384 pair tasks on each page If there are more than 16 384 pair tasks available to view you can view them on the next page To view the...

Page 148: ...on 3 In the History window for Copy Type select FS as the copy type for the pair you selected For more information about the values for Copy Type see History window 4 In the FS History table view the...

Page 149: ...sk code definitions Description Code Description Explanation 2001 PAIR The volumes are paired The pair has been created 2011 PSUS The pair was split 2020 SMPL START The pair deletion starts 2021 SMPL...

Page 150: ...normally Viewing licensed capacities Prerequisites You must have the Storage Administrator Local Copy role In RAID Manager use the raidcom get license command You can view the licensed capacities usin...

Page 151: ...have the Storage Administrator Provisioning role In RAID Manager use the raidcom get pool command or the raidcom get snap_pool command You can monitor pool information such as used pool capacity in t...

Page 152: ...2 In the Pools window in the Pools tab select the pool name for the pool you want to monitor 152 Monitoring and maintaining Fast Snap...

Page 153: ...the virtual storage machine 4 Optional To export the information in the table click Export More information Editing the data pool warning threshold on page 163 Viewing used pool capacity You can view...

Page 154: ...You can view used capacity of the pool which has the Fast Snap pool type by checking the Fast Snap pair s root volume Procedure 1 In the Explorer pane click Storage Systems expand the storage system...

Page 155: ...ol capacity FreeThe pool usage rate 4 Click Close More information Editing the data pool warning threshold on page 163 Increasing pool capacity Use the following formula to calculate the pool capacity...

Page 156: ...In RAID Manager use the raidcom add dp_pool command or the raidcom add snap_pool Adding pool VOLs to a pool increases or expands the pool s capacity Check the pool s available capacity and expand the...

Page 157: ...Filter component b Optional To select all of the pool VOLs in the list in the Available Pool Volumes table click Select All Pages c Optional To specify the capacity unit and the number of rows to disp...

Page 158: ...letters numbers and symbols except the following 7 If you want to monitor the task after submitting it select Go to tasks window for status 8 Click Apply to submit the task Failure of available pool c...

Page 159: ...executed Decreasing pool capacity For more information about decreasing pool capacity formatting LDEVs and the Shrink Pool window see the HPE XP7 Provisioning for Open Systems User Guide If processing...

Page 160: ...ems expand the storage system tree and then click Pools 2 In the Pools tab click the name of the pool for which you want to decrease capacity 3 In the Pool Name window in the Pool Volumes tab from the...

Page 161: ...tasks window for status 7 Click Apply to submit the task The tiers in pools are deleted and the pool capacity is decreased Stopping the process of decreasing pool capacity For more information about...

Page 162: ...in the Pool Volumes tab from the list of volumes select the check box for the pool that contains the pool VOLs for which you want to stop decreasing pool capacity and then click Stop Shrinking Pool N...

Page 163: ...bout SNMP see the HPE XP7 SNMP Agent User Guide Prerequisites You must not be decreasing the pool capacity You must have the Storage Administrator Provisioning role In RAID Manager use the raidcom mod...

Page 164: ...rements Default 80 CAUTION Excessive pool usage rates rates over 50 are rounded down to the closest integer Therefore excessive pool usage in SIM and SNMP might be reported when the actual pool usage...

Page 165: ...s window for status 7 Click Apply to submit the task Editing pool names Prerequisites You must have the Storage Administrator Provisioning role In RAID Manager use the raidcom modify pool pool command...

Page 166: ...2 In the Pools tab from the list of pools select the check box for the pool whose name you want to change and then click More Actions Edit Pools 166 Monitoring and maintaining Fast Snap...

Page 167: ...lphanumeric characters that precede the pool number This field is case sensitive Initial Number Enter the pool s new initial number using 9 digits or fewer The character limit for both fields together...

