HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring application notes (T5437-96014, December 2009)

Document overview

This application note provides guidelines on the use of HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring in a

specific environment. This document contains:

• Document overview—Explains what an application note contains, how it should be used, what

you need to know before trying to use the application note, and where you can go for more in-

formation.

• Solution overview—Explains how the solution works with Storage Mirroring. Review this section

to make sure that you understand the theory involved with using Storage Mirroring for this solution.

• Sample Implementation—Describes specific examples of how to use Storage Mirroring for this

solution. This includes information about the system setup used in the sample implementation. Use

these procedures as a guideline for creating your own implementation. Because no two environments

or configurations are exactly the same, you will probably need to implement additional or different

steps than what is documented here in order to make the solution work in your environment.

Expectations

Application notes are intended to provide a framework for configuring a Storage Mirroring solution

in a specific environment and to draw attention to decisions you will need to make when configuring

your solution.

Because there are an infinite number of possible configuration, network, and environment scenarios,

application notes contain general configuration guidelines as well as an example configuration

procedure that has been tested for a specific environment.

This document assumes that you are comfortable working with your operating system, Storage

Mirroring, and SQL Server®.