Mac OS X Fibre Channel connectivity to the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array storage system configuration guide (5697-0025, August 2009)

Overview
HP Business Copy EVA shares an integrated management interface with HP Continuous Access EVA.
HP Business Copy EVA provides features, replication licenses, and interfaces for local replication of
EVAs. Local replication is a licensed feature of HP StorageWorks that allows you to quickly create
local copies of your data using the array’s replication engine. These copies are known as mirrorclones,
snapclones and snapshots.
Supported features on a Mac OS X host system
On a host system running Mac OS X, the following HP Business Copy EVA features are supported:
• Snapshots of LUNs presented to hosts
• Snapclones (normal or three-phase) of LUNs presented to host systems
• Instant restore from snapclone to original source
• The ability of host systems to access and write to EVA snapshots and snapclones
• Automatic scheduling of snapshot creation using HP Command View EVA, HP StorageWorks
Storage System Scripting Utility (SSSU), or HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager
• Manual snapshot creation using HP Command View EVA, HP SSSU, or HP Replication Solutions
Manager
• Use of the CLI to enter replication commands from host systems
Restrictions with a Mac OS X system
NOTE:
In order to use advanced replication features for LUNs presented to hosts, you must have a replication
host agent on the operating system. Currently, there is no Mac OS X replication host agent available.
On a host system running Mac OS X, the following HP Business Copy EVA features are not supported:
• Using the host agent to mount or unmount LUNs
You must mount and unmount LUNs manually.
• Accessing the Mac OS X host view of the storage system
• Deploying host agents to launch a script on the Mac OS X host
For more information, see the HP StorageWorks Business Copy EVA Software website:
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/bizcopyeva/index.html
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