HP XP P9000 Business Continuity Manager User Guide (T5253-96086, November 2013)

When Executing Copy Group Operation Commands............................................................309
Batch Processing for Multiple Copy Pairs.............................................................................310
Copy Pair Operations Common to All Copy Types................................................................311
Copy Pair Operations for BC Z and TCA.............................................................................311
Copy Pair Operations for BC Z..........................................................................................312
Copy Pair Operations for Cnt Ac-S Z..................................................................................312
Copy Pair Operations for Cnt Ac-J Z...................................................................................312
Messages Output from Business Continuity Manager............................................................312
Using configuration files........................................................................................................312
Working with scripts.............................................................................................................313
Expanding to REXX Variables............................................................................................313
Acquiring Copy Pair Status................................................................................................314
Creating and Dissolving Copy Pairs....................................................................................314
Changing the Copy Pair Status..........................................................................................314
Monitoring the Copy Pair Status.........................................................................................314
Checking the copy group configuration...............................................................................314
Sample Script..................................................................................................................314
About Scripts and YKLOAD...............................................................................................314
Operating a copy group.......................................................................................................314
Preparing to Use a Copy Group........................................................................................315
Starting Backup Operations...............................................................................................315
Suspending a Copy Group...............................................................................................315
Resynchronizing a Copy Group.........................................................................................315
Displaying the Status of a Copy Group...............................................................................315
Operating a Copy Group.................................................................................................315
Creating a Copy Group....................................................................................................316
Backing Up a Copy Group...............................................................................................318
Operational Testing..........................................................................................................318
Backup operations using the Cnt Ac-J Z ATTIME Suspend function...............................................319
Status During Normal Operations......................................................................................319
Obtaining Cnt Ac-J Z ATTIME Backups................................................................................320
If an Error Occurs While Copy Pairs Are Suspended.............................................................322
Determining the Volume to Be Used for Restoration...............................................................323
Check whether the Cnt Ac-J Z S-VOL is usable.................................................................323
Check which Business Copy S-VOL generation is usable...................................................323
Setting and Canceling ATTIME Suspension Information.........................................................323
Monitoring status and changing configurations in a 3DC Cascade (Cnt Ac-S Z x Cnt Ac-J Z)
configuration........................................................................................................................324
Monitoring the Copy Status...............................................................................................324
When the Cnt Ac-S consistency preservation function is not used.......................................325
When the Cnt Ac-S consistency preservation function is used.............................................326
Changing Configurations of Cnt Ac-S Z and Cnt Ac-J Z Copy Groups.....................................326
Using Compatible FlashCopy linkage configurations.................................................................329
Using the Compatible FlashCopy Linkage Function in a 2DC Configuration.............................329
Compatible FlashCopy Linkage When the Copy Pair Is in the DUPLEX Status.......................330
Compatible FlashCopy linkage using the Preserve Mirror function when the copy pair is in the
DUPLEX status (Continuous Access Synchronous Z)...........................................................331
Compatible FlashCopy Linkage When the Copy Pair Is in the Suspend Status......................333
Using the Compatible FlashCopy Linkage Function in a 3DC Multi-Target (Cnt Ac-S Z x Cnt Ac-J
Z) Configuration..............................................................................................................334
Determining the Compatible FlashCopy Copy Status.............................................................336
How to determine the Compatible FlashCopy copy status.................................................336
Example of a script that determines the Compatible FlashCopy copy status.........................337
Monitoring PPRC copy pairs...................................................................................................337
Using an Open/MF consistency group....................................................................................338
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