HP XP24000/XP20000 Business Copy Software User Guide (T5213-96034, November 2011)

4 Preparing for XP Business Copy Operations
This chapter describes requirements for using XP Business Copy, installation procedure of XP
Business Copy, and calculation of the number of pairs that XP Business Copy can create. Read
this chapter before you start the operation of XP Business Copy.
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System Requirements
XP Business Copy operations involve the storage system containing the primary and secondary
volumes and the licensed XP Business Copy program product enabled on Remote Web Console.
The system requirements for XP Business Copy are as follows.
Volume Requirements
The requirements for the volumes to be used as XP Business Copy pairs are as follows:
• RAID level
The RAID level combinations of the P-VOL and the S-VOL of an XP Business Copy pair must
be one of the following:
Table 13 Supported Combinations of RAID Levels
S-VOLP-VOL
RAID6RAID5RAID1
YesYesYesRAID1
YesYesYesRAID5
YesYesYesRAID6
• Types of volumes
Besides normal volumes, you can use external volumes, custom-sized volumes, and LUSE
volumes. When using external volumes, custom-sized volumes, or LUSE volumes, note the
following points:
◦ External volumes
The license of XP External Storage is required.
◦ Custom-sized volumes
The license for VLL is required. To create an XP Business Copy pair with custom-sized
volumes, ensure that P-VOL is paired with S-VOLs of the same capacity and the same
emulation type.
◦ LUSE volumes
The license for LUSE is required. To create an XP Business Copy pair with LUSE volumes,
ensure that P-VOL is paired with S-VOL of the same size and the same structure. For
example, if the P-VOL is a LUSE volume where volumes of 1 GB, 2 GB and 3 GB are
combined in this order, you must ensure that the S-VOL is a LUSE volume where volumes
of 1 GB, 2 GB and 3 GB are combined in the same order.
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