Storage Mirroring Evaluation Guide

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1.1 Evaluation guide overview
In this guide, you will find five sections:
1. Introduction—A brief overview of HP OpenView Storage Mirroring
2. Resources—Resources available during your evaluation
3. Installation—System requirements and step-by-step instructions for installing HP
OpenView Storage Mirroring
4. Operation—Step-by-step instructions for basic HP OpenView Storage Mirroring
operations
5. Conclusion—Final words on your HP OpenView Storage Mirroring evaluation
1.2 HP OpenView Storage Mirroring Operations
HP OpenView Storage Mirroring performs four basic types of operations:
! Mirroring—The initial copy or subsequent resynchronization of selected data
! Replication—The on-going capture of byte-level file changes
! Failure monitoring and failover—The ability to monitor and stand-in for a machine, in
the event of a failure
! Restoration—A mirror of selected data from the target back to the source
Each operation is briefly described in the following sections. For complete details, see the
corresponding chapter in the HP OpenView Storage Mirroring User's Guide.