Page 168: ...overing the pools Recover the pool by using one or both of the following methods Add additional pool VOLs Decrease the pool usage rate by deleting the P VOL s snapshot data Recovering Fast Snap pairs...

Page 169: ...have the Storage Administrator Provisioning role In RAID Manager use the raidcom modify pool status nml command You can recover blocked pools using the Restore Pools window Procedure 1 In the Explore...

Page 170: ...g a pool blocks its pool VOLs LDEVs To use blocked pool VOLs format the volumes NOTE If the blocked pool VOL is an external volume select Normal Format when formatting the volume When you specify an L...

Page 171: ...raidcom delete pool command You can delete pools that have a 0 usage rate and that are not assigned for THP V VOLs Procedure 1 In the Explorer pane click Storage Systems expand the storage system tree...

Page 172: ...ask after submitting it select Go to tasks window for status 6 Click Apply to submit the task Managing virtual volumes Editing virtual volume names Prerequisites You must have the Storage Administrato...

Page 173: ...lumes select the check boxes for the V VOLs you want to change and then click More Actions Edit LDEVs 5 In the Edit LDEVs window of the Edit LDEVs wizard for LDEV Name enter the prefix and the initial...

Page 174: ...task Workflow for deleting V VOLs specified for Fast Snap S VOLs 1 Delete the Fast Snap pairs 2 Delete the V VOL More information Deleting Fast Snap pairs on page 129 Deleting virtual volumes For mor...

Page 175: ...tatus 5 Click Apply to submit the task More information Deleting Fast Snap pairs on page 129 Viewing snapshot data capacity This capacity indicates the pool capacity which is used as snapshot data sto...

Page 176: ...page 89 Creating Fast Snap pairs using Remote Web Console on page 114 Power supply and existing shared memory The storage system checks the status of the pool and pool VOLs If the pool VOLs are blocke...

Page 177: ...urs in a cascade configuration in addition to the volume in which the failure occurs the following volumes are also suspended Cascaded volumes under the volume in which the failure occurred Volumes in...

Page 178: ...for recovering from pool failures SIM 601xxx 602xxx 604xxx 605xxx 606xxx Troubleshooting the source of SIM codes Failures in a cascaded configuration If a failure occurs in a cascaded configuration th...

Page 179: ...an SNMP trap is triggered by each SIM and is sent to the applicable hosts For details about SNMP information see the HPE XP7 SNMP Agent User Guide For details about SIM reference codes see the HPE XP...

Page 180: ...ed on page 190 For more information about the pool capacity and the capacity ensured for writing and for information about troubleshooting THP pools see the HPE XP7 Provisioning for Open Systems User...

Page 181: ...r 2 Create the pair Execute the inqraid RAID Manager command and verify that the volume is not used by FS and then try the pair creation again A timeout occurs and the RAID Manager command ends abnorm...

Page 182: ...pair volumes see How Fast Snap pair status changes on page 29 A virtual volume cannot be recognized correctly after the host server is booted rebooted or the command for recognizing a device is perfo...

Page 183: ...e FS processing may be in progress Solution The update will complete sometime after the FS processing finishes After a host completes a write operation the used pool capacity shown in the Summary sect...

Page 184: ...devices are insufficient Maintenance work is still under way Shared memory is insufficient Solution Enable the automatically adding pool volumes function for the pool After the pool failed to shrink...

Page 185: ...when SIMs related to the pool usage rate were reported The following figure explains how to take action when 601xxx or 602xxx has occurred Workflow to perform when SIMs related to the pool usage rate...

Page 186: ...186 Troubleshooting Fast Snap...

Page 187: ...Troubleshooting Fast Snap 187...

Page 188: ...ty total capacity of LDEVs to be created The insufficient capacity can be reserved by using the available capacity in a parity group of which capacity expansion is enabled When required capacity total...

Page 189: ...la required physical capacity physical capacity of pool pool threshold physical capacity of pool before expansion Note the threshold and the deletion rate used for the calculation are expressed as a f...

