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Snapshot XP user guide
Part number: T1713-96021

Fourth edition: June 2006
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Snapshot XP user guide

Contents
About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Supported storage platforms and firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Intended audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Document conventions and symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
HP technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Subscription service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
HP web sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Documentation feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1 Overview of copy solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Snapshot XP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Business Copy XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2 Snapshot XP functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Volumes Snapshot XP uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Snapshot XP primary volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Snapshot XP secondary volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Snapshot XP pool volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Creating virtual volume management areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Creating pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Creating virtual volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Creating Snapshot XP pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Storing snapshot data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Restoring Snapshot XP pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Deleting snapshot data or Snapshot XP pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Viewing Snapshot XP pair information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3 Requirements for Snapshot XP operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Requirements for using Snapshot XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing and uninstalling Snapshot XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing Snapshot XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Uninstalling Snapshot XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Calculating the number of Snapshot XP pairs you can create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using the number of differential tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using shared memory capacity for the virtual volume management area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using the number of pair tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4 Using Snapshot XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Procedure for using Snapshot XP processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Status of Snapshot XP pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Notes on creating pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Defining pool capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using external LUs as pool-VOLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Notes on using Snapshot XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Switching off the power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Replacing the microprogram offline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Combining Snapshot XP with other software products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Combining Snapshot XP with Business Copy XP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Combining Snapshot XP with Continuous Access XP or Continuous Access XP Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Combining Snapshot XP with Auto LUN XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Combining Snapshot XP with LUN Security XP Extension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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5 Snapshot XP operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Displaying the Business Copy XP main pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Volume list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Preset List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Specifying conditions for volumes displayed in the volume list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Creating or deleting pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Creating new pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Changing pool information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Deleting pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Deleting one pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Deleting multiple pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Initializing V-VOL management areas or pool management blocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Initializing V-VOL management areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Initializing pool management blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Creating or deleting virtual volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Creating new virtual volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Deleting virtual volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Creating Snapshot XP pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Storing snapshot data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Restoring Snapshot XP pairs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Deleting snapshot data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Deleting Snapshot XP pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Deleting Snapshot XP pairs by selecting pairs per port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Deleting Snapshot XP pairs by selecting pairs per pool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Displaying detailed information about Snapshot XP pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Detail pane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
S-Vol Path Information pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Displaying operation history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
6 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
General troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . ...... 65
Troubleshooting Snapshot XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . ...... 65
Recovering blocked pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . ...... 68
Recovering pool-VOLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . ...... 68
Recovering pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . ...... 68
Recovering Snapshot XP pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . ...... 68
Recovering V-VOLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . ...... 69
Completing pool-related SIMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . ...... 69
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Figures
1 Snapshot XP mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2 Snapshot XP pair and pool mechanism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3 Procedure for using Snapshot XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4 Snapshot XP pair status transition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
5 Business Copy XP main pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
6 Volume list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
7 Preset List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
8 Display Filter pane (Snapshot XP tab selected). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
9 Pool pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
10 New Pool pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
11 Change Pool Information pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
12 V-VOL pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
13 New V-VOL Group pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
14 Create V-VOL wizard pane (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
17 Pairsplit-S pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
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18 Snapshot XP pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
19 Detail pane for Snapshot XP pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
20 S-Vol Path pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
21 History pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Tables
1 Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 Requirements for Snapshot XP P-VOLs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3 Requirements for Snapshot XP S-VOLs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4 Requirements for Snapshot XP pool-VOLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
5 Requirements for using Snapshot XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
6 Whether hosts can access P-VOLs and S-VOLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
7 Pair status and results of RAID Manager XP commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
8 Volume sharing with other software products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
9 Snapshot XP operations when Snapshot XP P-VOL and Business Copy XP P-VOL are shared . . . . . . . . . 31
10 Snapshot XP operations when Snapshot XP P-VOL and Business Copy XP S-VOL are shared . . . . . . . . . 31
11 Business Copy XP operations when Snapshot XP P-VOL and Business Copy XP P-VOL are shared. . . . . . 32
12 Business Copy XP operations when Snapshot XP P-VOL and Business Copy XP S-VOL are shared . . . . . 32
13 Snapshot XP operations when Snapshot XP P-VOL and Continuous Access XP/Continuous Access XP
Journal are shared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
14 Snapshot XP operations when Snapshot XP P-VOL and Continuous Access XP/Continuous Access XP
Journal S-VOL are shared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
15 Continuous Access XP/Continuous Access XP Journal operations when Snapshot XP P-VOL and
Continuous Access XP/Continuous Access XP Journal P-VOL are shared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
16 Continuous Access XP/Continuous Access XP Journal operations when Snapshot XP P-VOL and
Continuous Access XP/Continuous Access XP Journal S-VOL are shared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
17 Information displayed in Prog./Sync. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
18 Shortcut menu in volume list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
19 Shortcut menu in Preset list on Business Copy XP main pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
20 Shortcut menu in Pool tree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
21 Shortcut menu in the V-VOL group tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
22 Snapshot XP history reference codes and messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
23 Troubleshooting for Snapshot XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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About this guide
This guide provides information about:
• Understanding Snapshot XP and Business Copy XP
• Understanding Snapshot XP functions
• Preparing to use Snapshot XP
• Using Snapshot XP
• Troubleshooting Snapshot XP
Supported storage platforms and firmware

In this guide, the term array refers to the following storage platforms:
• HP StorageWorks XP12000 Disk Array
• HP StorageWorks XP10000 Disk Array
• HP StorageWorks 200 Storage Virtualization System
For information about required firmware versions, see the HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console
user guide for XP12000/XP10000/SVS200.
Intended audience
This guide is intended for customers and HP-authorized service providers with knowledge of:
• Disk array hardware and software
• Data processing and RAID storage subsystems and their basic functions
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• Installing the HP StorageWorks disk array(s)
• Installing the license key for this product
Related documentation
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• HP StorageWorks XP glossary
• HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console user guide for XP12000/XP10000/SVS200
• HP StorageWorks Auto LUN XP user guide for the XP12000/XP10000
• HP StorageWorks Business Copy XP user guide for the XP12000/XP10000/SVS200
• HP StorageWorks Continuous Access XP user guide for the XP12000/XP10000/SVS200
• HP StorageWorks Continuous Access XP Journal user guide
• HP StorageWorks External Storage XP user guide
• HP StorageWorks LUN Configuration and Security Manager XP user guide for the
XP12000/XP10000/SVS200
• HP StorageWorks LUN Security XP Extension user guide
• Hitachi ShadowImage for z/OS user guide
You can find the above documents at http://www.hp.com/support/rwc/manuals
• HP StorageWorks RAID Manager XP user guide
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1 Overview of copy solutions
HP StorageWorks XP12000/XP10000/SVS200 arrays provide an extensive suite of data replication
software. This chapter describes HP StorageWorks Snapshot XP. This chapter also covers portions of
HP StorageWorks Business Copy XP because Snapshot XP is an integrated feature of Business Copy XP.
NOTE: The use of Snapshot XP, Business Copy XP, and all other software products is governed by the
terms of your license agreements with Hewlett-Packard.
IMPORTANT: This guide contains information about internal disks or LDEVs. Unlike the
XP12000/XP10000 Disk Arrays, the SVS200 has no internal disks. Therefore, information about internal
disks or LDEVs does not apply to the SVS200.
Snapshot XP
Snapshot XP, like Business Copy XP, enables you to create multiple real-time online local copies of logical
volumes. Snapshot XP enables applications and solutions such as zero-downtime backup and disaster
recovery. While Business Copy XP creates complete copies, Snapshot XP creates space-efficient copies
that replicate only data from the primary volume that was rewritten using less disk space, which reduces
costs. Snapshot XP is supported on open systems such as UNIX and PC servers. Snapshot XP is an
integrated feature of Business Copy XP.
Snapshot XP creates pairs of primary volumes (P-VOLs) and secondary volumes (S-VOLs). Snapshot XP
secondary volumes are partial copies containing only changed P-VOLs. Snapshot XP is also known as
Copy-on-Write Snapshot. All changed data is kept in common snapshot pools (pool-VOLs). Pointers kept
in mapping tables allow access to secondary volumes through virtual volumes (V-VOLs). The S-VOL is
composed of data in the pool-VOL (old data that has since changed in the P-VOL) and data in the P-VOL
(data that has not changed yet). The P-VOL/S-VOL pair that Snapshot XP creates is called a Snapshot XP
pair.

Figure 1 illustrates the mechanism Snapshot XP uses to copy data in the array.
Figure 1 Snapshot XP mechanism

In Figure 1, Data A is stored in the Snapshot XP pair’s P-VOL. When the host requests to update Data A to
Data B, Snapshot XP copies Data A to the pool volume (pool-VOL) in the pool before updating the P-VOL.
After the copy operation for Data A is complete, Snapshot XP writes Data B to the area where Data A was
stored in the P-VOL, and the P-VOL is updated. From the S-VOL, you can access Data B in the P-VOL and
Data A in the pool-VOL.
Snapshot XP and Business Copy XP are similar because both create pairs. However, Snapshot XP pair
S-VOLs do not consume array capacity because the S-VOLs are actually virtual volumes. Therefore,
Snapshot XP reduces the capacity the array uses as a whole.
The copy process for Business Copy XP pairs takes longer because all P-VOL data is copied to the S-VOL.
On the other hand, the copy process for Snapshot XP pairs takes less time compared to the copy process
for Business Copy XP pairs because, as you can see in Figure 1, only updated P-VOL data is copied to the
pool-VOL. The same data in the P-VOL can be referenced by accessing the Snapshot XP pair’s S-VOL, but
the actual data does not exist in the S-VOL. The P-VOL data can be referenced using the S-VOL.
As described previously, Snapshot XP requires less capacity in the array and less copy processing time
compared to Business Copy XP. HP recommends using Snapshot XP to copy and manage data in the short
term with reduced costs. However, Snapshot XP only copies some of the P-VOL data. Therefore, data
stored in the S-VOL is not guaranteed in the following:
• When a physical failure occurs in a P-VOL
• When a pool is blocked
On the other hand, Business Copy XP copies all P-VOL data to the S-VOL. Therefore, even if a physical
failure occurs in a P-VOL, you can recover the P-VOL data using the S-VOL data. Business Copy XP provides
higher integrity than Snapshot XP. HP recommends using Business Copy XP when data integrity is more
important than copy process speed or array capacity. For a functional overview of Business Copy XP, see
”Business Copy XP” on page 13.

Business Copy XP
Use Business Copy XP to maintain array-internal copies of all user data on the array for data on open
systems such as UNIX and PC servers. Business Copy XP creates a pair of P-VOL and S-VOL, both of
which are logical volumes in the same array. Pairs that Business Copy XP creates are called Business
Copy XP pairs.
RAID-protected S-VOLs are created within the same array as the P-VOL. Use Business Copy XP to create
up to three S-VOLs for a P-VOL. Using Business Copy XP with External Storage XP, you can use external
volumes to create Business Copy XP pairs.
Unlike the Snapshot XP pair’s S-VOL, all P-VOL data is copied to the Business Copy XP pair’s S-VOL.
Therefore, the capacity of the Business Copy XP pair’s P-VOL and S-VOL is the same. In addition, Business
Copy XP’s copy process takes longer because all P-VOL data is copied to the S-VOL.
As described previously, Business Copy XP requires larger array capacity and the copy process takes
longer compared to Snapshot XP. However, when a failure disables access to one of the pair’s volumes,
the array can continue to operate using data stored in the other volume because the same data is stored
in the P-VOL and S-VOL. HP recommends using Business Copy XP when data integrity is more important
than copy process speed or array capacity. For more information, see the HP StorageWorks Business
Copy XP user guide for the XP12000/XP10000/SVS200.

2 Snapshot XP functions
Snapshot XP creates pairs consisting of a P-VOL and S-VOL. When creating a pair, Snapshot XP uses a
V-VOL as the pair’s S-VOL. In addition, you can manage the P-VOL’s snapshot data by copying the data
to an area called the pool. This chapter describes the volumes Snapshot XP uses first, and then describes
Snapshot XP functions.
Volumes Snapshot XP uses

Snapshot XP uses the P-VOL, S-VOL, and pool-VOL. This section describes the requirements (such as
emulation type or path definition) for the volumes Snapshot XP uses.
Snapshot XP primary volumes

Table 2 Requirements for Snapshot XP P-VOLs
Item Requirement
Volume type Logical volume (LDEV)
LUSE volume can be specified.
NOTE: A LUSE P-VOL must be paired with an S-VOL that has the same size and structure.
For example, if a LUSE P-VOL is created by combining volumes that have 1 GB, 2 GB, and
3 GB in that order, you must specify a LUSE volume that has exactly the same size and
combination order as the S-VOL.
You cannot specify the following volumes as Snapshot XP P-VOLs:

• Volumes used as pool-VOLs
• Volumes used as a Snapshot XP pair’s S-VOL
• Volumes used by a Flex Copy XP pair
• NAS volumes
Emulation type OPEN-V
Maximum number 8,191

For more information about the maximum number of Snapshot XP pairs that can be created,
see ”Calculating the number of Snapshot XP pairs you can create” on page 22.
Path definition Required
Maximum capacity 2 TB
Snapshot XP secondary volumes

Table 3 Requirements for Snapshot XP S-VOLs
Item Requirement
Volume type V-VOL
You cannot specify the following volumes as Snapshot XP S-VOLs:
• Volumes used as a Snapshot XP pair’s S-VOL
• Volumes used by another software product’s pair or migration plan
NOTE: A LUSE S-VOL must be paired with a P-VOL that has the same size and structure.

