User guide

COUP and PUP Interfaces
HP NonStop Storage Management Foundation User's Guide—523562-007
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COUP and PUP Prerequisite Summary
COUP and PUP Prerequisite Summary
When configuring and managing SMF processes through the PUP and COUP utilities,
certain conditions must exist before the individual commands are entered for individual
operations to be successful. Table B-5 contains a nonexhaustive summary of PUP and
COUP commands for D-series release users and the conditions that must exist before
the command is entered.
Table B-5. Command Prerequisites
Commands Prerequisites
COUP START $ZSMS Catalog volume in the UP state and enabled by TMF
PUP DEFINEPOOL $ZSMS in the UP state
PUP DEFINEVIRTDISK $ZSMS in the UP state
COUP START $pool-process Pool catalog volume in the UP state and enabled by TMF
$ZSMS in the UP state
COUP START $vdp-process VDP catalog volume in the UP state and enabled by TMF
$ZSMS in the UP state
Pool(s) of catalog volumes in the UP state
Pool associated with VDP in the UP state
PUP DELETE POOL Pool in the UP SPECIAL state
$ZSMS in the UP state
PUP DELETE POOL ! $ZSMS in the UP state
PUP DELETE VIRTDISK VDP in the UP SPECIAL state
Pool associated with VDP in the UP state
$ZSMS in the UP state
PUP DELETE VIRTDISK ! $ZSMS in the UP state
PUP REDEFINE POOL $ZSMS in the UP state
Pool in UP SPECIAL state
PUP REDEFINE POOL ! $ZSMS in the UP state
PUP REDEFINE VIRTDISK $ZSMS in the UP state
VDP in the UP SPECIAL state
PUP REDEFINE VIRTDISK ! $ZSMS in the UP state
Note. If the configuration attribute STARTDOWN has been set to ON for a pool or VDP, the
catalog volume and $ZSMS prerequisites are not required to start the command process.