Page 190: ...umber of remaining cache management devices is at least 4 096 2 Remove unneeded V VOLs 3 Remove all of the snapshots in the unneeded P VOLs by resynchronizing the pairs 4 Manually complete the SIMs re...

Page 191: ...605xxx and 606xxx on page 184 For reference code 624000 complete one of the following Delete unused pools Delete unused Fast Snap pairs Delete unused THP V VOLs Shrink the capacity of the THP Smart or...

Page 192: ...Fast Snap data pools on page 89 For reference code 625000The usage level of each THP pool in all of the pools in the storage system falls below the depletion threshold For reference code 626xxxThe us...

Page 193: ...r submitting it select Go to tasks window for status 5 Click Apply to submit the task The SIMs are completed Completed status You can confirm whether a SIM has been completed normally by checking the...

Page 194: ...apshot snapshot_data create command The following table shows the pair tasks you can perform the RAID Manager commands you can use to perform the task and the RWC wizard and windows from which to star...

Page 195: ...pending on their status Status RAID Manager command paircreate paircreate split pairsplit pairresync pairresync restore pairsplit S pairsplit E SMPL Ok Ab Ab Ab Ab Np Ab COPY Np Ab Ab Np Np Ab Ab PAIR...

Page 196: ...s HORCM log curlog horcmlog_HOST horcm log where the asterisk is the instance number and HOST is the host name The following figure shows an example of a log displayed in the RAID Manager window An er...

Page 197: ...ther FS S VOL 9706 paircreate You cannot create the FS pair because another FS pair is using the snapshot ID you specified 9707 paircreate You cannot create the FS pair because the capacity of the pai...

Page 198: ...abnormally because you specified a blocked volume as the FS P VOL 9728 paircreate pairsplit pairresync pairresync restore The command ended abnormally because you specified a volume that is in the pr...

Page 199: ...FS S VOL 973D paircreate pairsplit pairresync pairresync restore The command ended abnormally because you specified a blocked volume as the FS S VOL 973E paircreate pairsplit pairresync pairresync res...

Page 200: ...isable attribute 9752 paircreate pairsplit pairresync pairresync restore The command ended abnormally because the Max LBA size of the volumes you specified as the FS P VOL and S VOL is different 9753...

Page 201: ...ormally because you specified an Auto LUN V2 target volume as the FS S VOL For more information about using Auto LUN V2 contact HPE technical support 976A paircreate An unavailable parameter unsupport...

Page 202: ...e pool VOL is blocked 9783 pairresync restore You cannot restore the FS pair because of one of the following reasons You are storing snapshot data for the FS pair that you want to restore using the co...

Page 203: ...irresync pairresync restore The command ended abnormally because you specified a volume that uses two mirrors in a three Cnt Ac J data center configuration as the P VOL 97A3 paircreate pairsplit pairr...

Page 204: ...unmount snapshot The command ended abnormally because you specified a volume that does not exist 97BF paircreate You cannot create the FS pair from the consistency group to which the specified snapsho...

Page 205: ...though the specified serial number matches the virtual storage machine the physical storage system s serial number that corresponds with the virtual storage machine s serial number does not match when...

Page 206: ...air task failed because you specified the incorrect S VOL B9A7 All commands You cannot retrieve the consistency group information because FS is not installed FF58 pairsplit pairresync pairresync resto...

Page 207: ...clone RAID Manager command might terminate abnormally as shown below if the consistency group includes a pair in a status other than PAIR The command is rejected Timeout occurs with the error code EX...

Page 208: ...rformance in Fast Snap see Changing system options that affect Fast Snap performance on page 108 Opening the window from which you can review the tasks that have been performed on a pair see Viewing F...

Page 209: ...shCopy relationship operations View History Local Replication Click to open the View History window for local replication View History Remote Replication Click to open the View History window for remo...

