Changing the Cross-subsystem Path......................................................................................83
Replacing All Cross-subsystem Paths with Newly Added Cross-subsystem Paths...........................83
Checking the External Volume Details........................................................................................85
LDEV Information Dialog Box...............................................................................................85
Mapping Path Information Dialog Box..................................................................................86
Turning On or Off the Storage System.......................................................................................88
Commands for Turning On or Off Only the External Storage System.........................................88
Turning On or Off Only the External Storage System...............................................................89
Turning On or Off Only the Local Storage System...................................................................89
Turning On or Off Both Storage Systems...............................................................................90
Disconnecting External Storage System or Disconnecting External Volume......................................91
Disconnecting All External Volumes (Disconnect Subsystem).....................................................92
Disconnecting an Individual External Volume (Disconnect Volume Operation).............................92
Checking Connection Status and Resuming External Volume Operation.........................................93
Resuming All External Volumes (Check Paths & Restore Volume)................................................93
Resuming an Individual External Volume (Check Paths & Restore Volume Operation)...................94
Stopping the Use of Paths to the External Volume (Disconnect Paths)..............................................94
Restoring the Paths to the External Volume (Check Paths)..............................................................95
Changing the Cache Mode Setting of the External Volume...........................................................95
Changing the Inflow Control Setting of the External Volume..........................................................96
Changing the Port Setting of the External Storage System.............................................................97
Change WWN Parameter Dialog Box..................................................................................97
Performing Maintenance for External Subsystem..........................................................................98
Editing Mapping Policy...........................................................................................................98
Edit Policy Dialog Box.........................................................................................................98
Deleting the External Volume Mapping (Delete Volume Command)...............................................99
6 Using Spreadsheets for XP External Storage Operations..............................101
Introduction..........................................................................................................................101
Before Using Spreadsheets.....................................................................................................102
Available Types and Operation Tags.......................................................................................102
Saving Storage System Information.........................................................................................103
SSID Tag........................................................................................................................103
ExternalGroup Tag...........................................................................................................104
MappedVolume Tag.........................................................................................................104
Mapping External Volumes....................................................................................................106
AddVolumeSetting Tag.....................................................................................................106
How to Specify the LDEV Capacity................................................................................110
AddVolumeSetting2 Tag...................................................................................................111
Disconnecting an Individual External Volume (DisconnectVolume Tag)..........................................114
Resuming an Individual External Volume (CheckPath-RestoreVolume Tag)......................................114
Deleting the External Volume Mapping (DeleteVolume Tag)........................................................115
Changing Path Group...........................................................................................................115
DividePathGroup Tag.......................................................................................................115
UnitePathGroup Tag.........................................................................................................116
Example of a Spreadsheet.....................................................................................................117
7 Remote Command Devices......................................................................119
Overview of Remote Command Devices...................................................................................119
Guidelines for Remote Command Devices................................................................................120
Mapping a Command Device as a Remote Command Device....................................................122
Using XP Continuous Access or XP Continuous Access Journal with Remote Command Device.........122
Procedure to Use Initiator/External MIX Mode.....................................................................124
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