HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.2 Administrator Guide (web)

Managing copy pairs
To manage copy pairs in Device Manager or Replication Manager, you need to specify the following
properties in the server.properties file as necessary.
• If RAID Manager is installed in a location other than the default location, or if the host OS is
Windows and the RAID Manager installation drive is different from the Device Manager agent
installation drive:
server.agent.rm.location
• If you want to centrally manage copy pairs in the storage system managed by the Device Manager
server from the management target host:
server.agent.rm.centralizePairConfiguration
• If the host that recognizes copy pairs is a virtual machine on VMware ESX 4.x or VMware ESXi
4.x:
server.agent.rm.ignorePairStatus
CAUTION:
If you want to check the latest copy pair information by using the GUI or CLI, take either of the
following actions depending on the copy pair management method.
If local management is used: Refresh the storage systems.
If central management is used: Refresh the pair management server.
• To use an SVP as a virtual command device to manage copy pairs defined as a device group:
When P-VOLs and S-VOLs are assigned to the management server, the following property must
be set:
server.agent.rm.ignorePairStatus
To check the latest copy pair information via the GUI or CLI, refresh the storage systems.
• If copy pairs are managed that have been defined by using a device group or a virtual command
device
Because responses to RAID Manager commands take more time than when managing copy pairs
in a configuration using physical command devices, processing by the Device Manager agent
might terminate in an error. We recommend that you change the following property values in
advance:
• The server.agent.rm.moduleTimeOut property of the Device Manager agent
Set the value to 1800 or greater.
• The agent.rm.TimeOut property of the Device Manager agent
Set the value to 1800 or greater.
• The hdvmagtif.MaxPollingCount property of the Replication Manager server
Set the value to 100.
• The hdvmagtif.PollingInterval property of the Replication Manager server
Set the value to 60 or greater.
• If you want to unify the coding format of pair volume information into the HORCM_DEV or HOR-
CM_LDEV format when creating pairs:
server.agent.rm.pairDefinitionForm
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