Page 210: ...onfigured a pair a hyphen is displayed Virtual Storage Machine Information about the virtual storage machine to which the LDEV belongs Values Model Serial NumberThe model type and serial number of the...

Page 211: ...ow to add items to a table using this window see the HPE XP7 Remote Web Console User Guide Local Replication window Summary This section is the table at the top of the Local Replication window that sh...

Page 212: ...s The number of snapshot groups that are in use and the snapshot group limit in your storage system Number of Pair Tables The number of pair tables This number varies depending on the combinations of...

Page 213: ...imated Manageable Capacity The FS pair s estimated manageable capacity which is the estimated FS pair capacity that you can create using the remaining shared memory capacity This value varies dependin...

Page 214: ...The following table lists the items on this tab 214 Fast Snap GUI windows and wizards...

Page 215: ...ayed LUN ID The LUN identification number of the P VOL LDEV s LUN path If the path is not defined a blank is displayed BC only For BC MF a hyphen is displayed Provisioning Type The P VOL s provisionin...

Page 216: ...EnabledThe P VOL s T10 PI attribute is enabled DisabledThe P VOL s T10 PI attribute is disabled Virtual Storage Machine The model type and serial number of the virtual storage machine to which the P...

Page 217: ...following You are copying the pair Status BCCOPY PD COPY BC MFPENDING You are resynchronizing the pair Status BCCOPY RS COPY BC MFResync PENDING You are restoring the pair Status BCCOPY RS R RCPY BC...

Page 218: ...POP You are splitting the pair in Quick Split mode Status BCPSUS SP PSUS BC MFV Split SUSPVS The pair is suspended Status BCPSUE BC MFSuspend SUSPER For more information about BC or BC MF pair status...

Page 219: ...arget NameThe S VOL s iSCSI target name If the LUN path is not defined a blank is displayed BC only For BC MF a hyphen is displayed LUN IDThe LUN identification number of the S VOL LDEV s LUN path If...

Page 220: ...The compression function is used Deduplication and Compression The deduplication function and the compression function are used Disabled The capacity saving function is not used Virtual Storage Machin...

Page 221: ...the View Pair Synchronization Rate window View Pair PropertiesClick to open the View Pair Properties window Suspend PairsClick to open the Suspend Pairs window Delete PairsClick to open the Delete Pai...

Page 222: ...e P VOL s LDEV name Port ID The port identification number of the P VOL LDEV s LUN path If the path is not defined a blank is displayed Host Group Name iSCSI Target Alias The host group name and ID or...

Page 223: ...LDEV belongs contains two or more of the following Volume for which encryption is enabled Volume for which encryption is disabled External volume Note Data encryption is not ensured in an LDEV with M...

Page 224: ...umber of the P VOL s virtual LDEV If no virtual LDEV ID is assigned a blank is displayed Device Name The name of the P VOL s virtual device in a combined format of virtual emulation type number of vir...

Page 225: ...condary VolumesClick to open the Remove Secondary Volumes window Delete PairsClick to open the Delete Pairs window ExportClick to open the dialog from which you can download table information to a fil...

Page 226: ...p Mainframe Reserved The consistency group is reserved for PPRC or Business Continuity Manager FreeThe consistency group is not being used and is not reserved Changing The status is in the process of...

Page 227: ...ization Rate window More Actions Click to view a list of tasks you can perform Options Split PairsClick to open the Split Pairs window Resync PairsClick to open the Resync Pairs window Assign Secondar...

Page 228: ...Pairs table The following table lists the items in this table on the View Pair Synchronization Rate window 228 Fast Snap GUI windows and wizards...

Page 229: ...the P VOL s virtual device in a combined format of virtual emulation type number of virtual LUSE volumes and virtual CVS attribute Each of these three items is displayed only if it is specified If non...

Page 230: ...the copy progress rate is displayed If the pair status is Resync PENDING changed from other than Suspend SUSPER the synchronization rate between P VOL and S VOL is displayed If the pair status is Del...

