HP P9000 Provisioning for Open and Mainframe Systems User Guide

Figure 1 Using Thin Provisioning and Continuous Access Synchronous
ExplanationContinuous Access
Synchronous S-VOL
Continuous Access
Synchronous P-VOL
Supported.THP V-VOLsTHP V-VOLs
Supported.Normal (ordinary) volumesTHP V-VOLs
Supported.THP V-VOLsNormal (ordinary) volumes
Note, however, that this combination consumes the same
amount of pool capacity as the original normal volume
(P-VOL).
You cannot specify a Thin Provisioning pool-VOL as a Continuous Access Synchronous P-VOL and
S-VOL.
Continuous Access Journal
You can use Thin Provisioning in combination with Continuous Access Journal to replicate THP
V-VOLs.
The following table lists the supported Continuous Access Journal and Thin Provisioning volume
combinations.
Figure 2 Using Thin Provisioning and Continuous Access Journal
ExplanationContinuous Access
Journal S-VOL
Continuous Access Journal
P-VOL
Supported.THP V-VOLsTHP V-VOLs
Supported.Normal (ordinary)
volumes
THP V-VOLs
Supported.THP V-VOLsNormal (ordinary)
volumes
Note, however, that this combination consumes the same amount
of pool capacity as the original normal volume (P-VOL).
You cannot specify Thin Provisioning pool-VOL as a Continuous Access Journal P-VOL or S-VOL.
Business Copy
You can use Thin Provisioning in combination with Business Copy to replicate THP V-VOLs.
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