HP XP P9000 Business Copy for Mainframe Systems User Guide (AV400-96572, July 2013)

4 Performing configuration operations
This chapter provides instructions for configuring BC Z.
Configuration workflow
Setup for BC Z consists of the following operations. You must have Storage Administrator (Local
Copy) role to perform BC Z operations.
• “Setting up primary and secondary volumes” (page 34).
• “Reserving secondary volumes” (page 34). (Optional.)
• “Reserving a consistency group” (page 35). (Optional.)
• “System options that affect performance” (page 35). (Optional.)
Setting up primary and secondary volumes
The P-VOL and S-VOLs must be set up prior to making copies. Ensure that the volumes you plan to
use meet the requirements for pair volumes in “Planning pair volumes” (page 15).
Reserving secondary volumes
This is an optional feature that allows you to reserve SMPL volumes for use as S-VOLs. The storage
system rejects write I/Os to reserved volumes (except in Split/SUSPOP status).
Prerequisite information
Volumes must be:
• In SMPL status
• Unreserved and unpaired
1. In the tree, click Replications > Local Replications, then click the Reserve Volumes tab.
2. In the Reserve Volumes tab, click Add Reserve Volumes.
3. In the Add Reserve Volumes window/Available LDEVs table, select the LDEV you want for a
reserved volume and click Add. This action moves the LDEV to the Selected LDEVs table.
4. Click Finish.
5. In the Confirm window, enter a Task Name then click Apply.
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