Register Journal Volumes In A Journal - HP XP P9500 User Manual

Register journal volumes in a journal

You set up journal volumes by registering them in a journal. The procedure is provided below.
Prerequisite information
The emulation type of the volume that can be registered in the journal is only OPEN-V. For
details, see
Journal volumes must be registered in a journal before the initial pair-copy operation is
performed.
Journal volumes must be registered on both local and remote systems.
A journal can contain up to 64 journal volumes.
Journal volumes must be set up and sized according to your Continuous Access Journal system's
requirements. For more information, see
Journal volumes can be added to a journal under the following conditions:
◦ The journal is not used.
◦ When pair operations are not in progress and the status of the journal of the mirror is
Active, Stopped, Hold, Holding, or Hold(Failure).
Journal volumes cannot be added to a journal under the following conditions:
◦ When pair operations are in progress and the status of the journal of the mirror is Active,
Stopped, Hold, Holding, or Hold(Failure).
When Cache Residency settings are defined for the volumes.
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If a path (LU path) is defined from a host to a volume, you cannot register the volume to a
journal. Also, a journal volume cannot have a LU path defined to it from a host. Hosts cannot
read from and write to journal volumes.
Do not register a volume to a journal during quick formatting. Doing so stalls quick formatting
operation.
To register journal volumes
1. In Remote Web Console, select Actions > Remote Copy > Continuous Access Journal > Journal
Operation. The Journal Operation window is displayed.
50 Configuration operations
(page 17).
"Sizing journal volumes " (page 22).