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Using Dynamic Provisioning and Dynamic Tiering with other software products

Interoperability of DP-VOLs and pool-VOLs

DP-VOLs and pool-VOLs can be used in conjunction with other software products with certain limitations and restrictions. The following table lists the software products and indicates the operations that are permitted and not permitted for each product.

Software product (user guide)

Permitted

Not permitted

Data Retention Utility (Provisioning Guide)

Performing operations on DP-VOLs.

  • Performing operations on DP pool-VOLs.
  • Performing operations on an external volume with data direct mapping enabled.
  • Performing operations on LDEVs with accelerated compression enabled.
  • Performing operations on a deduplication system data volume.

Global-active device (Global-Active Device User Guide)

Using a DP-VOL as a global-active device primary volume (P-VOL) or secondary volume (S-VOL).

  • Using a DP-VOL as a quorum disk.
  • Using a pool-VOL as a global-active device P-VOL or S-VOL.
  • Increasing the capacity of a DP-VOL used by global-active device.
  • Using an external volume with data direct mapping enabled as a quorum disk.
  • Using a DP-VOL with data direct mapping enabled as a quorum disk.
  • Using a deduplication system data volume as a global-active device P-VOL or S-VOL.

LUN Manager (Provisioning Guide)

LUN Security (Provisioning Guide)

Performing operations on DP-VOLs.

  • Performing operations on DP pool-VOLs.
  • Performing operations on an external volume with data direct mapping enabled.
  • Performing operations on LDEVs with accelerated compression enabled.
  • Performing operations on a deduplication system data volume.

ShadowImage (Hitachi ShadowImage® User Guide)

Using a DP-VOL as a ShadowImage primary volume (P-VOL) or secondary volume (S-VOL).

If a pool contains both the P-VOL and S-VOL of a pair and deduplication is enabled for the pool, only one copy of the P-VOL data is saved physically due to deduplication of the P-VOL and S-VOL data. If you want to protect the P-VOL data, use separate pools for the P-VOL and S-VOL.

  • Using a pool-VOL as a ShadowImage P-VOL or S-VOL.
  • Increasing the capacity of a DP-VOL used by ShadowImage.
  • Reclaiming zero pages of a DP-VOL is determined by the pair status. For details, see ShadowImage pair status for reclaiming zero pages.
  • Using a deduplication system data volume as a ShadowImage P-VOL or S-VOL.

Thin Image (Hitachi Thin Image User Guide)

Using a DP-VOL as a Thin Image primary volume.

  • Using a DP-VOL as a Thin Image secondary volume or pool-VOL.
  • Using a Dynamic Provisioning or Dynamic Tiering pool-VOL as a Thin Image primary volume, secondary volume, or pool-VOL.
  • Increasing the capacity of a Dynamic Provisioning, Dynamic Tiering, or active flash DP-VOL that is used as a primary volume or secondary volume of a Thin Image pair.
  • Reclaiming zero pages of Thin Image secondary volumes with the cascade attribute disabled.
  • Reclaiming zero pages of Thin Image secondary volumes with the cascade and clone attributes enabled. Reclaiming zero pages can be performed for Thin Image secondary volumes with the cascade and snapshot attributes enabled.
  • Using an external volume with data direct mapping enabled as a Thin Image primary volume, secondary volume, or pool-VOL.
  • Using a normal LDEV with accelerated compression enabled as a primary volume or secondary volume of a Thin Image pair.
  • Using a deduplication system data volume as a primary volume or secondary volume of a Thin Image pair.

TrueCopy (Hitachi TrueCopy® User Guide)

Using a DP-VOL as a TrueCopy primary volume (P-VOL) or secondary volume (S-VOL).

For disaster recovery (DR) operations, apply the same capacity saving setting to the P-VOL and S-VOL of the pair by assuming failover.

  • Using a pool-VOL as a TrueCopy P-VOL or S-VOL.
  • Increasing the capacity of DP-VOL used as a P-VOL or S-VOL of a TrueCopy pair.
  • Using a deduplication system data volume as a TrueCopy P-VOL or S-VOL.

Universal Replicator (Hitachi Universal Replicator User Guide)

Using a DP-VOL as a Universal Replicator primary volume (P-VOL), secondary volume (S-VOL), or journal volume. The journal volume must be a DP-VOL.

For disaster recovery (DR) operations, apply the same capacity saving setting to the P-VOL and S-VOL of the pair by assuming failover.