Table 3 Requirements for Snapshot XP S-VOLs (continued)
Item Requirement
For more information about the maximum number of Snapshot XP pairs you can create, see
”Calculating the number of Snapshot XP pairs you can create” on page 22.
Path definition Required
Snapshot XP pool volumes

Table 4 Requirements for Snapshot XP pool-VOLs
Item Requirement
Volume type Logical volume (LDEV)
You cannot specify the following volumes as Snapshot XP pool-VOLs:
• LUSE volumes
• Volumes used as a Snapshot XP pair’s P-VOL or S-VOL
• Volumes used by another software product’s pair or migration plan
• Volumes set with the Protect or Read Only attribute, or set to the S-VOL Disable setting
by LUN Security XP Extension
• NAS volumes

However, the maximum number of pool-VOLs that can be registered in each pool is 1,024.
In addition, a volume already registered as a pool-VOL in a pool cannot be registered in
another pool.
Path definition Not required

Volumes with path definitions cannot be specified as pool-VOLs.
Creating virtual volume management areas

To use Snapshot XP, you must create virtual volume (V-VOL) management areas. The V-VOL management
area is an important area for associating Snapshot XP S-VOLs (V-VOL) with pool-VOLs. The V-VOL
management area is automatically created when additional shared memory is installed. For more
information about shared memory requirements, see Table 5. To install additional shared memory,
contact your HP account support representative.
There are two areas in the V-VOL management area: pool management block and pool association
information. When creating pools or Snapshot XP pairs, the pool management block or pool association
information is stored in the V-VOL management area. Therefore, the V-VOL management area’s available
capacity decreases. When all the V-VOL management area’s capacity is used, the capacity ratio of the
pool management block and pool association information in the V-VOL management area is fixed. If the
pool management block’s capacity is insufficient, problems might occur. For example, you cannot create
pools or pools with a large capacity. To solve such problems, initialize the V-VOL management area. For
more information, see ”Initializing V-VOL management areas or pool management blocks” on page 48.
Creating pools
A pool is an area where the snapshot data that Snapshot XP obtains is stored. A pool consists of multiple
pool-VOLs, and snapshot data is stored in a pool-VOL. You can register 1,024 pool-VOLs in a pool. You
can create 128 pools in an array. Figure 2 illustrates the relationship between Snapshot XP pairs and
pools.
Figure 2 Snapshot XP pair and pool mechanism

You must create a pool when using Snapshot XP. You can add pool-VOLs registered in a pool, but cannot
delete pool-VOLs during the operation. In addition, to delete the pool itself, you must delete all snapshot
data in the pool.
CAUTION: A pool’s capacity equals the total capacity of the pool-VOLs registered in the pool. The
Snapshot XP pair’s status is PSUE (status when failure occurred) when the pool’s usage rate exceeds the
pool’s capacity as a result of writing data in that pair’s volume. You cannot store Snapshot data in the
pool, and you cannot create Snapshot XP pairs. For more information about ensuring sufficient pool
capacity, see ”Notes on creating pools” on page 28.
To create a pool, use the Pool pane in Command View XP or XP Remote Web Console. For more
information, see ”Creating or deleting pools” on page 43.
Creating virtual volumes

A V-VOL is a virtual volume defined in a VDEV. You must create a V-VOL before you create a Snapshot XP
pair because you must use a V-VOL as the Snapshot XP pair’s S-VOL.
A V-VOL’s definition cannot be released if the V-VOL is being used as a Snapshot XP pair’s S-VOL. To
release the definition, delete the Snapshot XP pair using the V-VOL.
CAUTION: If you are using HP-UX® as a host server, observe the following when executing the
command on V-VOLs to recognize the device from the host server:
• If the host server already recognizes the device, do not change its volumes to V-VOLs.
• Before executing the command to recognize the device, create Snapshot XP pairs and store snapshot
data.
If you do not follow these cautions, an error might occur and the host server might be terminated. If the
host server is terminated because of the command to recognize the device, retry the command using the
following steps:
1. Force the command process and its parent process to terminate.

2. Create a Snapshot XP pair.
3. Store the snapshot data in the pool.
4. Execute the command again to recognize the device.
NOTE:
• Servers (including RAID Manager XP) show V-VOLs with emulation type 0 (for example, OPEN-0V).
When creating a Snapshot XP pair, specify the volume with emulation type 0, such as OPEN-0V, as the
S-VOL.
• Before creating a V-VOL, you must define a V-VOL group. The emulation type of the V-VOLs and the
emulation type of the VDEV for a V-VOL group are OPEN-V. In addition, the VDEV’s capacity is always
2 TB. Therefore, the maximum capacity of a V-VOL is also 2 TB.
To delete a V-VOL, use the V-VOL pane in Command View XP or XP Remote Web Console. For more
information, see ”Creating or deleting virtual volumes” on page 49.
Creating Snapshot XP pairs

A Snapshot XP pair uses a V-VOL as its S-VOL. Therefore, you must create a V-VOL before creating a
Snapshot XP pair. In Snapshot XP, you can specify up to 64 S-VOLs for a P-VOL.
To create Snapshot XP pairs, use a RAID Manager XP command. For more information, see ”Creating
Snapshot XP pairs” on page 55.
CAUTION: When creating Snapshot XP pairs, you decide which pool the pairs use. If you create two or
more Snapshot XP pairs that share the same P-VOL, you must specify the same pool for these pairs. For
example, if you specify three S-VOLs for one P-VOL, you must specify the same pool for these three pairs.
NOTE: When deleting a Snapshot XP pair, the volumes’ status becomes SMPL(PD). You cannot create
pairs using SMPL(PD) volumes. If the volumes are in SMPL(PD) status, wait for a while and issue the
command to create pairs after the volumes’ status changes to SMPL.
Use the Business Copy XP main pane to see the volume’s status. Using RAID Manager XP, you can check
the volume status with the pairdisplay command, but you cannot distinguish between SMPL and
SMPL(PD) volumes. To distinguish between SMPL and SMPL(PD) volumes using RAID Manager XP, issue
the inqraid command as well. The inqraid command shows whether Snapshot XP is using the
volume. If Snapshot XP is not using the volume, the volume status is SMPL. If Snapshot XP is using the
volume, the volume status is SMPL(PD).
Storing snapshot data

Snapshot data is a replica of data in a Snapshot XP pair’s P-VOL, and is stored in a pool. When the
P-VOL is updated, updated data is copied to the pool as snapshot data before the P-VOL is updated. This
process is called storing snapshot data.
If you issue a command to a Snapshot XP pair to store snapshot data, the snapshot data is stored in the
pool when a host issues a write request to the Snapshot XP pair’s P-VOL.
To store snapshot data in a pool, use a RAID Manager XP command. For more information, see ”Storing
snapshot data” on page 55.
Restoring Snapshot XP pairs

Snapshot XP can restore a P-VOL’s contents to the state when the snapshot data was stored in the pool by
writing the snapshot data back to the P-VOL. Writing the snapshot data to the P-VOL is called restoration
of a Snapshot XP pair.
NOTE: If you restore the pair when data is written in the S-VOL instead of the snapshot data, data in the
S-VOL is written back to the P-VOL.
If there are problems with the P-VOL data during a failure, you can restore the P-VOL to the normal state
when the snapshot data was stored by executing restoration.
To restore a Snapshot XP pair, use a RAID Manager command. For more information, see ”Restoring
Copy Threshold option: If the array’s load increases, host server I/O performance (response) might be
degraded. If Snapshot XP performs restore operations when the array’s load is heavy, it is more likely that
host server I/O performance (response) might be degraded. The Copy Threshold option temporarily stops
copy processing caused by restore operations when the array’s load is heavy. If you enable this option,
you can minimize the degradation of host I/O performance by temporarily stopping copy processing
caused by restore operations when the array’s load is heavy.
The Copy Threshold option is effective only when the array’s load is heavy. When the Copy Threshold
option is enabled, all copy processing by restore operations stops. For more information about setting the
Copy Threshold option, contact your HP account support representative.
NOTE: Copy operations stopped by the Copy Threshold option resume when the array’s load become
light. If this option is enabled, copy operations for Snapshot XP and the following software products stop
when the array’s load is heavy:
• Business Copy XP
• ShadowImage for z/OS®
• Hitachi FlashCopy Mirroring
• Hitachi FlashCopy Mirroring Version 2
• Flex Copy XP
• Auto LUN XP
Deleting snapshot data or Snapshot XP pairs

The status of the Snapshot XP pair is PSUE (status when failure occurred) when, as a result of writing data
in that pair’s volume, the snapshot data’s capacity exceeds the pool’s capacity specified when the pool
was created. You cannot create Snapshot XP pairs and store snapshot data in the pool. Therefore, you
must delete unnecessary snapshot data. There are two ways to delete snapshot data. One way is to delete
the Snapshot XP pair itself. The other way is to delete only the snapshot data.
When deleting the Snapshot XP pair itself, snapshot data stored in the pool is deleted and the relationship
between the P-VOL and S-VOL is released. On the other hand, if you delete only snapshot data, the
relationship between the P-VOL and S-VOL is maintained. When deleting only snapshot data, the
snapshot ID of the deleted snapshot data can be assigned to the newly stored snapshot data of the
Snapshot XP pair.
To delete snapshot data or Snapshot XP pairs, use a RAID Manager XP command. When deleting
Snapshot XP pairs, you can also use the Pairsplit -S pane in Command View XP or XP Remote Web
Console. For more information, see ”Deleting snapshot data” on page 56 or ”Deleting Snapshot XP
pairs” on page 56.
NOTE:
• After issuing the command to delete snapshot data, no more snapshot data for that Snapshot XP pair
is stored in the pool, even if the host tries to write data in the P-VOL. To store snapshot data for that
Snapshot XP pair again, you must issue the command for storing snapshot data.

• The required time for deleting snapshot data or Snapshot XP pairs is several seconds, and sometimes
more than 10 minutes. The time increases if the deleted pair uses a large amount of the pool or if
multiple pairs are deleted at one time.
• The more disk adaptors used in the array, the shorter the time required for deleting snapshot data or
Snapshot XP pairs. Since the XP10000/SVS200 has a smaller number of disk adaptors than the
XP12000, the XP10000/SVS200 needs a longer time to delete snapshot data or Snapshot XP pairs
than the XP12000, even if the operational conditions are the same.
• When deleting a Snapshot XP pair, the volumes’ status becomes SMPL(PD). Use the Business Copy XP
main pane to see the volume’s status. Using RAID Manager XP, you can check the volume status with
the pairdisplay command, but you cannot distinguish between SMPL and SMPL(PD) volumes. To
distinguish between SMPL and SMPL(PD) volumes using RAID Manager XP, issue the inqraid
command as well. The inqraid command shows whether Snapshot XP is using the volume. If
Snapshot XP is not using the volume, the volume status is SMPL. If Snapshot XP is using the volume, the
volume status is SMPL(PD).
Viewing Snapshot XP pair information

You can view information about Snapshot XP pairs, such as snapshot ID or pair status, on the Detail pane
in Command View XP or XP Remote Web Console. For more information, see ”Deleting Snapshot XP
In addition, you can view operation history for Snapshot XP pairs, such as creating or deleting Snapshot
XP pairs and storing snapshot data, on the History pane. For more information, see ”Displaying detailed
information about Snapshot XP pairs” on page 59.
3 Requirements for Snapshot XP operations
This chapter describes requirements for using Snapshot XP, installing Snapshot XP, and calculating the
number of pairs that Snapshot XP can create.
Requirements for using Snapshot XP

Table 5 Requirements for using Snapshot XP
Item Requirement
RAID level RAID1, RAID5, or RAID6
Shared memory Install shared memory for the differential table on the base board.
Configure shared memory so you can create the V-VOL management area in the
shared memory.
For the XP12000/SVS200, reserve from 512 MB × 2 to 2 GB × 2 capacity of the
shared memory for the V-VOL management area on the optional board.1 For more
information, see ”Calculating the number of Snapshot XP pairs you can create” on
page 22.
Prerequisite software product Install Business Copy XP.
Pool Create the pool. The pool’s maximum capacity changes with shared memory’s
capacity.
V-VOL Create the V-VOL.
Operation Command View XP or XP Remote Web Console and RAID Manager XP are
required to operate Snapshot XP.
1. Because the XP10000/SVS200 does not have the optional board, you must reserve 342 MB × 2 capacity of the shared
memory on the basic board if you are using the XP10000/SVS200.
For requirements of volumes used for Snapshot XP, see ”Volumes Snapshot XP uses” on page 15.
Installing and uninstalling Snapshot XP

This section describes procedures for installing and uninstalling Snapshot XP.
Installing Snapshot XP
1. Install additional shared memory for differential tables.
2. Install additional shared memory for the V-VOL management area.
When using an XP10000/SVS200, you do not need to install additional shared memory. You only
need to define shared memory for the V-VOL management area.
3. Install Business Copy XP, which is a prerequisite for Snapshot XP.
4. Install Snapshot XP.
NOTE:
• Contact your HP account support representative to install additional shared memory for the V-VOL
management area.
• After installing additional shared memory for the V-VOL management area, you cannot partially
uninstall it. To uninstall additional shared memory for the V-VOL management area, you must uninstall
the entire shared memory added for the V-VOL management area.
• Skip step 1 if shared memory for the differential tables is already installed.
• Note that step 2 and step 3 are interchangeable.
• Skip step 3 if Business Copy XP is already installed on the array.