Page 231: ...ied If none of them are specified a blank is displayed Virtual SSIDThe virtual SSID of the S VOL If no virtual SSID is specified a blank is displayed Mirror Unit The mirror unit number Cascade Indicat...

Page 232: ...e Item Description Copy Type The volume s copy type Values Business CopyBC pair Fast SnapFS pair Business Copy MFBC MF pair Pool Name ID The pool name and identification number For non FS pairs a hyph...

Page 233: ...an external volume or blocked Most Recent Snapshot Date The most recent date and time you created the pair to store snapshot data For non FS pairs a hyphen is displayed LDEV ID The identification numb...

Page 234: ...on is disabled for the parity group to which the P VOL s LDEV belongs or a V VOL is associated with a pool in which a pool volume has encryption disabled MixedThe pool to which the P VOL s LDEV belong...

Page 235: ...S attribute Each of these three items is displayed only if it is specified If none of them are specified a blank is displayed Virtual SSIDThe virtual SSID of the P VOL If no virtual SSID is specified...

Page 236: ...d with a pool in which a pool volume has encryption enabled DisabledEncryption is disabled for the parity group to which the S VOL s LDEV belongs or a V VOL is associated with a pool in which a pool v...

Page 237: ...written to and Protect is not set T10 PIThe S VOL s T10 PI attribute information EnabledThe S VOL s T10 PI attribute is enabled DisabledThe S VOL s T10 PI attribute is disabled Virtual Storage Machine...

Page 238: ...pair with the snapshot attribute Clone A pair with the clone attribute A hyphen is displayed for non FS pairs Topology ID The topology ID which indicates the layer of the pair based on the mirror unit...

Page 239: ...ou performed the task Primary Volume The P VOL information Values LDEV IDThe primary volume s LDEV identification number Provisioning TypeThe P VOL s provisioning type BasicInternal volume THPTHP V VO...

Page 240: ...ry on page 147 Export button Click to open a dialog from which you can download table information to a file Consistency Group Properties window The following image shows this window Consistency Group...

Page 241: ...Continuity Manager FS UsedFS is using the consistency group Mainframe Reserved The consistency group is reserved for PPRC or Business Continuity Manager FreeThe consistency group is not being used and...

Page 242: ...ned format of virtual emulation type number of virtual LUSE volumes and virtual CVS attribute Each of these three items is displayed only if it is specified If none of them are specified a blank is di...

Page 243: ...er of virtual LUSE volumes and virtual CVS attribute Each of these three items is displayed only if it is specified If none of them are specified a blank is displayed Virtual SSIDThe virtual SSID of t...

Page 244: ...nformation Creating Fast Snap pairs using Remote Web Console on page 114 Assigning secondary volumes to snapshot data after creating new Fast Snap pairs on page 131 Changing assignment of secondary vo...

Page 245: ...DEV Select an LDEV to create a pair without specifying LUN Port ID Filters LDEVs in the Available Primary Volumes table according to port ID This item dispays if you select LUN for Select By Host Grou...

Page 246: ...roup Specifies whether to create a new snapshot group or to use an existing one Values Create New Enter the values of the snapshot group you want to create in Number of Snapshot Data per Primary Volum...

Page 247: ...to it When you select Use Existing in Snapshot Group adds all snapshot data to an existing snapshot group Prefix The fixed character prefix of the snapshot group Initial number The initial number of t...

Page 248: ...lect LUN for Select By iSCSI Target Name The iSCSI target name This item is displayed if you select LUN for Select By LUN ID The LUN identification number of the LDEV s LUN path This item is displayed...

Page 249: ...migration volume a hyphen is displayed For THP V VOLs the pool to which an LDEV belongs is an external volume or blocked Capacity Saving Information about the LDEV s capacity saving function Compress...