  • Using a DP pool-VOL as a Universal Replicator P-VOL, S-VOL, or journal volume.
  • Increasing the capacity of a DP-VOL used as a P-VOL or S-VOL of a Universal Replicator pair.
  • Reclaiming zero pages of a DP-VOL used by a journal volume.
  • Using an external volume with data direct mapping enabled as a journal volume.
  • Using a DP-VOL with data direct mapping enabled as a journal volume.
  • Using a DP-VOL with capacity saving enabled (DRD volume) as a journal volume.
  • Using a deduplication system data volume (DSD volume) as a Universal Replicator P-VOL or S-VOL.

Universal Volume Manager (Hitachi Universal Volume Manager User Guide)

Using Universal Volume Manager volumes as pool-VOLs.

  • Increasing the capacity of a DP-VOL that is mapped to the Universal Volume Manager. If you try to increase the capacity of a DP-VOL with the conventional LDEV operation, the capacity of the DP-VOL will not be changed. In this case, remove the mapping between the DP-VOL and Universal Volume Manager, increase the capacity of the external volume used as a pool-VOL, and then perform the mapping between the DP-VOL and Universal Volume Manager again.
  • Setting the data direct mapping attribute on a DP-VOL with capacity saving enabled (DRD volume).
  • Setting the data direct mapping attribute on a deduplication system data volume (DSD volume).
  • Enabling capacity saving on a DP-VOL from a pool with Universal Volume Manager pool-VOLs.

Virtual LUN (Provisioning Guide)

Registering Virtual LUN volumes in Dynamic Provisioning pools.

  • Performing Virtual LUN operations on volumes that are already registered in a DP pool.

Virtual Partition Manager (Performance Guide)

Performing operations on DP-VOLs and pool-VOLs.

Not applicable

Volume Migration

(For details, contact customer support.)

Using a DP-VOL as a migration source or a migration target.

The maximum capacity of a DP-VOL used as a migration source or target is the same as the maximum capacity of a DP-VOL.

  • Using on pool-VOLs.
  • Increasing the capacity of DP-VOL used by Volume Migration.
  • Reclaiming zero pages of V-VOL used by Volume Migration.
  • Using on a deduplication system data volume.

Volume Shredder (Hitachi Volume Shredder User Guide)

Use on DP-VOLs.

  • Using on pool-VOLs.
  • Performing operations on an LDEV that has accelerated compression enabled.
  • Increasing the capacity of DP-VOL used by Volume Shredder.
  • Reclaiming zero pages of V-VOL used by Volume Shredder.
  • Performing operations on a DP-VOL with capacity saving enabled (DRD volume).
  • Performing operations on a deduplication system data volume.

ShadowImage

ShadowImage pair status for reclaiming zero pages

You can use this table to determine whether reclaiming zero pages is possible for a particular pair status

Pair status

Reclaim zero pages from Hitachi Device Manager - Storage Navigator

Reclaim zero pages from Command Control Interface

SMPL, status of an unpaired volume

Enabled

Enabled

COPY(PD)/COPY

Disabled

Disabled

PAIR

Disabled

Disabled

COPY(SP)

Disabled

Disabled

PSUS(SP)/PSUS

Disabled

Disabled

PSUS

Enabled

Enabled

COPY(RS)/COPY

Disabled

Disabled

COPY(RS-R)/RCPY

Disabled

Disabled

PSUE

Disabled

Disabled

ShadowImage

You can use Dynamic Provisioning, Dynamic Tiering, or active flash in combination with ShadowImage to replicate DP-VOLs.

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The following table lists the interaction when the ShadowImage primary volume and secondary volume are also DP-VOLs.

ShadowImage P-VOL

ShadowImage S-VOL

Explanation

DP-VOLs

DP-VOLs

Supported.

DP-VOLs

Normal (ordinary) volumes1

Supported.

The Quick Restore function is unavailable.

Normal (ordinary) volumes1

DP-VOLs

Supported.

Note, however, that this combination consumes the same amount of pool capacity as the normal volume.

The Quick Restore function is unavailable.

Note:

  1. Normal volumes include the internal volumes and external volumes that are mapped to the volumes of the external storage system using Universal Volume Manager. For more information about external volumes, see the Hitachi Universal Volume Manager User Guide.

You cannot specify a Dynamic Provisioning, Dynamic Tiering or active flash pool-VOL as a primary volume or secondary volume.

TrueCopy

You can use Dynamic Provisioning, Dynamic Tiering, or active flash in combination with TrueCopy to replicate V-VOLs.

The following figure illustrates the interaction when the TrueCopy primary volume and secondary volume are also V-VOLs.