Uninstalling Snapshot XP
1. Delete all Snapshot XP pairs.
2. Delete all pools.
3. Delete all V-VOLs.
4. Uninstall Snapshot XP.
For more information about deleting pairs, pools, and V-VOLs, see ”Snapshot XP operations” on
page 37.
Calculating the number of Snapshot XP pairs you can create

The number of Snapshot XP pairs you can create for an array depends on the number of differential
tables, V-VOL management area’s shared memory capacity, or number of pair tables. To calculate the
number of Snapshot XP pairs you can create, first use the number of differential tables, then use the V-VOL
management area’s shared memory capacity, and finally use the number of pair tables. Then compare
the three results. The smallest value is the maximum number of Snapshot XP pairs you can create for the
array.
Using the number of differential tables

You can use a maximum of 13,652 differential tables for an array if additional shared memory is not
installed. You can use a maximum of 30,718 differential tables if additional shared memory is installed.
To calculate the number of Snapshot XP pairs you can create, calculate the number of differential tables
required for the Snapshot XP pair and compare it with the number of differential tables for the whole
array. In addition to Snapshot XP, the following software products use differential tables in the array:
• Business Copy XP
• ShadowImage for z/OS
• Hitachi FlashCopy Mirroring
• Hitachi FlashCopy Mirroring Version 2
• Flex Copy XP
• Auto LUN XP
If you use any of these software products in the same array, calculate the number of differential tables
Snapshot XP pairs can use by subtracting the number of differential tables the pairs use (migration plan
for Auto LUN XP) for these software products from the number of differential tables for the whole array.
For more information about calculating the number of required differential tables for Business Copy XP,
ShadowImage for z/OS, Hitachi FlashCopy Mirroring, Hitachi FlashCopy Mirroring Version 2, Flex
Copy XP, and Auto LUN XP, see the software product’s manual.
To calculate the number of differential tables for each Snapshot XP pair, use the following formula:
( (X) ÷ 256) ÷ (Z)
where:
(X) is the volume’s capacity (in kilobytes)
(Z) is the number of slots a differential table can manage (1,916 × 32)
You must round up the calculation result to the nearest whole number.
If the volume’s capacity ((X) in the previous formula) is 16 GB (16,777,216 KB), the number of differential
tables for each Snapshot XP pair is calculated as:
(16,777,216 ÷ 256) ÷ (1,916 × 32) = 1.06889
Round up 1.06889 to 2. Therefore, two differential tables are required to create a Snapshot XP pair.
Assume that no other software products use differential tables in an array where additional shared
memory is not installed. The number of differential tables that Snapshot XP can use is 13,652. To create
Snapshot pairs that require two differential tables for each pair, the calculation is as follows:
13,652 ÷ 2 = 6,826

Therefore, you can create a maximum of 6,826 Snapshot XP pairs.
Using shared memory capacity for the virtual volume management area
The V-VOL management area consists of the following:
• Pool association information
• Pool management block
• Other management information (shared memory is fixed at 8 MB)
To calculate the maximum number of Snapshot XP pairs you can create for an array, use the following
formula:
{ ( (X) - 8) ÷ ( (α) + (β) ) }
where:
(X) is shared memory capacity for the whole V-VOL management area (in megabytes)
(α) is shared memory capacity for the pool association information (in bytes)
(β) is shared memory capacity for the pool management block (in bytes)
You should round off the calculation result to the nearest whole number.
The following is the calculation of the shared memory capacity of the pool association information (α) and
the shared memory capacity of the pool management block (β):
NOTE:
• You can check the shared memory capacity of the pool association information and pool management
block in the Snapshot XP pane (Figure 18).
• If all the V-VOL management area’s capacity is used by the pool management block and pool
association information, the capacity ratio of the pool management block and pool association
information in the V-VOL management area is fixed. For more information, see ”Creating virtual
volume management areas” on page 16.
(α) = ↑ ( (Y) ÷ 256) ↑ × 4 × 1.08

(β) = ↑ ( (Z) ÷ 256) ↑ × 32
where:
(Y) is pool-VOL’s capacity (in kilobytes)
(Z) is pool usage (in kilobytes)
You must round up the value enclosed by two upward arrows ( ↑ ) to the nearest whole number.
NOTE: When calculating a pool’s usage:

• When copying snapshot data to the pool, Snapshot XP always uses a multiple of 256 KB of the pool’s
capacity, even when the snapshot data is smaller than 256 KB.
• When snapshot data is stored consecutively, snapshot data capacity and pool usage is almost the
same. However, pool usage might be larger than snapshot data capacity when snapshot data is
stored randomly.
When shared memory capacity for the whole V-VOL management area ((X) in the previous formula) is
2,047 MB, pool-VOL capacity ((Y) in the previous formula) is 16 GB (16,777,216 KB), and pool usage
((Z) in the previous formula) is 1 GB (1,048,576 KB), the number of Snapshot XP pairs you can create for
an array is calculated as:
(2047 - 8) ÷ [ { (16,777,216 ÷ 256) × 4 × 1.08} + { (1,048,576 ÷ 256) × 32} ] = 5162.02933...
According to these results, you can create a maximum of 5,162 Snapshot XP pairs.

Using the number of pair tables
Hitachi FlashCopy Mirroring Version 2 and Snapshot XP pairs use pair tables to store control information
needed to manage pairs. To create an Hitachi FlashCopy Mirroring Version 2 or Snapshot XP pair, you
need one pair table for each pair.
Usually, up to 32,768 pair tables are available in one array. However, if the relationship expansion
function, which is an Hitachi FlashCopy Mirroring Version 2 function, is enabled, the maximum number of
available pair tables in one array is 1,048,575.
Among array software products, only Hitachi FlashCopy Mirroring Version 2 and Snapshot XP use pair
tables. Therefore, if you use Hitachi FlashCopy Mirroring Version 2, calculate the number of available
pair tables for Snapshot XP pairs by subtracting the number of differential tables Hitachi FlashCopy
Mirroring Version 2 pairs use from the number of pair tables for the whole array.
For information about checking the number of pair tables Hitachi FlashCopy Version 2 uses (that is, the
number of existing Hitachi FlashCopy Version 2 pairs), see the Hitachi ShadowImage for z/OS user
guide.
For example, when the relationship expansion function is enabled and the number of pair tables Hitachi
FlashCopy Mirroring Version 2 uses is 30,000, calculate the number of Snapshot XP pairs you can create
for an array as follows.
32,768 - 30,000 = 2,768
According to this result, you can create a maximum of 2,768 Snapshot XP pairs.

4 Using Snapshot XP
This chapter describes procedures for using Snapshot XP.
The first section describes the flow of Snapshot XP processes. The next section describes how the status of
a Snapshot XP pair changes while using Snapshot XP. The other sections provide information needed to
create pools and switch off the array’s power supply after you start using Snapshot XP.
Procedure for using Snapshot XP processes
Figure 3 Procedure for using Snapshot XP

To create pools and V-VOLs, use Command View XP or XP Remote Web Console. To create Snapshot XP
pairs and perform subsequent operations, use RAID Manager XP. You can also use Command View XP or
XP Remote Web Console to delete pairs. For more information, see ”Snapshot XP operations” on
page 37.
NOTE:
• Before creating a pool, you must create the virtual volume management area in shared memory.
Virtual volume management areas are automatically created when you install additional shared
memory. For more information about installing additional shared memory, contact your HP account
support representative.
• If you already created pools or Snapshot XP pairs for testing purposes before you actually start using
Snapshot XP for production purposes, HP recommends initializing the V-VOL management area
beforehand. For more information, see ”Initializing V-VOL management areas or pool management
blocks” on page 48.
You do not always need to delete Snapshot XP pairs after storing snapshot data in the pool. However,
since one P-VOL can be paired with up to 64 S-VOLs, you must delete the snapshot data or unnecessary
pairs. When deleting a Snapshot XP pair, the pair’s snapshot data is also deleted from the pool.

If a failure occurs when restoring a Snapshot XP pair, the pair’s snapshot data is written back to the
P-VOL. You might not be able to restore the pair if another pair is being restored.
For more information about the status of Snapshot XP pairs and operations on pairs, see ”Status of
Status of Snapshot XP pairs

When creating or splitting a Snapshot XP pair, the pair status changes. Figure 4 shows the transition of
the Snapshot XP pair status.
Figure 4 Snapshot XP pair status transition

1. If a volume is not assigned to a Snapshot XP pair, its status is SMPL.
2. Issue the paircreate command on the SMPL volume to create a Snapshot XP pair. When creating
the first pair for the P-VOL, the pair status changes to COPY. When the operation completes, the pair
status changes to PAIR.
If you specify a volume that is already paired with one or more S-VOLs as the P-VOL to create another
pair, the pair status does not change to COPY. When the operation completes, the pair status changes
to PAIR.
NOTE:
• If you execute the paircreate command immediately after deleting the P-VOL’s last snapshot
data, it might take time to create a new pair.
• If the pool capacity exceeds the threshold when a Snapshot XP pair is in PAIR status, the pair
status changes to PFUL in RAID Manager XP. For more information, see the HP StorageWorks
RAID Manager XP user guide.
• If you issue the paircreate command when the pool capacity exceeds the threshold, the
command is rejected and you cannot create the pair.
26 Using Snapshot XP
3. Issue the pairsplit command on the Snapshot XP pair in PAIR status to store the snapshot data in
the pool. When the operation completes, the pair status changes to PSUS.
NOTE: If the pool capacity exceeds the threshold when a Snapshot XP pair is in PSUS status, the
pair status changes to PFUS in RAID Manager XP. For more information, see the HP StorageWorks
RAID Manager XP user guide.
4. To delete only snapshot data and leave the Snapshot XP pair, issue the pairresync command for
the PSUS or PFUS pair. During the operation, the pair status changes to COPY(RS).
To delete the Snapshot XP pair, issue the pairsplit-S command or use Command View XP or XP
Remote Web Console. During the operation, the pair status changes to SMPL(PD).
5. To restore the pair, issue the pairresync-restore command on the Snapshot XP pair in PSUS
status. After that, the snapshot data is written back to the P-VOL. During the operation, the pair status
changes to COPY(RS-R). When the operation completes, the pair status changes to PAIR.
6. A pool can contain only a predefined amount of data. If the total capacity of the snapshot data in the
pool exceeds the pool capacity, the pair status changes to PSUE. The pair status also changes to PSUE
when a failure occurs while restoring the pair or when the pool usage rate reaches 100 percent. The
pair status might change to PSUE when a failure occurs during a process other than restoring.
Whether the host can read and write the Snapshot XP pair’s P-VOL or S-VOL depends on the pair status.
Table 6 shows the relationship between the pair status and availability of host access.
Table 6 Whether hosts can access P-VOLs and S-VOLs
Pair status P-VOL S-VOL

Read Write Read Write
SMPL OK OK — —
COPY OK OK No No
PAIR/PFUL OK OK No No
PSUS/PFUS OK OK OK OK
SMPL(PD) OK OK No No
COPY(RS) OK OK No No
COPY(RS-R) OK OK No No
PSUE OK1 OK1 No No

1. If the pair status changes to PSUE because a failure occurred during the restoration, the host cannot access that pair.
CAUTION: If the host computer uses application software to monitor the Snapshot XP pairs’ volumes,
problems, such as abnormal end, might occur. For example, since the S-VOL whose status is not PSUS (or
PFUS) rejects access from the host, a problem might occur on the monitoring application software whose
access is rejected. In addition, if the host computer connects to more than one port, a problem might also
occur on ports that are not connected to the S-VOL that rejected the host access. You must terminate the
application software monitoring the volumes to solve these problems.

Use RAID Manager XP commands to operate Snapshot XP pairs. However, whether the operations
complete normally or not depends on the pair status. Table 7 shows the pair status and results of the RAID
Manager commands.
Table 7 Pair status and results of RAID Manager XP commands
Pair status RAID Manager XP command1

paircreate paircreate pairsplit pairresync pairresync pairsplit -S pairsplit -E
-split -restore
SMPL OK No No No No NOP No
COPY NOP No No NOP NOP No No
PAIR/PFUL NOP OK OK NOP NOP OK No
PSUS/PFUS No NOP NOP OK OK OK No
SMPL(PD) No No No No No NOP No
COPY(RS) NOP No No NOP NOP No No
COPY(RS-R) NOP No No NOP NOP No No
PSUE NO No No OK2 No OK NOP

1. OK: Command executes the process and ends normally.
NOP: Command does not execute the process, but ends normally.
No: Command ends abnormally (that is, command is rejected).
2. If you issue the pairresync command for a pair whose status has changed to PSUE because of a shortage of shared
memory for the V-VOL management area, the command is rejected and ends abnormally.
When the command executes the process and ends normally, the pair status changes according to the
process. For more information about how the pair status changes when the command ends normally, see
Figure 4 and the corresponding text.
Notes on creating pools

When creating pools, you must be careful about the pool capacity and types of volumes specified as
pool-VOLs. This section describes notes on pool capacity definitions and using external LUs as pool-VOLs.
Defining pool capacity

Pool capacity is the total capacity of pool volumes defined in the pool. If pool capacity is insufficient, the
status of Snapshot XP pairs could change to PSUE. When creating a pool, you must estimate the copy
capacity (for example, the capacity of snapshot data to be copied to the pool) and set enough pool
capacity for the estimated copy capacity. If copy capacity changes according to the time period, set
enough pool capacity for the largest copy capacity.
NOTE:
• When snapshot data is copied to a pool, a multiple of 256 KB of the pool is used. Even if the snapshot
data capacity is less than 256 KB, you need 256 KB in the pool for the data.
• If the same P-VOL area is updated more than once, snapshot data for the area is copied to the pool
only when the first update occurs. Therefore, when the same P-VOL area is updated only once, written
data capacity is equal to copied data capacity. However, when the same P-VOL area is updated
repeatedly, copy capacity is smaller than written data capacity.
• HP recommends using a volume with a capacity that is a multiple of 256 KB as a pool-VOL. If the
capacity of the volume specified as a pool-VOL is not a multiple of 256 KB, the capacity that is less
than 256 KB is rounded off. For example, if you add a volume with 100.125 MB as a pool-VOL,
125 KB is rounded off and the pool’s capacity increases by only 100 MB.
When estimating copy capacity, consider whether there is only one snapshot data or more than one
snapshot data.
• For one snapshot data
If the same P-VOL area is updated only once, copy capacity is equal to the capacity of data written
between storing and deleting snapshot data.
For example, to make a backup using Snapshot XP, you can back up S-VOL data after storing the
snapshot data, and then delete the snapshot data. In this case, only data written during the backup
must be copied to the pool, and there is only one snapshot data. Therefore, you can make a backup
with a pool with small capacity. However, since you must read a large amount of S-VOL data during
the backup, access to the P-VOL increases and, consequently, host I/O performance might be
reduced.
• For multiple snapshot data
After storing each snapshot data, if the same P-VOL area is updated only once until the snapshot data
is deleted, copy capacity is equal to the capacity of data written between storing and deleting the
snapshot data. If there is more than one P-VOL, copy capacity is equal to the total capacity of data
written to each P-VOL.
NOTE: When storing more than one snapshot data in the pool, some Snapshot XP pairs might share
snapshot data in the pool. While snapshot data is shared, you can delete pairs, but cannot delete shared
snapshot data from the pool. Shared snapshot data is not deleted from the pool until all Snapshot XP pairs
sharing the snapshot data are deleted.
Although you estimate copied data capacity and set pool capacity according to the information in this
section, if pool capacity exceeds the threshold, implement the measures described in ”Troubleshooting
Snapshot XP” on page 65.
Using external LUs as pool-VOLs

By using External Storage XP, you can connect multiple arrays to the XP12000/XP10000/SVS200 array.
In that case, the original XP12000/XP10000/SVS200 array is called the local array, and the connected
storage arrays are called external arrays. A volume in an external array is called an external LU. A
volume in the local array is called an internal storage virtualizer LDEV (referred to as an internal LDEV).
If External Storage XP is installed, you can use internal LDEVs and external LUs as pool-VOLs. However,
external LUs are more likely to fail than internal LDEVs. In addition, solutions for external LU failures are
more complicated than those for internal LDEV failures. To minimize the effects of failures,
HP recommends using external LUs as follows:
• Specify external LUs of only one external array for one pool
• Do not specify both internal LDEVs and external LUs as pool-VOLs in one pool
You can specify the external LUs of several external arrays for one pool, or use both internal LDEVs and
external LUs as pool-VOLs in one pool, but in that case, remember that problems such as volume blockade
can occur more easily. For example, if a problem occurs and the external LUs being used as a pool-VOL
are blocked, the pool becomes blocked as well. For more information, see ”Recovering blocked pools” on
page 68.
For more information about external arrays and solutions for errors related to external LUs, see the
HP StorageWorks External Storage XP user guide.
Notes on using Snapshot XP

