Compatible Flashcopy - HP StorageWorks P9000 - Disk Arrays User Manual

Figure 5 Cnt Ac-J Z, Cnt Ac-S Z, and BC Z shared volume configuration 2
All Business Copy Z operations, with the following exceptions, can be performed in the Continuous
Access Synchronous Z and Continuous Access Journal Z secondary sites, irrespective of Continuous
Access Synchronous Z pair status. The Continuous Access Journal Z delta resync pair's status must
be HOLD or HLDE.
The Reverse Copy can only be performed when the Continuous Access Synchronous Z and
Continuous Access Journal Z pair status is Suspend.
The Quick Restore can not be performed.
P9500 currently does not support the configuration where Continuous Access Synchronous Z
volumes can be used as Continuous Access Journal Z volumes or vice versa. For information about
when this configuration will be supported, contact HP Technical Support.

Compatible FlashCopy

If you use Compatible FlashCopy and Business Copy Z, you can only use the configuration of a
Business Copy Z S-VOL shared with a Compatible FlashCopy S-VOL. The following shows Business
Copy Z operations which can be performed on Compatible FlashCopy pairs (relationships).
Performable Business Copy Z operations: Add pair, Split pair, Suspend Pair, Resync Pair,
Delete Pair
Unperformable Business Copy Z operations: Reverse Resync, Quick Restore
The following shows FlashCopy Version 2 operations which can be performed to Compatible
FlashCopy pairs.
Establishing relationships
Deleting relationships
The previous operations can be performed when the pair status of the Business Copy Z is the
following:
Performable pair status: Simplex, Pending, Duplex, SP-Pend, V-Split, Resync, Suspend
Unperformable pair status: Resync-R
Up to 16 Compatible FlashCopy pairs can be created, even if the S-VOL has three Business Copy
Z T-VOLs.
For details on Compatible FlashCopy, see the HP StorageWorks P9000 for Compatible FlashCopy
Mirroring User Guide.
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