Preparing For Shadowimage For Mainframe Operations; System Requirements; Volume Requirements - HP StorageWorks XP24000 User Manual
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4 Preparing for ShadowImage for Mainframe Operations
This chapter describes requirements for using and maintaining ShadowImage for Mainframe,
including how to calculate the number of pairs that ShadowImage for Mainframe can create and
how to install and start ShadowImage for Mainframe. Read this chapter before you start using
ShadowImage for Mainframe.
"System Requirements" (page 41)
"Assessing ShadowImage for Mainframe Requirements" (page 43)
"Requirements for Maintaining ShadowImage for Mainframe" (page 50)
"Installing ShadowImage for Mainframe" (page 51)
"Starting ShadowImage for Mainframe" (page 51)
System Requirements
SIz operations involve the XP storage system containing the S-VOLs and T-VOLs, the licensed
ShadowImage for Mainframe feature enabled on the Remote Web Console computer. The SIz
system requirements are as follows.
Volume Requirements
The requirements for the volumes to be used as SIz pairs are as follows:
RAID level
The RAID level combinations of the S-VOL and the T-VOL of an SIz pair must be one of the
following.
Table 13 Supported Combinations of RAID Levels
RAID1
RAID1
RAID1
RAID5
RAID5
RAID5
RAID6
RAID6
RAID6
Types of volumes
Besides normal volumes, you can use external volumes and custom-sized volumes. When using
external volumes or custom-sized volumes note the following points:
External volumes
◦
The license for XP External Storage is required.
Custom-sized volumes
◦
The license of Virtual LVI is required. To create an SIz pair with custom-sized volumes,
S-VOL must be paired with T-VOLs of the same capacity and the same emulation type.
S-VOL
T-VOL
RAID1
RAID5
RAID6
RAID1
RAID5
RAID6
RAID1
RAID5
RAID6
System Requirements
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