This section describes switching off the power supply and replacing the microprogram offline while
Snapshot XP is in use.
Switching off the power supply

Before switching off the power supply while Snapshot XP is running, stop host I/O operations. When
switching on the power supply, Snapshot XP behaves differently depending on whether information in
shared memory remains before and after switching off the power supply.
• If information in shared memory remains before and after switching off the power supply

You can usually use the pools and Snapshot XP pairs you used before switching off the power.
However, since the array checks the status of pools and pool volumes, if pool volumes are blocked at
that time, the pool is blocked and the status of Snapshot XP pairs changes to PSUE. When this occurs,
you must recover the pools after switching on the power. For more information, see ”Recovering
blocked pools” on page 68.
• If information in shared memory is lost after switching off the power supply
The array has a battery to maintain information in shared memory. However, when a certain time
period elapses after the breaker is turned off, the battery dies and information in shared memory is
lost. If information in shared memory is lost after switching off the power supply, information about
pools and Snapshot XP pairs is erased. Therefore, you must create pools and pairs again after
switching on the power.
For more information about the amount of time before information in shared memory is lost when the
breaker is turned off, contact your HP account support representative.
Replacing the microprogram offline

Replacing the microprogram is usually performed online, but in some cases, such as when the shared
memory configuration must be changed, replacing the microprogram is performed offline. If you replace
the microprogram offline, pool information or Snapshot XP pair information in shared memory is lost.
Therefore, you must create pools and pairs again after replacing the microprogram.
Combining Snapshot XP with other software products

You can create Snapshot XP pairs by sharing volumes with other products, such as Business Copy XP or
Continuous Access XP. In addition, you can create Snapshot XP pairs using volumes to which LUN
Security XP Extension or RAID Manager XP have assigned attributes. Table 8 shows whether or not
Snapshot XP pairs can share volumes with other software products.
Table 8 Volume sharing with other software products
Volumes of other software products Snapshot XP pair P-VOL Snapshot XP pair S-VOL
Business Copy XP pair P-VOL OK1 No
Business Copy XP pair S-VOL OK1 No
Continuous Access XP pair P-VOL OK No
Continuous Access XP pair S-VOL OK No
Continuous Access XP Journal pair P-VOL OK No
Continuous Access XP Journal pair S-VOL OK No
Auto LUN XP source volume OK NO
Auto LUN XP target volume No No
Read Only volume OK OK
Protect volume OK OK
S-VOL Disable volume OK OK
Volume with VMA No No
Volume with extents No No
Zero Read Capacity volume OK OK
Invisible volume OK OK
1. A Business Copy XP and Snapshot XP pair cannot have the same mirror unit (MU) number. For example, if the Business Copy
XP pair’s MU number is 0, you cannot create a Snapshot XP pair whose MU number is 0 and whose P-VOL is also used as a
Business Copy XP P-VOL. Also, if the Snapshot XP pair’s MU number is 1, you cannot create a Business Copy XP pair whose MU
number is 1 and whose P-VOL is also used as a Snapshot XP P-VOL.
NOTE:
• You need LUN Security XP Extension to set the Read Only attribute, Protect attribute, S-VOL Disable, or
VMA. For more information, see the HP StorageWorks LUN Security XP Extension user guide.
• You need RAID Manager XP to set extents, Zero Read Capacity, or Invisible attribute. For more
information, see the HP StorageWorks RAID Manager XP user guide.
• You can check if the volume has the Read Only attribute, Protect attribute, S-VOL Disable, VMA,
extents, Zero Read Capacity attribute, or Invisible attribute by accessing the LUN Security XP Extension
pane. For more information, see the HP StorageWorks LUN Security XP Extension user guide.
When Snapshot XP shares volumes with the software products shown in Table 8, some operations are
restricted according to the pair statuses.
Combining Snapshot XP with Business Copy XP

When the Snapshot XP P-VOL and Business Copy XP pair’s volume are shared, the relationship between
the Business Copy XP pair status and Snapshot XP operations is shown in Table 9 and Table 10.
Table 9 Snapshot XP operations when Snapshot XP P-VOL and Business Copy XP P-VOL are shared
Snapshot XP Business Copy XP pair status1

operations
COPY PAIR COPY(SP) PSUS(SP) PSUS COPY(RS) COPY(RS-R) PSUE
Creating pairs OK OK OK OK OK OK No OK
(paircreate)
Storing snapshot data OK OK OK OK OK OK No OK

(pairsplit)
Restoring pairs No No No No OK No No OK
(pairresync -restore)
Deleting snapshot OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK
data (pairresync)
Deleting pairs OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK
(pairsplit -S)
1. OK: Operation allowed.
No: Operation not allowed (command rejected).
Table 10 Snapshot XP operations when Snapshot XP P-VOL and Business Copy XP S-VOL are shared
Snapshot XP Business Copy XP pair status1

operations
COPY PAIR COPY(SP) PSUS(SP) PSUS COPY(RS) COPY(RS-R) PSUE
Creating pairs No No No No OK No No No
(paircreate)
Storing snapshot No No No No OK No No No
data (pairsplit)
Restoring pairs No No No No OK No No No
(pairresync -restore)
Deleting snapshot OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK
data (pairresync)
Deleting pairs OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK
(pairsplit -S)

The relationship between the Snapshot XP pair status and Business Copy XP operations is shown in
Table 11 and Table 12.
Table 11 Business Copy XP operations when Snapshot XP P-VOL and Business Copy XP P-VOL are
shared
Business Copy XP operations Snapshot XP pair status1

COPY PAIR PSUS SMPL(PD) COPY(RS) COPY(RS-R) PSUE
Creating pairs (paircreate) OK OK OK OK OK No OK
Creating and splitting pairs OK OK OK OK OK No OK

(paircreate -split)
Splitting pairs (pairsplit) OK OK OK OK OK No OK
Forward pair resynchronization OK OK OK OK OK No OK

(pairresync)
Normal backward pair OK OK OK OK OK No OK

resynchronization (pairresync
-restore)
Quick backward pair No No No No No No No

-restore)
Suspending pairs (pairsplit -E) OK OK OK OK OK OK OK
Deleting pairs (pairsplit -S) OK OK OK OK OK OK OK

Table 12 Business Copy XP operations when Snapshot XP P-VOL and Business Copy XP S-VOL are
shared
Business Copy XP operations Snapshot XP pair status1

COPY PAIR PSUS SMPL(PD) COPY(RS) COPY(RS-R) PSUE
Creating pairs (paircreate) No No No No No No No
Creating and splitting pairs No No No No No No No

(paircreate -split)
Splitting pairs (pairsplit) OK OK OK OK OK No OK

Forward pair resynchronization OK OK OK OK OK No OK
(pairresync)
Normal backward pair OK OK OK OK OK No OK

-restore)
Quick backward pair No No No No No No No

-restore)
Suspending pairs (pairsplit -E) OK OK OK OK OK No OK

NOTE: Since a Snapshot XP S-VOL uses data in the P-VOL, Business Copy XP’s quick backward
pairresync operation (Quick Restore) is not allowed.
For more information about Business Copy XP pair status and operations, see the HP StorageWorks
Business Copy XP user guide for the XP12000/XP10000/SVS200.
Combining Snapshot XP with Continuous Access XP or Continuous Access XP

Journal
When the Snapshot XP P-VOL and the Continuous Access XP or Continuous Access XP Journal pair volume
are shared, the relationship between the Continuous Access XP or Continuous Access XP Journal pair
status and Snapshot XP operations is shown in Table 13 and Table 14.
Table 13 Snapshot XP operations when Snapshot XP P-VOL and Continuous Access XP/Continuous
Access XP Journal are shared
Snapshot XP operations Continuous Access XP/Continuous Access XP Journal pair status1

COPY PAIR PSUS PSUE Suspending Deleting
Creating pairs (paircreate) OK OK OK OK OK OK
Storing snapshot data (pairsplit) OK OK OK OK OK OK
Restoring pairs (pairresync -restore) No No OK OK No No
Deleting snapshot data (pairresync) OK OK OK OK OK OK
Deleting pairs (pairsplit -S) OK OK OK OK OK OK

Table 14 Snapshot XP operations when Snapshot XP P-VOL and Continuous Access XP/Continuous
Access XP Journal S-VOL are shared
Snapshot XP operations Continuous Access XP/Continuous Access XP Journal pair status1

COPY PAIR PSUS PSUE SSWS2 Suspending Deleting
Creating pairs (paircreate) OK OK OK OK OK OK OK
Storing snapshot data No OK OK OK OK OK OK

(pairsplit)
Restoring pairs (pairresync No No No No No No No

-restore)3
Deleting snapshot data OK OK OK OK OK OK OK

(pairresync)

2. SSWS is a status of Continuous Access XP Journal pairs. Continuous Access XP pairs do not change to SSWS status.
3. When restoring the Snapshot XP pair whose P-VOL is used as a Continuous Access XP or Continuous Access XP Journal S-VOL,
you must switch operations from the local site to the remote site by executing the horctakeover command.
The relationship between the Snapshot XP pair status and Continuous Access XP or Continuous Access XP
Journal operations is shown in Table 15 and Table 16.
Table 15 Continuous Access XP/Continuous Access XP Journal operations when Snapshot XP P-VOL and
Continuous Access XP/Continuous Access XP Journal P-VOL are shared
Continuous Access XP/ Snapshot XP pair status1

Continuous Access XP
Journal operations COPY PAIR PSUS SMPL(PD) COPY(RS) COPY(RS-R) PSUE
Creating pairs (paircreate) OK OK OK OK OK No OK
Splitting pairs (pairsplit) OK OK OK OK OK – OK

Continuous Access XP/Continuous Access XP Journal P-VOL are shared (continued)

Resynchronizing pairs OK OK OK OK OK No OK
(pairresync)
Switching to remote site OK OK OK OK OK No OK

(horctakeover)
–: Not applicable.
Continuous Access XP/Continuous Access XP Journal S-VOL are shared

Creating pairs (paircreate) No No No OK No No No
Splitting pairs (pairsplit) OK OK OK OK OK OK OK
Resynchronizing pairs OK OK OK OK OK No OK
(pairresync)
Switching to remote site OK OK OK OK OK No OK

(horctakeover)
For more information about Continuous Access XP pair status and operations, see the HP StorageWorks
Continuous Access XP user guide for the XP12000/XP10000/SVS200. For more information about
Continuous Access XP Journal pair status and operations, see the HP StorageWorks Continuous Access XP
Journal user guide.
Combining Snapshot XP with Auto LUN XP

Regardless of the status of Auto LUN XP’s migration plans (Auto LUN XP pairs), you cannot perform any
Snapshot operations on the volume the migration plan uses. To use a Snapshot XP P-VOL as the migration
plan’s source volume, you must create the Snapshot XP pair first, and then create the migration plan.
When the Snapshot XP P-VOL and migration plan’s source volume are shared, you can execute the
migration plan only when the Snapshot XP pair is in PAIR status. Deleting and canceling the migration
plan are always allowed. These operations are not affected by the Snapshot XP pair status.
For more information about the status of migration plans and Auto LUN XP operations, see the
HP StorageWorks Auto LUN XP user guide for the XP12000/XP10000.
Combining Snapshot XP with LUN Security XP Extension

LUN Security XP Extension can set four kinds of access attributes on the volumes: Read/Write, Read Only,
Protect, and S-VOL Disable. Snapshot XP cannot create a pair by specifying a volume whose access
attribute is S-VOL Disable as the S-VOL. In addition, if the S-VOL Disable attribute is set on the Snapshot
XP pair’s P-VOL, you cannot restore the pair.
By using LUN Security XP Extension, you can set the Read/Write, Read Only, Protect, or S-VOL Disable
attribute on volumes that Snapshot XP pairs already use. However, when the pair is in the following
statuses, you cannot set the S-VOL Disable attribute on the pair volumes:
• COPY
• SMPL(PD)
• COPY(RS)
• COPY(RS-R)
• PSUE
NOTE: You can set S-VOL Disable on the P-VOL even if the pair status is COPY, SMPL(PD), COPY(RS), or
PSUE.
For more information about setting the access attribute, see the HP StorageWorks LUN Security XP
Extension user guide.

5 Snapshot XP operations
This chapter describes Snapshot XP operations and panes.
Displaying the Business Copy XP main pane

1. Launch Command View XP or XP Remote Web Console.
2. Click the Business Copy ( ) button. The Business Copy XP main pane appears.
Figure 5 Business Copy XP main pane
NOTE: Although the Business Copy XP main pane displays information about Business Copy XP and
Snapshot XP pairs, this section only explains items related to Snapshot XP pairs. For more information
about items related to Business Copy XP pairs, see the HP StorageWorks Business Copy XP user guide for
the XP12000/XP10000/SVS200.
• Display Filter button: Displays the Display Filter pane (Figure 8) where you can filter the volumes
displayed in the volume list.
• Tree (left area of pane): Displays ports that are defined paths, host groups, iSCSI targets, or LUNs in a
tree format. When you select items in the tree, information about Business Copy XP or Snapshot XP
pairs appears in the volume list on the right of the pane.
To display information about all pairs in the array, select Subsystem at the top of the tree.
The following icons appear in the tree.
Icon Description
Array
Port
Host group or iSCSI target
LUN

• Volume list (upper-right area of pane): Displays Business Copy XP or Snapshot XP pairs on the port,
host group, iSCSI target, or LUN selected in the tree. You can sort volumes by any column heading in
the volume list.
• Preset list: Displays operations that have been performed in the Business Copy XP main pane, but
have not been applied to the array. To apply operations displayed in the Preset list to the array, click
Apply.
For more information, see ”Preset List” on page 40.
• Apply button: Applies operations displayed in the Preset list to the array. If specified operations are
applied successfully, the Preset list is cleared. If an error occurs during an operation, the failed
operation remains in the Preset list preceded with an error icon ( ). Error codes and messages
appear on the error pane.
• Cancel button: Cancels all operations set in the Preset list.
Volume list
The volume list is the upper-right area of the Business Copy XP main pane. The volume list displays
volumes that Business Copy XP or Snapshot XP can use and pair information about these software
products.
Figure 6 Volume list

