Copying Data To External Disk Arrays (Setting External Lus As S-Vols); Copying Data From External Disk Arrays (Using External Lus As P-Vols) - HP StorageWorks User Manual

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NOTE:
might not be able to create a CV with the same capacity as the internal XP LDEV (B) because
Volume Manager does not allow you to specify the capacity in blocks. In this case, you cannot
create a Continuous Access XP pair.
4.
Create a copy pair.
Figure 52

Copying data from external disk arrays (using external LUs as P-VOLs)

Copying data to external disk arrays (setting external LUs as S-VOLs)

For A, B, and C in the following description, see
To adjust the external LU's capacity to create a pair:
1.
Map the external LU (A) as an internal XP LDEV (B) of the disk array. Set the emulation type to the same
as the copy source volume (C).
2.
Check the capacity of the internal XP LDEV (B) to which the external LU (A) is mapped. If the mapped
internal XP LDEV's (B) capacity is not same as the copy source volume (C), use Volume Manager to
create a CV with the same capacity as the copy source volume (C) out of volume (B).
3.
Create a copy pair.
Figure 53

Copying data to external disk arrays (setting external LUs as S-VOLs)

To create a Continuous Access XP pair with a volume of an XP1024/XP128 disk array, you
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