HP XP7 Replication Manager User Guide (TK981-96013, May 2014)

• Because there is no pair/copy status assiociated with Snapshot/Fast Snap management, alerts

and use of My Copy Groups do not apply. Instead, only FS pool usage monitoring applies.

Related topics

• Snapshot group requirements, page 170

• Creating a snapshot group, page 171

Snapshot group requirements

Snapshot groups require the following:

• The platform type must be Open.

• The storage system must be HP P9500 or XP7.

• Only Snapshot/Fast Snap snapshots can be registered in a snapshot group. (Copy-on-Write

snapshots cannot be registered.)

• An in-band connection to the storage system is required (virtual command devices are not suppor-

ted).

• The Storage Administrator role is required to perform snapshot group configuration operations.

• You must have a Snapshot/Fast Snap license.

• V-VOLs must have a LUN path defined.

• Snapshot groups and copy groups cannot be mixed.

• Assignment of snapshot groups can only be performed when new copy pairs are configured (you

cannot assign a snapshot group definition to existing copy pairs). If you manage copy pairs using

a snapshot group on HP P9500 and XP7, a pair management server for the snapshot group needs

to be configured in advance. This server must have user authentication enabled for the command

device. If you use a pair management server to which multiple command devices are connected,

each must have authentication enabled.