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TrueCopy P-VOL

TrueCopy S-VOL

Explanation

DP-VOLs

DP-VOLs

Supported.

DP-VOLs

Normal (ordinary) volumes1

Supported.

Normal (ordinary) volumes1

DP-VOLs

Supported.

Note, however, that this combination consumes the same amount of pool capacity as the original normal volume (primary volume).

Note:

  1. Normal volumes include the internal volumes and external volumes that are mapped to the volumes of the external storage system using Universal Volume Manager. For more information about external volumes, see the Hitachi Universal Volume Manager User Guide.

You cannot specify a Dynamic Provisioning, Dynamic Tiering, or active flash pool-VOL as a primary volume or secondary volume.

Universal Replicator

You can use Dynamic Provisioning, Dynamic Tiering, or active flash in combination with Universal Replicator to replicate DP-VOLs.

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The following table lists the supported Universal Replicator and Dynamic Provisioning, Dynamic Tiering or active flash volume combinations.

Universal Replicator P-VOL

Universal Replicator S-VOL

Universal Replicator journal volume

Explanation

DP-VOLs

DP-VOLs

DP-VOL that has the OPEN-V emulation type

Supported.

DP-VOLs

Normal (ordinary) volumes1

DP-VOL that has the OPEN-V emulation type

Supported.

Normal (ordinary) volumes1

DP-VOLs

DP-VOL that has the OPEN-V emulation type

Supported.

Note, however, that this combination consumes the same amount of pool capacity as the original normal volume (primary volume).

Notes:

  1. Normal volumes include the internal volumes and external volumes that are mapped to the volumes of the external storage system using Universal Volume Manager. For more information about external volumes, see the Hitachi Universal Volume Manager User Guide.

You cannot specify a Dynamic Provisioning, Dynamic Tiering, or active flash pool-VOL as a primary volume, secondary volume, or journal volume.

Global-active device

You can use Dynamic Provisioning, Dynamic Tiering, or active flash in combination with global-active device to replicate V-VOLs. The following figure illustrates the interaction when the global-active device primary volume and secondary volume are also V-VOLs.

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Global-active device P-VOL

Global-active device S-VOL

Explanation

DP-VOLs

DP-VOLs

Supported.

DP-VOLs

Normal (ordinary) volumes1

Not supported.

Normal (ordinary) volumes1

DP-VOLs

Not supported.

Note:

1. Normal volumes include the internal volumes and external volumes that are mapped to the volumes of the external storage system using by Universal Volume Manager. For more information about external volumes, see the Hitachi Universal Volume Manager User Guide.

You cannot specify a Dynamic Provisioning, Dynamic Tiering, or active flash pool-VOL as a primary volume or secondary volume. For more information, see the Global-Active Device User Guide.

Volume Migration

You can use Dynamic Provisioning or Dynamic Tiering in combination with Volume Migration to migrate DP-VOLs.

The following shows the interaction when the Volume Migration source volume and target volume are also DP-VOLs.

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Volume Migration source volume

Volume Migration target volume

Explanation

DP-VOLs

DP-VOLs

Supported.

DP-VOLs

Normal (ordinary) volumes*

Supported.

Normal (ordinary) volumes*

DP-VOLs

Supported.

Note, however, that this combination consumes the same amount of pool capacity as the normal volume.

*Normal volumes include the internal volumes and external volumes that are mapped to the volumes of the external storage system by Universal Volume Manager. For more information about external volumes, see the Hitachi Universal Volume Manager User Guide.

You cannot specify a Dynamic Provisioning or Dynamic Tiering pool-VOL as a Volume Migration source volume and target volume.

If you specify the DP-VOL as the source volume, you must not specify the DP-VOL that uses the same pool of the source volume.

For details about the migration of DP-VOLs used in the following pairs, see Hitachi Volume Migration User Guide.

  • ShadowImage
  • Universal Replicator

Interoperability restrictions for Thin Image

When you are using Thin Image and Dynamic Provisioning, Dynamic Tiering, or active flash in the same storage system, the following interoperability restrictions apply.

  • The maximum total number of pools per storage system, including Thin Image, Dynamic Provisioning, Dynamic Tiering, and active flash pools, is 128.
  • A Thin Image pool-VOL cannot be shared with Dynamic Provisioning, Dynamic Tiering, or active flash.

Virtual Partition Manager CLPR setting

If DP-VOLs and pool-VOLs related to the same pool are assigned to a CLPR, the DP-VOLs and pool-VOLs in the same pool should be assigned to the same CLPR.

For details about CLPRs, see the Performance Guide.

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