HP StorageWorks Continuous Access XP user guide for the XP10000/XP12000 (December 2005)

Continuous Access XP user guide for the XP10000/XP12000 9

About this guide

This guide provides information about the following:

• Understanding Continuous Access XP operations

• Preparing for Continuous Access XP operations

• Installing hardware

• Combining Continuous Access XP with other data management operations

• Using Continuous Access XP

• Performing Continuous Access XP configuration operations

• Performing Continuous Access XP pair operations

• Performing Continuous Access XP disaster recovery operations

• Understanding error codes and messages

• Recovering pinned tracks for Continuous Access XP volumes

Intended audience

This guide is intended for customers and HP-authorized service providers with knowledge of the following:

• Disk array hardware and software

• Data processing and RAID storage subsystems and their basic functions

NOTE: The functions described in this manual may be limited, depending on your assigned level of user

access. Some users will have read-only access while others will have limited or full array access. For

additional information on users and user groups, please see the HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web

Console User Guide.

Prerequisites

Prerequisites for using this product include:

• Installation of the HP StorageWorks disk array(s)

• Installation of the license key for this product

Firmware versions

The recommended firmware versions shown in Table 1 provide the optimal level of support for the

features provided with this product. Older firmware versions can be used; however, product features

enabled with newer firmware will not appear.