When you select a port, host group, iSCSI target, or LUN in the tree on the left side of the Business Copy
XP main pane, information about volumes belonging to the selected item appears in the volume list. You
can specify conditions such as pair status or reserved attribute on the Display Filter pane to select volumes
that can be displayed in the volume list. For more information about the Display Filter pane, see
”Specifying conditions for volumes displayed in the volume list” on page 41.
• Previous button: hen the total number of volumes in the array is more than 1,024, displays the
previous page of the volume list. If the number of items in the volume list is less than 1,024, this button
is grayed out.
• Next button: When the total number of volumes in the array is more than 1,024, displays the next
page of the volume list. If the number of items in the volume list is less than 1,024, this button is grayed
out.
• Port: P-VOL’s port ID (cluster and channel number).
• G-ID: Group number of the P-VOL’s host group or iSCSI target.
• LUN: P-VOL’s CU:LDEV (control unit image:logical device ID).
NOTE: An LDEV number ending with # (for example, 00:01#) indicates the LDEV is an external
LU. For more information about external LUs, see the HP StorageWorks External Storage XP user
guide.
• MU: Snapshot XP pair’s snapshot ID. If the pair is in SMPL status, three hyphens (---) appear. For more
information about what is displayed for Business Copy XP pairs, see the HP StorageWorks Business
• Status: Snapshot XP or Business copy XP pair status. For more information about Snapshot XP pair
status, see ”Status of Snapshot XP pairs” on page 26. For more information about Business Copy XP
pair status, see the HP StorageWorks Business Copy XP user guide for the
XP12000/XP10000/SVS200.
• Port: S-VOL’s port ID (cluster and channel number). If there is no S-VOL, --- appears.
• G-ID: Group number of the S-VOL’s host group or iSCSI target. If there is no S-VOL, --- appears.
• LUN(S): S-VOL’s CU:LDEV (control unit image:logical device ID). If there is no S-VOL, --- appears.
NOTE: An LDEV number ending with V (for example, 00:01 V) indicates the LDEV is a virtual
volume.
• CTG: Three hyphens (---) appear. For more information about what is displayed for Business Copy XP
pairs, see the HP StorageWorks Business Copy XP User guide for the XP12000/XP10000/SVS200.
• SvolMode: S-VOL’s status. When data is not written in the S-VOL, ---- appears. When data is written in
the S-VOL, W appears. For more information about what is displayed for Business Copy XP pairs, see
the HP StorageWorks Business Copy XP user guide for the XP12000/XP10000/SVS200.
• Copy/Pace: Three hyphens (---) appear. For more information about what is displayed for Business
Copy XP pairs, see the HP StorageWorks Business Copy XP user guide for the
XP12000/XP10000/SVS200.
• Prog./Sync.: Consistency rate of the Snapshot XP pair’s P-VOL and S-VOL. Displayed information
changes according to the pair’s status. See Table 17.
Table 17 Information displayed in Prog./Sync.
Pair status Displayed information

SMPL ---
COPY Consistency rate of the P-VOL and S-VOL in percent (%)
PAIR
COPY(RS)
COPY(RS-R)
PSUS
PSUE ---
SMPL(PD)
For more information about what is displayed for Business Copy XP pairs, see the HP StorageWorks
• Type: Volume’s emulation type.
• Capacity(MB): Volume’s storage capacity in megabytes (MB).
• CLPR(P): P-VOL’s cache logical partition.

• CLPR(S): S-VOL’s cache logical partition.
• Shortcut menu: When you select Snapshot XP pair volumes in the volume list and right-click, a shortcut
menu appears.
Table 18 Shortcut menu in volume list
Command Function
Detail Opens the Detail pane (Figure 19).
Pairsplit-S Opens the Pairsplit-S pane (Figure 17).
S-Vol Path Opens the S-Vol Path pane (Figure 20).
Display Filter Opens the Display Filter pane (Figure 8).
NOTE:
• Grayed out commands are for Business Copy XP pairs. For more information about these
commands, see the HP StorageWorks Business Copy XP user guide for the
XP12000/XP10000/SVS200.
• When you select Paircreate or Pairsplit from the shortcut menu, the Paircreate or Pairsplit pane
appears. However, you cannot use these panes to create or split Snapshot XP pairs.
• Volumes X
• X: Total number of volumes in the array.
• Pairs W(X)/Y/Z
• W: Total number of Business Copy XP pairs.
• X: Total number of Business Copy XP and ShadowImage for z/OS pairs.
• Y: Total number of Snapshot XP pairs.
• Z: Maximum number of pairs (Business Copy XP, Snapshot XP, ShadowImage for z/OS, Auto LUN
XP, Flex Copy XP, Hitachi FlashCopy Mirroring, Hitachi FlashCopy Mirroring Version 2) you can
create in one array.
NOTE: The number of Snapshot XP pairs you can create in one array depends on the number of
differential tables or shared memory capacity for the V-VOL management area. For more
information, see ”Calculating the number of Snapshot XP pairs you can create” on page 22.
• Reserve X(Y)/Z: Number of reserved volumes for Business Copy XP pairs. For more information, see
the HP StorageWorks Business Copy XP user guide for the XP12000/XP10000/SVS200.
Preset List
The Preset list is in the lower-right area of the Business Copy XP main pane. The Preset list displays the
content of Business Copy XP or Snapshot XP operations that have not been applied to the array yet.
Figure 7 Preset List

The Preset list displays the following items:
• Port: P-VOL’s port ID (cluster and channel number).
• G-ID: Group number of the P-VOL’s host group or iSCSI target.
• LUN: P-VOL’s CU:LDEV (control unit image:logical device ID).
guide.
• MU: Snapshot XP pair’s snapshot ID. If the pair is in SMPL status, --- appears. For more information
about what is displayed for Business Copy XP pairs, see the HP StorageWorks Business Copy XP user
guide for the XP12000/XP10000/SVS200.
• Port: S-VOL’s port ID (cluster and channel number). If there is no S-VOL, --- appears.
• G-ID: Group number of the S-VOL’s host group or iSCSI target. If there is no S-VOL, --- appears.
• LUN(S): S-VOL’s CU:LDEV (control unit image:logical device ID). If there is no S-VOL, --- appears.
NOTE: An LDEV number ending with V (for example, 00:01 V) indicates the LDEV is a virtual
volume.
• Pace: Three hyphens (---) appear. For more information about what is displayed for Business Copy XP
pairs, see the HP StorageWorks Business Copy XP user guide for the XP12000/XP10000/SVS200.
• CLPR(P): P-VOL’s cache logical partition.
• CLPR(S): S-VOL’s cache logical partition.
• Code: Cause of error. If there is no error, --- appears.
• Shortcut menu: When you select items in the Preset list and right-click, a shortcut menu appears.
Table 19 Shortcut menu in Preset list on Business Copy XP main pane
Command Function
Delete Cancels selected operations in the Preset list.
NOTE: Grayed out commands are for Business Copy XP pairs. For more information about these
commands, see the HP StorageWorks Business Copy XP user guide for the
XP12000/XP10000/SVS200.
• Preset X(Y)
• X: Total number of operations in the Preset list.
• Y: Operation type.
Specifying conditions for volumes displayed in the volume list

You can display only the specified volumes in the volume list if you specify the conditions in the Display
Filter pane.
To display the Display Filter pane:
1. Display the Business Copy XP main pane.

2. Click Display Filter, or right-click the volume list, and select Display Filter. The Display Filter pane
appears.
Figure 8 Display Filter pane (Snapshot XP tab selected)
NOTE:
• For more information about the Business Copy XP tab on the Display Filter pane, see the
HP StorageWorks Business Copy XP user guide for the XP12000/XP10000/SVS200.
• Filter settings are only effective within the current operations in the Business Copy XP main pane. If you
start another program, or click a button on the toolbar on the Command View XP or XP Remote Web
Console main pane, the settings are reset.
If you select check boxes in the Display Filter pane, only volumes meeting the conditions can be displayed
in the volume list. If you clear check boxes, volumes meeting the conditions cannot be displayed in the
volume list.
• CLPR: Displays volumes in the specified cache logical partition (CLPR). If you select All, volumes in all
CLPRs appear in the volume list.
• Volume Type: Both check boxes are selected by default.
• Internal Vol: Displays or hides internal LDEVs.
• External Vol: Displays or hides external LUs.
• Attribute
• Reserved: This check box is for Business Copy XP pairs. For more information, see the
• Pair: Displays or hides volumes forming pairs.
• Non-Pair: Displays or hides volumes in SMPL status.
• Cascade (L1 and L2): This check box is for Business Copy XP pairs. For more information, see the
• Pair Status
• Business Copy: Displays or hides Business Copy XP pairs.
• Snapshot XP: Displays or hides Snapshot XP pairs.
NOTE: If the check box is not selected, all check boxes in both tabs are grayed out.
• Business Copy tab: This tab is for Business Copy XP pairs. For more information, see the
• Snapshot XP tab: Check boxes indicate the status of Snapshot pairs displayed. If you select or clear a
check box, Snapshot XP pairs in that status are displayed or hidden in the volume list. To use the check
boxes, select the Snapshot XP check box in the Pair Status box.
For more information about Snapshot XP pair status, see ”Status of Snapshot XP pairs” on page 26.
• OK button: Applies settings and closes the Display Filter pane.
• Cancel button: Resets settings and closes the Display Filter pane.
Creating or deleting pools

2. Click the Volume Manager button. The Volume Manager pane appears.
3. Select the Pool tab. The Pool pane appears.
Figure 9 Pool pane

You can also use the Pool pane to initialize the pool management block’s V-VOL management area. For
more information, see ”Initializing V-VOL management areas or pool management blocks” on page 48.
• Pool Mng. Block total capacity: Total capacity of pool management blocks, including capacity of pool
management blocks in use.
NOTE: The capacity of the pool management block in use must be less than its total capacity.
• Pool Mng. Block used capacity: X GB: Capacity of pool management blocks in use.
CAUTION: The value of Total Capacity in the Pool Information box and the value of Pool Mng.
Block used capacity are approximately equal, but there might be some difference. Even if the value
of Total Capacity in the Pool Information box is updated when pool-VOLs are added to or deleted
from the pool, the value of Pool Mng. Block used capacity is not updated until you click Apply.

NOTE: The capacity of the pool management block in use must be less than its total capacity.
• Pool tree: Pools in the array are displayed in a tree format. The following icons appear in the tree.
Icon Description
Array or Snapshot XP
Pool in normal status
Pool whose usage rate exceeds the threshold
Blocked pool
Normal pool (in the process of deleting)
Blocked pool (in the process of deleting)
• Shortcut menu: When you select icons in the Pool tree and right-click, a shortcut menu appears.
Table 20 Shortcut menu in Pool tree
Menu Function
When you right-click New Pool Opens the New Pool pane (Figure 10). You can select this command
the Snapshot XP icon only when you right-click a Snapshot XP icon.
Delete Pool(s) Deletes multiple pools at one time. You can select this command only
when pools that can be deleted exist.
Restore Pool(s) Recovers multiple blocked pools to the normal status at one time. You
can select this command only when blocked pools exist.
When you right-click Change Pool Opens the Change Pool Information pane (Figure 11).
the pool icon Information
Delete Pool Deletes the pool.
Restore Pool Restores the blocked pool to the normal status. You can select this
command only when you right-click a blocked pool icon.
• Pool-VOL: Information about pool-VOLs registered in the pool selected in the Pool tree.
• CU:LDEV: Pool-VOL’s CU number and LDEV number
guide.
• Capacity: Pool-VOL’s capacity

• Emulation: Pool-VOL’s emulation type
• PG: Parity group to which pool-VOL belongs
• Total Capacity: Total capacity of pool-VOLs in the pool
• Used LDEVs: Total number of pool-VOLs in the pool
• Remaining LDEVs: Total number of pool-VOLs you can add to the pool
• Add Pool-VOL button: Adds selected volumes in the Free LDEVs list as pool-VOLs to the pool selected in
the Pool tree.
• CU: Volumes in the selected CU are displayed in the Free LDEVs list.
• Free LDEVs: From volumes in the CU selected in the CU drop-down list, volumes that can be specified
as pool-VOLs.
• CU:LDEV: Volume’s CU and LDEV number
guide.
• Capacity: Volume’s capacity

• Emulation: Volume’s emulation type
• PG: Parity group to which volume belongs
• CLPR: CLPR number of the CLPR to which volume belongs
• Selected LDEVs: Total number of volumes selected in the list
• Pool Information: Information about the pool selected in the Pool tree.
• Pool ID: Number identifying the pool
• Status: Pool’s status
• Normal: Pool is in normal status
• Warning: Pool’s usage rate exceeds the threshold
• Blocked: Pool is blocked
• Total Capacity: Pool’s total capacity
• Used Capacity: Pool’s used capacity
• Usage Rate: Proportion of used pool capacity to total pool capacity (%). If the usage rate exceeds
the threshold, Warning appears after the usage rate. If the usage rate reaches 100%, Error
appears after the usage rate.
• Threshold: Threshold for pool usage rate (%)
• Attribute: Software product using the pool
• Snapshot XP: Snapshot XP
• CLPR: CLPR number of the CLPR to which the pool belongs
• Initialize button: If there is no pool in the array, initializes the whole V-VOL management area. If pools
exist in the array, initializes the pool management block in the V-VOL management area. Initializing
pool management blocks requires up to 20 minutes to complete.
If you click Initialize, all operations performed in the Pool pane, but not applied to the array yet, are
canceled.
• SIM Complete Request: Completes SIMs related to pools. If you select the check box and click Apply,
SIMs that occurred when a pool’s usage rate exceeded the threshold or when a pool was blocked are
completed. For more information, see ”Completing pool-related SIMs” on page 69.
• Apply button: Applies operations performed in the Pool pane to the array. If the specified operations
complete successfully, content displayed in blue italic in the Pool tree or Pool-VOL list change to
normal black.
If an error occurs during operations, error codes and error messages appear in the error message
pane.
• Cancel button: Cancels all operations performed in the Pool pane.
Creating new pools

The required time for creating pools depends on the number and capacity of pools and pool-VOLs you
add to the pool. If you create many pools or if you add a large-capacity pool-VOL, it might take about
20 minutes at most until the entire processing ends.
1. Change Command View XP or XP Remote Web Console to Modify mode. For instructions, see the
HP StorageWorks Command View XP user guide for XP Disk Arrays or the HP StorageWorks XP
Remote Web Console user guide for XP12000/XP10000/SVS200.

2. On the Pool pane (Figure 9), right click Snapshot XP in the Pool tree, and select New Pool. The New
Pool pane (Figure 10) appears.
3. Enter the pool ID in the Pool ID text box.
NOTE: You can enter only a whole number from 0 to 127 in this text box. Do not enter any
number that is already used for another pool.
4. Select the pool usage rate threshold from the Threshold list.
CAUTION: If the pool’s usage rate exceeds the threshold, you cannot create new Snapshot XP
pairs. Ensure that you do not set the threshold at too small a value.
5. Select Snapshot XP from the Attribute list.