Page 250: ...tification number of the LDEV s LUN path Capacity The LDEV s capacity CLPR The LDEV s CLPR ID Pool Name ID The pool name and identification number Mirror Unit The mirror unit number A hyphen is displa...

Page 251: ...ith a pool in which a pool volume has encryption disabled Mixed The pool to which the LDEV belongs contains two or more of the following Volume for which encryption is enabled Volume for which encrypt...

Page 252: ...ol s encryption information Enabled A pool was created by the pool volume for which encryption is enabled Disabled A pool was created by the pool volume for which encryption is disabled Mixed A pool c...

Page 253: ...ow is the second window of the Create FS Pairs wizard The following image shows this window The following table shows the items in this window Item Description Capacity Click to select the capacity fo...

Page 254: ...table back to the Available LDEVs table Available LDEVs table The following table lists the items in the Available LDEVs table on the Assign Secondary Volumes window Item Description LDEV ID The LDEV...

Page 255: ...abled External volume Note Data encryption is not ensured in an LDEV with Mixed encryption status If you want to manage data encryption use LDEVs with the Enabled or Disabled status If the LDEV is an...

Page 256: ...name If you have not allocated an LDEV to the S VOL for an existing pair a hyphen is displayed Port IDThe port name of the P VOL LDEV s LUN path Host Group Name iSCSI Target AliasThe host group name a...

Page 257: ...which a pool volume has encryption enabled Disabled Encryption is disabled for the parity group to which P VOL s LDEV belongs or a V VOL is associated with a pool in which a pool volume has encryption...

Page 258: ...e used Disabled The capacity saving function is not used T10 PIThe P VOL s T10 PI attribute information EnabledThe P VOL s T10 PI attribute is enabled DisabledThe P VOL s T10 PI attribute is disabled...

Page 259: ...to which S VOL s LDEV belongs or a V VOL is associated with a pool in which a pool volume has encryption enabled Disabled Encryption is disabled for the parity group to which S VOL s LDEV belongs or...

Page 260: ...Unit The mirror unit number A hyphen is displayed if the volume is not an S VOL of an existing pair Cascade Indicates whether a cascaded pair can be created Enabled Cascaded pairs can be created Disa...

Page 261: ...Selected Pairs table The following table lists the items in this table on the Confirm window Fast Snap GUI windows and wizards 261...

Page 262: ...me has encryption enabled Disabled Encryption is disabled for the parity group to which P VOL s LDEV belongs or the P VOL is a V VOL associated with a pool in which a pool volume has encryption disabl...

Page 263: ...e used Disabled The capacity saving function is not used T10 PIThe P VOL s T10 PI attribute information EnabledThe P VOL s T10 PI attribute is enabled DisabledThe P VOL s T10 PI attribute is disabled...

Page 264: ...s or the P VOL is a V VOL associated with a pool in which a pool volume has encryption enabled Disabled Encryption is disabled for the parity group to which S VOL s LDEV belongs or the P VOL is a V VO...

Page 265: ...is enabled Volume for which encryption is disabled External volume Note Data encryption is not ensured in an LDEV with Mixed encryption status For pools created in external volumes blocked pools and...

Page 266: ...ge 141 Snapshot Date The date and time that you created the pair to store snapshot data Primary Volume The P VOL information Values LDEV IDThe P VOL s LDEV identification number LDEV NameThe P VOL s L...

Page 267: ...e root volume and the mirror unit number Select Pool window The following image shows the Select Pool window which includes the Available Pools table Available Pools table The following table lists th...

Page 268: ...ve Type RPM The data drive type and RPM For more information about data drive type see Pool creation and data drive type priority Encryption The pool s encryption information EnabledA pool was created...

Page 269: ...ual volumes that can be associated with the pool For a pool with the Data Direct Mapping attribute is shown for the maximum number of virtual volumes that can be associated with the pool Number of Roo...

