Requirements And Planning; System Requirements - HP XP P9500 User Manual

2 Requirements and planning

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

System requirements

The following table shows minimum requirements for Business Copy.
Table 1 System Requirements
Item
Business Copy license
capacity
License key
RAID level
Remote Web Console
RAID Manager
Pair volumes
Maximum Number of Pairs
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Requirement
Based on purchased capacity. See
Must be installed. See HP 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.
RAID Manager requires a command device. See the HP P9000 RAID Manager User Guide
for more information.
Number of P-VOLs per S-VOL: one
Number of S-VOLs per P-VOL:
For L1 pairs, a maximum of three S-VOLs per P-VOL.
For L2 pairs, a maximum of two S-VOLs per P-VOL.
(For information on pair-layers, see
Volume Capacity. P-VOL and S-VOL must have the same capacity.
Supported Emulation Types. Emulation types is the same as those of SMPL.
Supported Volume Types
- Internal system volumes.
- External volumes. External Storage license required.
- Custom-sized volumes. VLL required. Pair volumes must have same capacity and
emulation type.
- LUSE volumes require LUSE license. Business Copy S-VOLs must have the same size
and structure as the P-VOL. For example, if the P-VOL is a LUSE volume in which volumes
of 1 GB, 2 GB, and 3 GB are combined in this order, the S-VOL must also be a LUSE
volume with volumes of 1 GB, 2 GB, and 3 GB combined in the same order.
MU number (mirror unit number).
- For an L1 pair, use 0, 1, or 2.
- For an L2 pair, use 1 or 2.
Sharing volumes with other program products is supported. See
Copy volumes" (page 18).
The following cannot be used as pair volumes:
- Continuous Access Journal journal volumes.
- Virtual volumes (except Thin Provisioning volumes).
- Pool volumes.
Maximum number possible per storage system is 16,384 pairs (when one S-VOL per
P-VOL). Actual number is based on amount of additional shared memory. See
number of pairs" (page 12)
"License capacity requirements" (page
"Cascaded pairs " (page
for further information.
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