Performing Configuration Operations; Configuration Workflow; Set Up Primary And Secondary Volumes; Reserve S-Vols - HP StorageWorks P9000 User Manual

4 Performing configuration operations

This chapter provides configuration information and instructions.

Configuration workflow

Setup for Business Copy consists of the following:
Making certain that primary and secondary volumes are set up correctly.
Reserving volumes for use as S-VOLs. (Optional.)
Setting the HOST I/O Performance option, which boosts I/O performance though copy time
slows as a result. (Optional.)

Set up primary and secondary volumes

The primary and secondary volumes must be set up prior to making copies. Insure that the volumes
you plan to use meet the requirements for pair volumes in

Reserve S-VOLs

This is an optional feature that allows you to reserve SMPL volumes for use as S-VOLs. The system
rejects write I/Os to reserved volumes (except in PSUS status).
Prerequisite Information
Volumes to be reserved must be:
In SMPL status
Unreserved and unpaired
To reserve a volume for use as an S-VOL:
1. Set the volume or volumes that you want to reserve offline from the host.
2. Click Actions > Local Copy > Business Copy/Snapshot > Pair Operation to open the Pair
Operation window.
3. Change to Modify mode by clicking the
4. In the tree, select the appropriate port or host group for the volumes you want to reserve.
Related volumes display in the volume list.
5. To show only SMPL, unreserved volumes, click Display Filter, then clear the Reserve and Pair
check boxes, select Non-Pair, and click OK.
6. In the volume list, right-click the desired SMPL volume(s), then click Change Reserve from the
menu.
The Set Reserve Attribute dialog box displays.
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