Page 270: ...e P VOL s LDEV name Emulation Type The P VOL s emulation type CapacityThe P VOL s capacity CLPRThe P VOL s CLPR ID Copy Type The volume s copy type Values FSFS pair Snapshot Group The snapshot group n...

Page 271: ...r unit number Cascade Indicates whether a cascaded pair can be created Enabled Cascaded pairs can be created Disabled Cascaded pairs cannot be created A hyphen displays for non FS pairs Type The pair...

Page 272: ...o the S VOL and then the pair is split Note This value is only available if you specify the copy type as FS Default Steady Split Copy Pace The speed at which the S VOL is copied For Fast Snap pairs wi...

Page 273: ...ured a snapshot group for the FS pair Status The pair status For more information see Fast Snap pair status definitions on page 141 Split Type The split type Values Quick Split The pair is split and t...

Page 274: ...ded pairs can be created Disabled Cascaded pairs cannot be created A hyphen displays for non FS pairs Type The pair type Snapshot A snapshot pair Clone A cloned pair A hyphen displays for non FS pairs...

Page 275: ...e Emulation Type The P VOL s emulation type CapacityThe P VOL s capacity CLPRThe P VOL s CLPR ID Copy Type The volume s copy type Values FSFS pair Snapshot Group The snapshot group name Information is...

Page 276: ...rror Unit The mirror unit number Cascade Indicates whether a cascaded pair can be created Enabled Cascaded pairs can be created Disabled Cascaded pairs cannot be created A hyphen displays for non FS p...

Page 277: ...he P VOL For more information about the types of pair resynchronization see the HPE XP7 Business Copy User Guide Copy Pace The speed at which the S VOL is copied A hyphen is displayed Resync Pairs con...

Page 278: ...more information see Fast Snap pair status definitions on page 141 Resync Type The type of resynchronization Values Normal Copy Primary Secondary A full forward resynchronization of data from the P VO...

Page 279: ...d Cascaded pairs can be created Disabled Cascaded pairs cannot be created A hyphen displays for non FS pairs Type The pair type Snapshot A pair with the snapshot attribute Clone A pair with the clone...

Page 280: ...ype CapacityThe P VOL s capacity CLPRThe P VOL s CLPR ID Copy Type The volume s copy type Values FSFS pair Snapshot Group The snapshot group name Information is displayed for this item only if you hav...

Page 281: ...r non FS pairs Type The pair type Snapshot A pair with the snapshot attribute Clone A pair with the clone attribute A hyphen displays for non FS pairs Topology ID The topology ID which indicates the l...

Page 282: ...ica Options wizard Item Description System Type The storage system type Values OpenSelect when you want to change system options that affect BC and FS performance MainframeSelect when you want to chan...

Page 283: ...xt Slower1 Copy Pace Ext Slower2 and Copy Pace Ext None determines the host server s I O performance Quick Steady Split Multiplexing Business Copy Business Copy for Mainframe 24 Accelerates Business C...

Page 284: ...BC MF FC MF FCSE System Options table The following table lists the items in this table on the Edit Local Replica Options window 284 Fast Snap GUI windows and wizards...

Page 285: ...hibits background copy and improves host I O response when the operating ratio of the MP blade FC MF or FCSE S VOL or T VOL is allocated exceeds 50 Copy Pace Ext Slower1 20 Copy Pace Ext Slower2 21 Co...

Page 286: ...r the option is currently enabled or disabled Enable button Click to enable the selected option Disable button Click to disable the selected option Edit Local Replica Options confirmation window This...

Page 287: ...he Edit Local Replica Options wizard Item Description System Option Options that can be changed Status Shows whether the option is currently enabled or disabled FS Pairs window The following image sho...

Page 288: ...s LUN path If the path is not defined a blank is displayed Provisioning TypeThe P VOL s provisioning type BasicInternal volume THPTHP V VOL ExternalExternal volume CapacityThe P VOL s capacity CLPRTh...

