Requirements And Planning; System Requirements - HP StorageWorks P9000 - Disk Arrays User Manual

2 Requirements and planning

This chapter describes system requirements and recommendations for planning a Business Copy
Z system.

System requirements

The following table shows minimum requirements for Business Copy Z.
Table 1 System requirements
Item
Business Copy Z license
capacity
License key
RAID level
Remote Web Console
Business Continuity
Manager/IBM PPRC
Pair volumes
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Requirement
Based on purchased capacity. See
Must be installed. See HP StorageWorks P9000 Remote Web Console User Guide for
instructions.
RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6
If you use Remote Web Console, it is necessary to be in Modify mode to perform pair
operations.
Business Continuity Manager and PPRC are independent functions. Use one or the other.
Business Continuity Manager requires a command device. See
Continuity Manager, PPRC use" (page
Business Continuity Manager User Guide, and other IBM documentation regarding PPRC
for more information.
Number of S-VOLs per T-VOL: one
Number of T-VOLs per S-VOL: one to three
Volume Capacity. S-VOL and T-VOL must have the same capacity.
Supported Emulation Types. Emulation types is the same as those of Simplex.
Supported Volume Types
- Internal system volumes.
- External volumes. External Storage license required.
- Custom-sized volumes. Virtual LVI required. Pair volumes must have same capacity
and emulation type.
Sharing volumes with other program products is supported. See
Copy Z volumes" (page
The following cannot be used as pair volumes:
- Continuous Access Journal Z journal volumes.
- Command devices for Business Continuity Manager.
"License capacity requirements " (page
15), "Pair operations using PPRC" (page
17).
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