6. Check the setting contents. If there is no problem, click Set. The New Pool pane closes, and the new
pool appears in the Pool tree.
7. Select the pool in the Pool tree.
8. Select the volumes you want to register as pool-VOLs in the pool from the Free LDEVs list.
NOTE:
• If you select a CU number from the CU list, volumes in the CU appear in the list. Within the
same CU, you can select multiple volumes at one time.
• The capacity of the pool management blocks in use increases if you add pool-VOLs. Be careful
to keep the capacity of the pool management blocks in use at less than its total capacity.
9. Click Add Pool-VOL. The pane listing the volumes you selected appears.
NOTE: If you select and right-click a volume in the Free LDEVs list, a shortcut menu appears. If you
select Add Pool-VOL, the result is the same as if you clicked Add Pool-VOL.
10.Check the list of the volumes on the pane. If there is no problem, click OK. The pane closes, and the
selected volumes appear in the Pool-VOL list.
11.To add more pool-VOLs, repeat step 8 through step 10.
NOTE: The pool’s storage capacity is the total capacity of pool-VOLs in the pool. For more
information, see ”Notes on creating pools” on page 28.
12.To create another pool, repeat step 2 through step 6.

13.Click Apply. A confirmation message appears.
CAUTION: You cannot delete pool-VOLs after adding them. Check and ensure that the settings for
the pool-VOLs you are adding are correct.
14.Click OK. The confirmation message closes, and the new pool information is applied to the array.
Figure 10 New Pool pane

• Pool ID: Pool ID. Enter a number from 0 to 127.
NOTE: Do not enter a pool ID that another pool is already using. If you enter a pool ID that
another pool is already using and click Set, an error message appears. In that case, enter a
different number for the new pool ID.
• Threshold: Threshold of the pool usage rate between 20 and 95.
NOTE: The threshold unit is percent (%). If the pool usage rate exceeds the threshold, the pool
status changes to Warning. You cannot create new Snapshot XP pairs to a pool in Warning status.
Be careful not to set too small a value for the threshold.
• Attribute: Software product that uses the pool.

• Set button: Creates a new pool according to settings in the New Pool pane, and closes the pane.
• Cancel button: Cancels settings in the New Pool pane, and closes the pane. No pool is created.
Changing pool information

After creating a pool, the only setting you can change is the threshold.
1. Change Command View XP or Remote XP Remote Web Console to Modify mode. For instructions, see
the HP StorageWorks Command View XP user guide for XP Disk Arrays or the HP StorageWorks XP
2. Select and right-click the pool you want to change, and select Change Pool Information. The Change
Pool Information pane (Figure 11) appears.
NOTE: If the pool usage rate is 95% or higher, the shortcut menu does not appear.
3. Select the threshold value from the Threshold list.
NOTE: In the Threshold list, only values higher than the pool usage rate appear.
4. Click Set. The Change Pool Information pane closes.

5. Click Apply. A confirmation message appears.

6. Click OK. The confirmation message closes, and the setting change is applied to the array.
Figure 11 Change Pool Information pane

Items in the Change Pool Information pane are the same as those in the New Pool pane. However, in the
Change Pool Information pane, you cannot enter or select items other than the Threshold list. For more
information about items in the Change Pool Information pane, see ”Creating new pools” on page 45.
Deleting pools
Usually, you specify one pool and delete only the specified pool. However, you can delete multiple pools
at one time if necessary. This section describes procedures for deleting one specified pool and deleting
multiple pools at one time.
Deleting one pool
2. Select and right-click the pool you want to delete, and select Delete Pool. A confirmation message
appears.
3. Click OK. The selected pool’s icon changes to the icon indicating the deleting process.
5. Click OK. The confirmation message closes, and the pool is deleted from the array.
Deleting multiple pools
CAUTION: If you execute this operation, all pools that can be deleted are deleted. If there are any pools
you do not want to delete, you must delete one pool at a time by following the steps in ”Deleting one
pool” on page 48.
2. On the Pool pane, select and right-click the Snapshot XP icon in the Pool tree, and select Delete Pool(s).
A confirmation message appears.
3. Click OK. The pools’ icons change indicating the pools being deleted.
5. Click OK. The confirmation message closes, and the pools are deleted from the array.
Initializing V-VOL management areas or pool management blocks

This section describes how to initialize the whole V-VOL management areas or a pool management block
in the V-VOL management area.
Initializing V-VOL management areas
By initializing the whole V-VOL management area, the V-VOL management area is used more efficiently.
Therefore, you can create a pool with a capacity that is larger than before the initialization or create
more pools compared to before the initialization.
You must delete all pools in the array to initialize the V-VOL management area. If pools exist in the array,
only the pool management block is initialized instead of the whole V-VOL management area. For more
information, see ”Initializing pool management blocks” on page 49.
2. On the Pool pane, click Initialize. A confirmation message appears.
3. Click OK. A confirmation message appears.
4. Click OK. A confirmation message appears.
5. Click OK. The V-VOL management area or pool management block is initialized.
Initializing pool management blocks
If you initialize the pool management block, the pool’s I/O performance improves compared to before
the initialization. You can initialize the pool management block without changing pools already created
in the array.
The procedure to initialize the pool management block is the same as for initializing the V-VOL
management area. To initialize the pool management block, see ”Initializing V-VOL management areas”
on page 48.
NOTE: You might need up to 20 minutes to initialize the pool management block.
Creating or deleting virtual volumes

Use the V-VOL pane to create V-VOLs.
3. Click the V-VOL tab. The V-VOL pane appears.
Figure 12 V-VOL pane
NOTE: In the V-VOL pane, you can create or delete V-VOLs for a V-VOL group. To create or delete a
V-VOL by itself, use Volume Manager. You need another license to use Volume Manager. For more
information about Volume Manager, see the HP StorageWorks LUN Configuration and Security Manager
XP user guide for the XP12000/XP10000/SVS200.

• V-VOL group tree (left area of the pane): V-VOL groups in the array. The following icons appear in the
tree.
Icon Description
Array
V-VOL group
V-VOL group (in the process of deleting)
VDEV
• Shortcut menu: When you select icons in the V-VOL group tree and right-click, a shortcut menu
appears.
Table 21 Shortcut menu in the V-VOL group tree
Command Function
New V-VOL Group Opens the New V-VOL Group pane (Figure 13). You can select this command only when
you right-click an array icon.
Delete V-VOL Group Deletes the V-VOL group and V-VOLs in that V-VOL group. You can select this command
only when you right-click a V-VOL group icon.
• V-VOL list (right area of the pane): Information about V-VOLs registered in the VDEV selected in the
V-VOL group tree. The following items appear in the list:
• CU:LDEV: V-VOL’s CU and LDEV numbers
• Capacity: V-VOL’s capacity
• Emulation: V-VOL’s emulation type
NOTE: If the emulation type is followed by CVS, the volume is a custom volume (CV). For more
information about CVs, see the HP StorageWorks LUN Configuration and Security Manager XP
user guide for the XP12000/XP10000/SVS200.
• Status: V-VOL’s status

• Normal
• Blocked
• CLPR: CLPR number of the CLPR to which the V-VOL belongs
• Access Attribute: V-VOL’s access attribute
• Path: V-VOL’s LU path
• Apply button: Applies operations performed in the V-VOL pane to the array. If the specified operations
complete successfully, content displayed in blue italic in the V-VOL group tree or V-VOL list changes to
normal black.
If an error occurs during the operations, the error code and message appears in the error message
pane.
• Cancel button: Cancels all operations performed in the V-VOL pane.
Creating new virtual volumes

2. On the V-VOL pane, right-click Subsystem in the V-VOL group tree, and select New V-VOL Group. The
New V-VOL Group pane (Figure 13) appears.
3. Enter the V-VOL group ID in the V-VOL Group list.
NOTE: You can select or enter only a whole number from 1 to 8192 in V-VOL Group. Do not
enter a number that is already used for another V-VOL group.
4. Select the V-VOL group’s emulation type from the Emulation Type list.
5. Select the CLPR number of the CLPR in which you want to register the V-VOL group from the CLPR list.
6. Click Next. The Create V-VOL wizard pane (1) (Figure 14) appears.
7. Select the V-VOL’s emulation type from the Emulation Type list.
8. Select the V-VOL’s capacity unit from the Capacity Unit list. The selected unit appears after the
Capacity box.
9. Enter the V-VOL’s capacity in the Capacity box.
NOTE:
• If the unit is megabyte (MB), you can enter only a whole number from 46 to 2097151. If the
unit is block, enter a whole number from 96000 to 4294967296. If the unit is cylinder, enter a
whole number from 50 to 2236962.
• The V-VOLs you are creating are used when you specify the Snapshot XP pair’s S-VOLs. Since
the capacity of the Snapshot XP pair’s P-VOL and S-VOL must be equal, consider the P-VOL’s
capacity when you decide the V-VOL capacity.
10.Enter the number of V-VOLs you want to create in the Number of V-VOL box.
NOTE: You can enter only a whole number from 1 to 256 in the Number of V-VOL box.
11.Click Set. Volumes are added to the V-VOL information setting list (middle of the pane).
To create more V-VOLs, repeat step 7 through step 11.
NOTE: Using Snapshot XP, you cannot add new V-VOLs to the V-VOL group when creating
V-VOLs. Ensure that you add enough V-VOLs to create the Snapshot XP pairs at this point.
12.Click Next. The Create V-VOL wizard pane (2) (Figure 15) appears.
13.Select the volume in the V-VOL information setting list (upper-right area of pane).
14.Select the CU number from the Select CU No. list. Areas of the selected CU appear in the Select LDEV
No. area (middle of pane).
NOTE:
• Only areas displayed by white cells are available for V-VOLs. You cannot use areas displayed
by gray cells to create V-VOLs.
• To select CUs belonging to other SLPRs, select the CU number of another SLPR is used. check
box.
15.Select the interval between LDEV numbers from the Interval list.
NOTE: If you select 0, the LDEV number is sequential.
16.Select the area in the Select LDEV No. area. The color of the selected area changes to blue. CU and
LDEV numbers are added to the V-VOL information setting list, and blue italics changes to black
normal.
To set multiple V-VOLs, repeat step 13 through step 16.

17. Click Next. The Create V-VOL wizard pane (3) (Figure 16) appears.
18.Check the settings. If there is no problem, click OK. The Create V-VOL wizard pane (3) closes, and the
V-VOL pane appears. In the V-VOL pane, settings appear in blue italics.
20.Click OK. The confirmation message closes, and the new V-VOL information is applied to the array.
Figure 13 New V-VOL Group pane

• V-VOL Group: V-VOL group ID. Select or enter a whole number from 1 to 8192.
NOTE: Do not enter a V-VOL group ID that another V-VOL group is already using. If you enter a
V-VOL group ID that another V-VOL group is already using and click Next, an error message
appears. In that case, select or enter a different number for the new V-VOL group ID.
• Emulation Type: V-VOL group’s emulation type.

• CLPR: V-VOL group’s CLPR.
• Next button: Fixes settings in the New V-VOL Group pane, and displays the Create V-VOL wizard
pane (1).
• Cancel button: Cancels settings in the New V-VOL Group pane, and closes the pane.
Figure 14 Create V-VOL wizard pane (1)

• V-VOL Group: V-VOL group ID set in the New V-VOL Group pane.
• Emulation Type: V-VOL’s emulation type.
• Capacity Unit: V-VOL’s unit of capacity: MB (megabyte), block, or Cyl.
• Capacity: V-VOL’s capacity. If you selected MB from the Capacity Unit list, enter a whole number from
46 to 2097151. If you selected block, enter a whole number from 96000 to 4294967296. If you
selected Cyl, enter a whole number from 50 to 2236962.
• Number of V-VOL: Number of V-VOLs you want to add. Enter a whole number from 1 to 256.
• Set button: dds V-VOLs to the V-VOL information setting list.
• Delete button: Deletes selected V-VOLs from the V-VOL information setting list.
• V-VOL information setting list (middle of pane): Information about the V-VOL(s) you are creating.
• No.: Number
• Back button: Returns to the New V-VOL Group pane while maintaining settings in this pane.
• Next button: Confirms the setting in this pane, and displays the Create V-VOL wizard pane (2).
• Cancel button: Cancels the setting in the Create V-VOL wizard pane (1), and closes the pane.

• V-VOL Group: V-VOL group ID.
• V-VOL information setting list (upper-right area of pane): Information about the V-VOLs you are
creating.
• No.: Number
• Select LDEV No.: Settings of LDEV numbers for the CU number selected in Select CU No. Numbers in
the upper end and left side indicate the LDEV number. For example, the LDEV number of the cell
whose upper end is +2 and the left side is +10 is 12.
Gray cells indicate LDEV numbers that are already used for other volumes, white cells indicate unused
LDEV numbers, and blue cells indicate LDEV numbers selected for V-VOLs in this pane.
• Select CU No.: CU number.
• Interval: Interval between LDEV numbers to be assigned to newly created V-VOLs. If you select 0, LDEV
numbers are sequential.

NOTE:
• The value you specify as the interval between LDEV numbers counts only available LDEV
numbers and skips those that are not selectable.
• Even when you use multiple CUs, LDEV numbers are assigned according to the setting in the
Interval list.
• CU number of another SLPR is used.: Used to select the CU numbers of an SLPR other than the SLPR you
are now in.
• Back button: Returns to the Create V-VOL wizard pane (1) while maintaining settings in this pane.
• Next button: Fixes the setting in this pane, and displays the Create V-VOL wizard pane (3).

