HP XP P9000 Continuous Access Journal User Guide

B Sharing volumes
This appendix discusses other P9500 software volumes that can be shared with Continuous Access
Journal volumes.
Because Continuous Access Synchronous and Business Copy volumes can be used extensively with
Continuous Access Journal, complete information for these configurations is provided in:
“Configurations with Continuous Access Synchronous” (page 141)
“Configurations with Business Copy” (page 154).
Volume types that can be shared with Continuous Access Journal
The following table shows whether non-Continuous Access Journal volumes can be used as
Continuous Access Journal P-VOLs, S-VOLs, and journal volumes.
Table 8 Volume types that can be shared with Cnt Ac-J
Used as Cnt Ac-J
journal volume?
Used as Cnt Ac-J
S-VOL?
Used as Cnt Ac-J
P-VOL?
Volumes types and functions
Cache Residency
NoYesYesVolume set for CR
Fast Snap and Snapshot
7
NoYes
2
Yes
1
P-VOL in all statuses except COPY(RS-R)/COPY
NoNoNoP-VOL in COPY(RS-R)/COPY status
NoNoNoV-VOL
NoNoNopool-VOL
Data Exchange
NoNoNoVolume usable by both mainframe and open
systems
Data Retention
YesYesYesVolume with Read/Write attribute
NoYesYesVolume with Protect attribute
NoYesYesVolume with Read Only attribute
NoOnly when restoring
a Cnt Ac-J pair.
YesVolume that is disabled for use as an S-VOL
Thin Provisioning
NoYesYesVirtual volume
Smart Tiers
NoYesYesVirtual volume
External Storage Access Manager
NoNoNoP-VOL
NoNoNoS-VOL in COPY status
NoNoYesS-VOL in PAIR status
NoNoYesS-VOL in PSUS status
NoNoYesS-VOL in SSWS status
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