HP XP7 Business Copy User Guide (TK913-96002)

A host cannot access BC S-VOLs except when you split the pair.
Sharing volumes with Resource Partition
You can share BC P-VOLs and S-VOLs with Resource Partition by specifying them in a Resource
Partition resource group.
For more information about Resource Partition, see the HP XP7 Provisioning for Open Systems User
Guide
Prerequisite: The resource group must be assigned to a user group for which you have privileges.
Sharing volumes with Fast Snap
You can share BC/SS volumes with FS volumes. You can assign shared pairs to CGs, though not
to the same CG.
The following table shows how you can share FS volumes.
BC volumeFS volumes
S-VOLP-VOL
YES
2
YESP-VOL (all statuses except “RCPY”)
1
NONOV-VOL
NONOData pool
1. BC cannot use an FS P-VOL in “RCPY” status.
For more information about sharing volumes, see the following tables.
2. You must create the BC pair before you create the FS pair.
BC/SS pair tasks that you can perform are limited according to the FS pair status. The following
sections show the BC/SS supported tasks.
Pair tasks with Fast Snap primary volume shared with Business Copy/Snapshot
primary volume
The following table shows the pair tasks that you can perform when you share the BC P-VOL with
the FS P-VOL.
FS pair statusBC task (RAID Manager command)
PSUERCPYCOPY
2
PSUS, PFUSPAIR, PFULCOPY
1
YESNOYESYESYESYESCreate a pair (Paircreate)
YESNOYESYESYESYESCreate and split a pair (Paircreate -split)
YESNOYESYESYESYESSplit a pair (pairsplit)
YESNOYESYESYESYESResynchronize a pair (pairresync)
YESNOYESYESYES
3
YESReverse Copy a pair (pairresync -restore)
NONONONONONOQuick Restore a pair (pairresync -restore)
YESYESYESYESYESYESSuspend a pair task (pairsplit -E)
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