Page 289: ...torage MachineThe model type and serial number of the virtual storage machine to which the P VOL belongs Virtual LDEV IDThe identification number of the P VOL s virtual LDEV Virtual Device NameThe nam...

Page 290: ...ncryption is enabled for the parity group to which S VOL s LDEV belongs or the P VOL is a V VOL associated with a pool in which a pool volume has encryption enabled Disabled Encryption is disabled for...

Page 291: ...S attribute Each of these three items is displayed only if it is specified If none of them are specified a blank is displayed Virtual SSIDThe virtual SSID of the S VOL If no virtual SSID is specified...

Page 292: ...airs window Resync Pairs button Click to open the Resync Pairs window More Actions Click to view a list of tasks you can perform Options Assign Secondary VolumesClick to open the Assign Secondary Volu...

Page 293: ...clude Assigned Volumes Hide volumes that are already paired from the Selected Pairs table Select By Filters LDEVs in the Available LDEVs table by the specified object Port ID Filters LDEVs in the Avai...

Page 294: ...name of the LDEV s LUN path This item is displayed if you select LUN for Select By Host Group Name iSCSI Target Alias The host group name and ID or iSCSI target alias and ID of the LDEV s LUN path Thi...

Page 295: ...r LDEV NameThe P VOL s LDEV name If you have not allocated an LDEV to the S VOL for an existing pair a hyphen is displayed Port IDThe port name of the P VOL LDEV s LUN path Host Group Name iSCSI Targe...

Page 296: ...EV belongs or a V VOL is associated with a pool in which a pool volume has encryption enabled Disabled Encryption is disabled for the parity group to which P VOL s LDEV belongs or a V VOL is associate...

Page 297: ...P VOL s T10 PI attribute is enabled DisabledThe P VOL s T10 PI attribute is disabled Snapshot Group The snapshot group name Information is displayed for this item only if you have configured a snapsho...

Page 298: ...the parity group to which S VOL s LDEV belongs or a V VOL is associated with a pool in which a pool volume has encryption enabled Disabled Encryption is disabled for the parity group to which S VOL s...

Page 299: ...nd identification number Mirror Unit The mirror unit number Cascade Indicates whether a cascaded pair can be created Enabled Cascaded pairs can be created Disabled Cascaded pairs cannot be created Top...

Page 300: ...Selected Pairs table The following table lists the items in this table on the Confirm window 300 Fast Snap GUI windows and wizards...

Page 301: ...s LDEV belongs or a V VOL is associated with a pool in which a pool volume has encryption enabled Disabled Encryption is disabled for the parity group to which P VOL s LDEV belongs or a V VOL is assoc...

Page 302: ...0 PI attribute information EnabledThe P VOL s T10 PI attribute is enabled DisabledThe P VOL s T10 PI attribute is disabled Snapshot Group The snapshot group name Information is displayed for this item...

Page 303: ...the parity group to which S VOL s LDEV belongs or a V VOL is associated with a pool in which a pool volume has encryption enabled Disabled Encryption is disabled for the parity group to which S VOL s...

Page 304: ...ated Topology ID The topology ID which indicates the layer of the pair based on the mirror unit The topology ID consists of the LDEV ID of the root volume and the mirror unit number Remove Secondary V...

Page 305: ...located an LDEV to the S VOL a hyphen is displayed Capacity The P VOL s capacity CLPR The P VOL s CLPR ID Pool Name ID The pool name and identification number Mirror Unit The mirror unit number A hyph...

Page 306: ...Capacity The LDEV s capacity CLPR The LDEV s CLPR ID Snapshot Group The snapshot group name Information is displayed for this item only if you have configured a snapshot group for the FS pair Status...

Page 307: ...mber A hyphen is displayed if the volume is not an S VOL of an existing pair Cascade Indicates whether a cascaded pair can be created Enabled Cascaded pairs can be created Disabled Cascaded pairs cann...

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