• V-VOL information setting list (middle of pane): Information about the V-VOLs you are creating.
• VDEV: VDEV number
• Back button: Returns to the Create V-VOL wizard pane (2) while maintaining settings in this pane.
• OK button: Fixes the setting in the Create V-VOL wizard pane (3), and closes the pane.
Deleting virtual volumes

2. On the V-VOL pane, select and right-click the V-VOL group containing the V-VOLs you want to delete
in the V-VOL group tree, and select Delete V-VOL Group. A confirmation message appears.
3. Click OK. The selected V-VOL group’s icon changes to an icon indicating the deleting process.
5. Click OK. The confirmation message closes, and the V-VOL group is deleted in the array.
NOTE: You cannot delete the V-VOL if it is used as a Snapshot XP pair’s S-VOL. To delete a V-VOL
used as an S-VOL, first delete the pair.
Creating Snapshot XP pairs

Use the RAID Manager XP paircreate command to create Snapshot XP pairs. To create Snapshot XP
pairs, the following are required:
• Specify a volume that meets the requirements in Table 2 as a P-VOL
• Specify a volume that meets the requirements in Table 3 as an S-VOL
• Specify the same size volumes as a P-VOL and S-VOL
• Specify the same pool for pairs that share a P-VOL when you use a volume that is already used as
another pair’s P-VOL for the new pair’s P-VOL
For more information about the paircreate command, see the HP StorageWorks RAID Manager XP
user guide.
Storing snapshot data

Use the RAID Manager XP pairsplit command to store snapshot data in the pool. You can store a
maximum of 64 snapshot data per P-VOL. To store snapshot data, the pair status must be PAIR.
NOTE: When a P-VOL is paired with two or more volumes, ensure that none of the pairs are in
COPY(RS-R) status.
You can use the pairsplit command to store one snapshot data at a time, but you cannot specify the
snapshot data ID. For more information about the pairsplit command, see the HP StorageWorks RAID
Manager XP user guide.
NOTE: Snapshot XP does not support Quick Split mode. If you specify Quick Split mode, snapshot data
is not be stored in the pool even if the command ends normally.
Restoring Snapshot XP pairs

Use the RAID Manager XP pairresync -restore command to restore Snapshot XP pairs. The
Snapshot XP pair must be in PSUS status when you restore the pair.
When the restoration is complete, the pair status changes to PAIR. For more information about the
pairresync -restore command, see the HP StorageWorks RAID Manager XP user guide.
CAUTION: If a failure occurs during the restoration, the pair status changes to PSUE. To recover the
PSUE pair, delete the pair’s snapshot data. When you recover the PSUE pair by deleting its snapshot
data, the P-VOL’s data is not guaranteed. Therefore, you must overwrite the P-VOL with backup data or
format the P-VOL.
NOTE: Snapshot XP does not support Quick Restore mode. If you specify Quick Restore mode, the
Snapshot XP pair is not restored even if the command ends normally.

Deleting snapshot data
Use the RAID Manager XP pairresync command to delete snapshot data. You can store up to 64
snapshot data per P-VOL. Therefore, to store new snapshot data for a P-VOL that already has 64 snapshot
data, you must delete old snapshot data.
If you delete snapshot data, free area in the pool increases. To delete snapshot data, issue the
pairresync command on Snapshot XP pairs in PSUS status. If the snapshot data shares a data area
with another snapshot data, only the snapshot ID is deleted; the data itself is not deleted from the pool.
For more information about the pairresync command, see the HP StorageWorks RAID Manager XP
user guide.
NOTE: Snapshot XP does not support Quick Resync mode. If you specify Quick Resync mode, snapshot
data is not deleted even if the command ends normally.
Deleting Snapshot XP pairs

Use the RAID Manager XP command or Pairsplit-S pane to delete Snapshot XP pairs.
If you use RAID Manager XP to delete Snapshot XP pairs, you must use the pairsplit -S command. By
using this command, you can delete only one pair at a time. For more information about the pairsplit
-S command, see the HP StorageWorks RAID Manager XP user guide.
If you use the Pairsplit-S pane, you can delete multiple pairs at one time. You can open the Pairsplit-S
pane either from the Business Copy XP main pane or the Snapshot XP pane. To select pairs to be deleted
by port, host group, iSCSI target, or LUN, open the Pairsplit-S pane from the Business Copy XP main
pane. To select pairs by pool, open the Pairsplit-S pane from the Snapshot XP pane.
Deleting Snapshot XP pairs by selecting pairs per port

1. Change Command View XP or XP Remote Web Console to Modify mode. For instructions, se the
3. In the tree, select the port, host group, iSCSI target, or LUN containing the Snapshot XP pairs you want
to delete. A list of pairs or volumes appears in the volume list.
4. Select and right-click the Snapshot XP pairs you want to delete, and select Pairsplit-S. The Pairsplit-S
pane (Figure 17) appears.
NOTE: You cannot delete a Business Copy XP pair and Snapshot XP pair at one time.
5. Click OK. The Pairsplit-S pane closes, and a list of Snapshot XP pairs you are deleting appears in the
Preset list on the Business Copy XP main pane.
7. Click OK. The confirmation message closes, and the pair is deleted from the array.
Figure 17 Pairsplit-S pane

• Volume list: Information about the Snapshot XP pairs you are deleting.
• Port: P-VOL’s port ID (cluster and channel number)
• G-ID: Group number of the P-VOL’s host group or iSCSI target
• LUN: P-VOL’s CU:LDEV (control unit image:logical device ID)
• MU: Snapshot ID
• Status: Status of the Snapshot XP pair
• Port: S-VOL’s port ID (cluster and channel number)
• G-ID: Group number of the S-VOL’s host group or iSCSI target
• LUN(S): S-VOL’s CU:LDEV (control unit image:logical device ID)
• Type: Emulation type
• Capacity(MB): Snapshot XP pair’s storage capacity
• CLPR(P): P-VOL’s cache logical partition
• CLPR(S): S-VOL’s cache logical partition
• OK button: Closes the Pairsplit-S pane, and displays a list of Snapshot XP pairs in the Preset list.
• Cancel button: Cancels the operation, and closes the Pairsplit-S pane.
NOTE: For more information about the Pairsplit-S pane displayed when you select Business copy XP
pairs, see the HP StorageWorks Business Copy XP user guide for the XP12000/XP10000/SVS200.
Deleting Snapshot XP pairs by selecting pairs per pool

3. Click the Business Copy button. The Business Copy XP main pane appears.
4. Select the Snapshot XP tab. The Snapshot XP pane (Figure 18) appears.
5. In the tree, select the pool containing the Snapshot XP pairs you want to delete. A list of pairs or
volumes appears in the volume list.
6. Select and right-click the Snapshot XP pairs you want to delete, and select Pairsplit-S. The Pairsplit-S
pane (Figure 17) appears.
7. Click OK. The Pairsplit-S pane closes, and a list of the Snapshot XP pairs you are deleting appears in
the Preset list of the Snapshot XP pane.

9. Click OK. The confirmation message closes, and the pair is deleted from the array.
Figure 18 Snapshot XP pane

• Tree (left area of pane): Pools in the array. The following icons appear in the tree.
Icon Description
Array
Pool in normal status
Pool whose usage rate exceeds the threshold
Blocked pool
• Pool/volume list (upper-right area of pane): If you select Subsystem in the tree, the pool/volume list
displays a list of pools in the array, including the following items:
• Pool ID: Pool ID
• Capacity(GB): Pool’s storage capacity
• Used Capacity(GB): Capacity of the pool the Snapshot XP pairs use
• Usage rate: Pool’s usage rate
• Pool VOL(s): Total number of pool-VOLs in the pool
• Snapshot pair(s): Total number of snapshot data stored in the pool
If you select a pool icon in the tree, the pool/volume list displays a list of Snapshot XP pairs in the
pool, including the following items:
• P-Vol: P-VOL’s port ID, group number of the host group or iSCSI target, and LUN
• MU: Snapshot ID
• Status: Snapshot XP pair status
• S-Vol: S-VOL’s port ID, group number of the host group or iSCSI target, and LUN
• Pool used(GB): Pool capacity the S-VOL uses
• Sync.: Consistency rate of the P-VOL and S-VOL data
• Pool Association Inf.: X GB / Y GB
• X: Capacity of pool association information in use
• Y: Total capacity of pool association information, including capacity of pool association
information in use
• Pool Mng. Block: X GB / Y GB
• X: Capacity of pool management blocks in use
• Y: Total capacity of the management blocks, including capacity of pool management blocks in use
NOTE: Pool association information and a pool management block are elements of the V-VOL
management area. You need the capacity of these two elements to calculate the number of
Snapshot XP pairs you can create. For more information, see ”Calculating the number of Snapshot
XP pairs you can create” on page 22.
• Shortcut menu (pool/volume list): When you select a pool icon in the tree, and then select and
right-click a Snapshot XP pair in the pool/volume list, a shortcut menu with the Pairsplit-S option
appears. If you select Pairsplit-S, the Pairsplit-S pane (Figure 17) appears.
• Preset list: Content of operations set or specified in the Snapshot XP pane, but not yet applied to the
array. To apply operations displayed in the Preset list to the array, click Apply.
The Preset list displays the following items:
• P-Vol: P-VOL’s port ID, group number of the host group or iSCSI target, and LUN.
• MU: Snapshot ID.
• S-Vol: S-VOL’s port ID, group number of the host group or iSCSI target, and LUN.
• Code: Cause of error. If there is no error, --- appears.
• Preset X(Y): Total number of operations displayed in the Preset list (X) and operation type (Y).
• Shortcut menu (pool/volume list): When you select and right-click an operation in the Preset list, a
pop-up menu with the Delete option appears. If you select Delete, you can cancel the selected
operation. The canceled operation is deleted from the Preset list.
• Apply button: Applies operations displayed in the Preset list to the array. If the specified operations
complete successfully, the Preset list is cleared. If an error occurs during an operation, the failed
operation remains in the Preset list. The error code and message are displayed on the error pane.
• Cancel button: Cancels all operations set in the Preset list.
Displaying detailed information about Snapshot XP pairs

To display detailed information about Snapshot XP pairs, use the Detail or S-Vol Path pane. In the Detail
pane, you can see information such as a P-VOL’s pool usage rate and snapshot IDs. In the S-Vol Path
pane, you can see pair information such as port ID, group number of the host group or iSCSI target, or
LUN.
Detail pane
2. Select and right-click a Snapshot XP pair in the volume list, and select Detail. The Detail pane appears.

NOTE: If you select Detail when you selected a Business Copy XP pair, the Detail pane is different
than when you select a Snapshot XP pair. For more information, see the HP StorageWorks
Figure 19 Detail pane for Snapshot XP pair

• P-Vol: P-VOL’s CU and LDEV numbers.
• Type: P-VOL’s emulation type.
• Capacity(MB): P-VOL’s capacity. The unit is megabyte (MB).
• Blocks: Number of blocks the P-VOL uses.
• CLPR(P): P-VOL’s cache logical partition (CLPR).
• Pool ID: Pool ID of the pool in which the P-VOL is registered.
• Amount of pool use by P-Vol(GB): Amount of pool capacity the P-VOL used.
• Pool usage rate by P-Vol: P-VOL’s pool usage rate.
• Snapshot pair detail list: Displays the following snapshot data items:
• MU: Snapshot ID
• S-Vol: S-VOL’s CU and LDEV numbers
• Status: Snapshot XP pair status
• Time: Time when snapshot data is stored in the pool
• Pool used(GB): Pool capacity the S-VOL uses
• Sync.: Consistency rate of the P-VOL and S-VOL data
• CLPR(S): S-VOL’s cache logical partition (CLPR)
• Refresh button: Updates information in the Detail pane.
• OK button: Closes the Detail pane.
S-Vol Path Information pane

2. Select and right-click a Snapshot XP pair in the volume list, and select S-Vol Path. The S-Vol Path pane
appears.
Figure 20 S-Vol Path pane

• Pair Information: The following information appears:
• Port(P): P-VOL’s port ID
• G-ID(P): Group number of the P-VOL’s host group or iSCSI target
• LUN(P): P-VOL’s LUN
• Port(S): S-VOL’s port ID
• G-ID(S): Group number of the S-VOL’s host group or iSCSI target
• LUN(S): S-VOL’s LUN
• S-Vol Path Information: The following S-VOL path information for the selected Snapshot XP pair
appears:
• Port: S-VOL’s port ID
• G-ID: Group number of the S-VOL’s host group or iSCSI target
• LUN: S-VOL’s LUN
• OK button: Closes the S-Vol Path pane.
Displaying operation history

To display the history of operations on Snapshot XP pairs (such as creating pairs, deleting pairs, and
storing snapshot data in the pool), use the History pane.
2. Click the Business Copy button. The Business Copy XP main pane appears.
3. Select the History tab. The History pane appears.

NOTE: To update information on the History pane, click Refresh.
Figure 21 History pane

The upper area of the History pane lists the operation history of Business Copy XP pairs. For more
information about the operation history of Business Copy XP pairs, see the HP StorageWorks Business
The lower area lists the operation history of Snapshot XP pairs.
• Time: Date and time (YYYY/MM/DD hour/min/sec) when a Snapshot XP pair or volume operation
was performed.
• P-Vol: CU and LDEV number of the P-VOL used for Snapshot XP operations.
• S-Vol: CU and LDEV number of the S-VOL used for Snapshot XP operations. When there is no S-VOL,
--- appears.
• MU: ID of snapshot data used for Snapshot XP operations.
• Pool: Pool ID of the pool in which the Snapshot XP pair is registered.
• Code: Reference code for Snapshot XP. For more information about reference codes, see Table 22.
• Message: Message indicating the operation or Snapshot XP pair’s status. See Table 22.
Table 22 Snapshot XP history reference codes and messages
Code Message Description

0x2001 PAIR A Snapshot XP pair was created.
0x2011 PSUS A Snapshot XP pair was split.
0x2021 SMPL A Snapshot XP pair was deleted.
0x2030 COPY(RS-R) START Restoration of a Snapshot XP pair started.
0x2031 COPY(RS-R) END Restoration of a Snapshot XP pair ended normally.
0x2032 COPY(RS-R) ENDED ABNORMAL Restoration of a Snapshot XP pair ended abnormally.
0x2051 COPY(RS) Snapshot data was deleted.
0x2070 PSUE(ABNORMAL END) A failure occurred and the Snapshot XP pair’s status changed
to PSUE.
0x2040 INITIALIZE START Initialization started.
Table 22 Snapshot XP history reference codes and messages
Code Message Description

0x2041 INITIALIZE END Initialization ended normally.
0x2042 INITIALIZE ENDED ABNORMAL Initialization ended abnormally.

