HP P9000 Auto LUN User Guide

CAUTION: When you use mainframe system, you can access only one resource group from a
host. It is recommended that you should specify volumes that are assigned to the resource group
that can be accessed from the host as source volumes and target volumes.
For details about Resource Partition, see HP P9000 Provisioning for Open Systems User Guide or
HP P9000 Provisioning for Mainframe Systems User Guide.
Supported and prohibited source and target volumes
The following list includes volumes and volume types that cannot be used as source or target
volumes for Auto LUN:
• System disks
• Quorum disks
• Volumes being used by the host as command devices
• IBM 3390 Concurrent Copy volumes
• Volumes reserved by a migration program other than Auto LUN
• Volumes undergoing a Quick Format operation
• Volumes in an abnormal or inaccessible condition (such as, pinned, tracked, or fenced)
• External Storage Access Manager P-VOLs or S-VOLs
• Volumes having the Nondisruptive Migration attribute
The following table lists the volumes and volume types that can and cannot be considered as
candidates for source and/or target volumes for an Auto LUN operation. The table is categorized
by program product.
Table 2 Candidates for Source and Target Volumes by Program Product
Target Volume Candidate?Source Volume Candidate?Volume Type/StatusProgram Product
Yes, but the target volume
may not be associated with
Yes
NOTE: The maximum
capacity is 4 TB.
THP V-VOLThin Provisioning
the same Thin Provisioning
pool as the source volume
NOTE: The maximum
capacity is 4 TB.
NoNoPool volume
Yes, but the target volume
may not be associated with
Yes, but you cannot specify
the volume whose emulation
THP V-VOLThin Provisioning Z
the same Thin Provisioning
Z pool as the source volume.
type is 3390-V as the source
volume
You cannot specify the
volume whose emulation
type is 3390-V as the target
volume.
NoNoPool volume
NoYesA volume in PSUS, PSUE, or
PAIR status
Continuous Access
Synchronous
NoYes, if volumes are in SMPL
status
Deleted pair volumes from
MCU
NoYes, if volume is in SMPL
status
Deleted S-VOL from MCU
Supported and prohibited source and target volumes 11