HP XP7 Continuous Access Journal User Guide (TK911-96002)

A Sharing Cnt Ac-J volumes
This appendix discusses XP7 Storage software volumes that can be shared with Continuous Access
Journal volumes.
Note that Continuous Access Synchronous and Business Copy volumes can be used extensively
with Continuous Access Journal. Information for these configurations is provided in:
- “Configurations with Continuous Access Synchronous” (page 124)
- “Configurations with Business Copy” (page 137).
The following topics are covered in this appendix.
Volume types that can be shared with Continuous Access Journal
The following table shows whether volumes used by other program products can also be used as
Cnt Ac-J P-VOLs, S-VOLs, and journal volumes.
Table 6 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 Residencyl
NoYesYesVolume set for CR
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
YesYesYesVirtual volume
Smart Tiers
NoYesYesVirtual volume
global virtualization
NoYesYesVolumes in a virtual storage machine
LUN Manager
NoYesYesVolume to which a path is defined
YesNoNoVolume to which no path is defined
NoYesYesVolume to which LUN security is applied
Resource Partition
YesYesYesResource Partition volume
Business Copy
NoYesYesP-VOL in PSUS status
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