6 Troubleshooting
This chapter describes general troubleshooting for using the Command View XP or XP Remote Web
Console and Snapshot XP.
General troubleshooting
You are responsible for the operations and usual maintenance of the Command View XP management
station or XP Remote Web Console. For more information about general errors and troubleshooting those
errors, see the HP StorageWorks Command View XP user guide for XP Disk Arrays or the
HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console user guide for XP12000/XP10000/SVS200.
When operating the Command View XP management station or XP Remote Web Console, check the
following:
• Network and wiring
Ensure that the computer’s wiring is secure. Check the wiring on the computer and LAN regularly.
• Rebooting the computer
Before rebooting the computer, quit Command View XP and the web browser.
• Error code
For more information about error codes displayed on the Command View XP management station or
XP Remote Web Console and the measures against those errors, see the HP StorageWorks Command
View XP user guide for XP Disk Arrays or the HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console user guide
for the XP12000/XP10000/SVS200.
• Status lamp
When the status lamp on the Command View XP or XP Remote Web Console main pane is yellow or
red, use the Status pane to check the status of the array. If you cannot fix the problem, contact your
HP account support representative.
• Obtaining trace files using the FD dump tool
When an error occurs and you cannot fix the problem, obtain the Command View XP or XP Remote
Web Console trace file using the FD dump tool, and contact your HP account support representative.
For more information about the FD dump tool, see the HP StorageWorks Command View XP user
guide for XP Disk Arrays or the HP StorageWorks Remote Web Console user guide for the
XP12000/XP10000/SVS200.
Troubleshooting Snapshot XP
Table 23 shows problems that are likely to occur when using Snapshot XP. The table describes the causes
of the problems and what you should do to solve the problems.
Table 23 Troubleshooting for Snapshot XP
Problem Cause and solution

Cannot install Snapshot XP. Causes:
• Shared memory for the V-VOL management area is not installed.
• Shared memory is not set for the V-VOL management area.
• Shared memory for the differential tables is not installed.
Solutions:
• Contact your HP account support representative and check if the
shared memory for the V-VOL management area and the differential
tables is installed.
• Contact your HP account support representative and check if the
shared memory for the V-VOL management area is set correctly.

Table 23 Troubleshooting for Snapshot XP (continued)

Pool information is not displayed. Causes:
• Pool is blocked.
Solutions:
• Implement the measures in ”Recovering blocked pools” on page 68.
A pool is blocked. Causes:

• Pool-VOLs are blocked.
Solutions:
• Implement the measures in ”Recovering blocked pools” on page 68.
In addition, after the problem is solved, you must complete the SIMs.
If you do not, new SIMs cannot occur, even if a pool is blocked
again. For more information, see ”Completing pool-related SIMs”
on page 69.
Pool usage rate exceeds the threshold. Causes:

• Too much snapshot data is stored in the pool.
• Pool capacity is too small.
• Pool threshold is too small.
Solutions:
• Delete snapshot data that is less important or delete old snapshot
data to decrease the pool usage rate. See ”Restoring Snapshot XP
• Add some pool volumes to increase the pool capacity. See
”Creating new pools” on page 45.
• Set the pool threshold to a larger value. See ”Changing pool
information” on page 47.
In addition, after the problem is solved, you must complete the SIMs. If
you do not, new SIMs cannot occur, even if the usage rate exceeds the
threshold again. For more information, see ”Completing pool-related
SIMs” on page 69.
NOTE: You need unused volumes to add pool volumes. If there are no
unused volumes, create new volumes or contact your HP account
support representative to add hard disks. Therefore, it might take time to
solve the problem.
Cannot add pool-VOLs. Causes:

• 1,024 pool-VOLS are already set in the pool.
• Available pool management block in the V-VOL management area
(which is in shared memory) is insufficient.
Solutions:
• Add pool-VOLs to another pool. See ”Creating new pools” on
page 45.
• Initialize the V-VOL management area. See ”Initializing V-VOL
management areas” on page 48.
66 Troubleshooting

Cannot create Snapshot XP pairs. Causes:
• There are not enough differential tables to create pairs.
• Conditions to create the pair are not fulfilled.
• Volumes specified to create the pair are in SMPL(PD) status because
the pair is being deleted.
Solutions:
• Secure enough differential tables to create the Snapshot XP pairs.
See ”Calculating the number of Snapshot XP pairs you can create”
on page 22.
• Fulfill conditions to create the pair and try the pair creation again.
See ”Creating Snapshot XP pairs” on page 55.
• On the Business Copy XP main pane, verify that the volume’s status
changes to SMPL, and try creating the pair again.
• Execute RAID Manager XP’s inqraid command, verify that
Snapshot XP is not using the volume, and then try the pair creation
again.
Snapshot XP pairs are not displayed in Causes:

the volume list.
• Snapshot XP pairs are not created.
• Displaying Snapshot XP pairs is prohibited by the filtering function.
Solutions:
• Create Snapshot XP pairs. See ”Creating Snapshot XP pairs” on
page 55.
• Change the settings in the Display Filter pane. See ”Specifying
conditions for volumes displayed in the volume list” on page 41.
An error occurred while restoring the Causes:

pair.
• A volume is blocked because a failure occurred in the hard disk
drive.
Solutions:
• Delete the blocked Snapshot XP pair, and contact your HP account
support representative. For more information about restoring and
deleting pairs, see ”Restoring Snapshot XP pairs” on page 55.
A volume is blocked. Causes:

• A failure occurred in two or more hard disk drives.
• The breaker was turned off once and then the power supply was
switched on.
Solutions:
• Contact your HP account support representative to solve the
problem.
A problem occurred on the application Causes:

software installed in the host computer
• Access to the volume is rejected.
used to monitor the volumes.
Solutions:
• Terminate the application software that monitors the volumes.
• Change all Snapshot XP pair statuses to PSUS, and start the
application software to monitor the volumes.
For more information about the relationship between pair status and host
access, see Table 6.


When the host computer tried to access Causes:
the port, an error occurred and the host
• Some ports go offline because the access to the volume on the other
could not access the port.
ports is rejected.
Solutions:
• Wait for a while, and try the operation again.
• If the application software is installed in the host to monitor the
volume, terminate the application.
When problems cannot be solved by the solutions in Table 23 or when problems that are not in Table 23
occur, contact your HP account support representative.
Recovering blocked pools

When a pool is blocked, you must recover the pool-VOLs, pool, Snapshot XP pairs, and V-VOLs in this
order. This section describes the procedure to recover the blocked pool.
Recovering pool-VOLs
If the pool-VOL is blocked, contact your HP account support representative.
Recovering pools
3. On the Pool pane, select and right-click the blocked pool in the Pool tree, and select Restore Pool. A
confirmation message appears.
4. Click OK. The selected pool’s icon changes to the icon indicating normal status.
6. Click OK. The confirmation message closes, and the pool on the array is restored.
When there is more than one blocked pool, you can restore all blocked pools at one time by executing
the following procedure:
1. On the Pool pane, select and right-click the Snapshot XP icon in the Pool tree, and select Restore
Pool(s). A confirmation message appears.
2. Click OK. The block pools’ icons in the Pool tree change to icons indicating normal status.
4. Click OK. The confirmation message closes, and the pools on the array are restored.
You can check whether the pool is recovered from the blocked status in the Pool pane. If Status of the Pool
Information displays Normal, or if the icon in the Pool tree indicates the normal status, the blocked pool is
restored successfully.
You can also recover the pool by doing one of the following:
• Add some pool-VOLs (see ”Creating new pools” on page 45).
• Delete snapshot data to decrease the pool’s usage rate (see ”Deleting snapshot data” on page 56).
• Delete Snapshot XP pairs to decrease the usage rate of the pool (see ”Deleting Snapshot XP pairs” on
page 56).
Usage rate and pool status appears in the Pool Information box in the Pool pane. Use the information in
the box to decide how many pool volumes to add or which snapshot data to delete.
Recovering Snapshot XP pairs
When the pool is blocked, the status of all Snapshot XP pairs that have snapshot data stored in the pool
changes to PSUE. To recover PSUE pairs, delete those pairs. For more information about deleting pairs,
see ”Deleting Snapshot XP pairs” on page 56.
68 Troubleshooting
Recovering V-VOLs
When the V-VOL is blocked, contact your HP account support representative.
Completing pool-related SIMs

When the pool’s usage rate exceeds the threshold or when the pool is blocked, the following Service
Information Messages (SIMs) occur:
• When the usage rate of the pool exceeds the threshold: Reference code 6000XX
• When the pool is blocked: Reference code 6001XX
XX indicates the pool ID. For more information about SIM reference codes, contact your HP account
support representative. You can reference SIMs occurring in the array through Command View XP or XP
Remote Web Console. For more information, see the HP StorageWorks Command View XP user guide for
XP Disk Arrays or the HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console user guide for
XP12000/XP10000/SVS200.
To complete SIMs that occur when the pool’s usage rate exceeds the threshold or when the pool is
blocked:
NOTE: If you complete a SIM, the SIM’s status changes to completed. After the problem that caused the
SIM is solved, complete the SIM and change its status to completed.
1. Change the status of the pool whose usage rate exceeded the threshold to normal, and restore the
blocked pool to change its status to normal.
For more information about solutions when the pool usage rate exceeds the threshold and the pool is
blocked, see Table 23.
5. Select the SIM Complete Request check box.
7. Click OK. The confirmation message closes, and the SIM complete process begins. It takes time if there
are many SIMs to be completed.
You can check whether the SIMs are completed successfully in Command View XP or XP Remote Web
Console. For more information, see the HP StorageWorks Command View XP user guide for XP Disk
Arrays or the HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console user guide for XP12000/XP10000/SVS200.

70 Troubleshooting
Index
A HP
array capacity 12 storage web site 9
audience, documentation 7 Subscriber’s Choice for Business web site 8
technical support 8
B
I
battery backup 30
blocked pools, recovering 68 I/O operations, stopping 29
Business Copy XP 12, 37 installing Snapshot XP
procedures 21
C troubleshooting 66
integrity, data 12
calculating
maximum number of pairs 22
M
pool usage 23
capacity, arrays 12 memory, shared
capacity, pool 17, 27, 28 differential tables 22
Command View XP, troubleshooting 65 power supply, switching off 30
conventions requirements 21
document 8 V-VOLs 16
text symbols 8 microprogram, replacing offline 30
copy processing, temporarily stopping 19
Copy Threshold option 19 O
COPY(RS-R) status 27, 55 operation history 61
customer support 8
P
D PAIR status 26, 27, 55
data copying operations 12 paircreate command 55
deleting pairresync-restore command 27, 55
pairs 19, 25, 27, 56 pairs
pools 17, 48 calculating maximum number of 22
V-VOLs 54 creating 18, 55
Detail pane 59 defined 11
differential tables 22 deleting 19, 25, 27, 56
Display Filter pane 41 Detail pane 59
document differential tables 22
conventions 8 History pane 61
feedback 9 pools, creating 16
prerequisites 7 recovering from blocked pools 68
related documentation 7 restoring 18, 27, 55
speed, copying 12
F status 26
failures troubleshooting 67
physical 12 pairsplit command 55
restoring pairs 25, 55 pairsplit-S command 27, 56
feedback, documentation 9 PFUL status 26, 27
firmware, supported 7 PFUS status 27
Pool pane 43
G Pool tree 44
pools
groups, V-VOL 52
blocked, recovering 68
calculating usage 23
H
capacity 17, 27
help, obtaining 8, 9 creating 16, 45
History pane 61 data copying operations 12

deleting 17, 48 status
deleting pairs from 57 pair 26
settings 47 pool 44
status 44, 58 pools 58
storing data 18 restoring pairs 55
storing snapshot data 55 V-VOLs 50
troubleshooting 66 stopping copy processing, temporarily 19
pool-VOLs stopping I/O operations 29
blocked 68 storage platforms, supported 7
capacity 17, 27, 28 storing data 18, 55
creating pools 16 Subscriber’s Choice for Business, HP 8
data copying operations 12 supported storage platforms and firmware 7
deleting 17 S-Vol Path Information pane 60
information about 44 S-VOLs
requirements 16 capacity, array 12
ports, deleting pairs 56 data copying operations 12
power supply, switching off 29 defined 11
prerequisites 7 pair status 27
Preset list 40, 59 requirements 15
primary volumes. See P-VOLs storing snapshot data 55
procedures for using Snapshot XP 25 symbols in text 8
PSUE status 17, 27, 55 system requirements 21
PSUS status 27, 55
P-VOLs T
data copying operations 12 technical support, HP 8
defined 11 text symbols 8
failures 12, 25 threshold, pools 47
pair status 27 troubleshooting
pool capacity 28 Command View XP or XP Remote Web Console 65
requirements 15 pairs 67
restoring pairs 18 physical failures 12
storing data 18 pools 66
storing snapshot data 55 restoring pairs 25, 55
Snapshot XP 65
R
RAID level requirements 21 U
RAID Manager XP commands 55, 56 using Snapshot XP processes 25
recovering pools 68
related documentation 7 V
reliability 12 virtual volumes. See V-VOLs
replacing microprogram offline 30 volume list 38, 41
requirements V-VOL group tree 50
pool-VOLs 16 V-VOL pane 49
P-VOLs 15 V-VOLs
S-VOLs 15 calculating maximum number of pairs 23
system 21 creating 16, 17, 50
restoring pairs 18, 27, 55 defined 11
deleting 54
S groups 52
secondary volumes. See S-VOLs recovering 68
shared memory status 50
differential tables 22
power supply, switching off 30 W
requirements 21 web sites
V-VOLs 16 HP documentation 7, 9
SMPL status 26, 27 HP storage 9
SMPL(PD) status 27 HP Subscriber’s Choice for Business 8
Snapshot XP pane 58
speed, copying 12
72
X
XP Remote Web Console, troubleshooting 65

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3 Requirements for Snapshot XP operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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Supported storage platforms and firmware

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Blue, underlined text: (http://www.hp.com) Web site addresses

Bold text • Keys that are pressed

Italic text Text emphasis

Monospace text • File and directory names

Monospace, bold text Emphasized monospace text

IMPORTANT: Provides clarifying information or specific instructions.

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Figure 1 Snapshot XP mechanism

12 Overview of copy solutions

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Volumes Snapshot XP uses

Snapshot XP primary volumes

You cannot specify the following volumes as Snapshot XP P-VOLs:

Emulation type OPEN-V

Maximum number 8,191

Path definition Required

Snapshot XP secondary volumes

Emulation type OPEN-V

Snapshot XP user guide 15

Path definition Required

Snapshot XP pool volumes

Emulation type OPEN-V

Path definition Not required

Creating virtual volume management areas

Figure 2 Snapshot XP pair and pool mechanism

Creating virtual volumes

Snapshot XP user guide 17

Creating Snapshot XP pairs

Storing snapshot data

Restoring Snapshot XP pairs

Deleting snapshot data or Snapshot XP pairs

Snapshot XP user guide 19

Viewing Snapshot XP pair information

Requirements for using Snapshot XP

V-VOL Create the V-VOL.

Installing and uninstalling Snapshot XP

Snapshot XP user guide 21

Calculating the number of Snapshot XP pairs you can create

Using the number of differential tables

22 Requirements for Snapshot XP operations

(α) = ↑ ( (Y) ÷ 256) ↑ × 4 × 1.08

NOTE: When calculating a pool’s usage:

Snapshot XP user guide 23

24 Requirements for Snapshot XP operations

Procedure for using Snapshot XP processes

Figure 3 Procedure for using Snapshot XP

Snapshot XP user guide 25

Status of Snapshot XP pairs