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Disk Devices, File system types, Instant Restore, Logical volumes and volume groups

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Disk Devices The replication manager uses the term host disk device to refer a host's identification of storage devices. With SAN-based storage resources, for each virtual disk that is presented to a host, there is a corresponding entry (identification) in a host's low-level devices table. The replication manager discovers these devices on enabled hosts and displays them in the Disk Devices tab on the Host Volumes content pane. See host volume views and viewing host volumes. File system types The file system property indicates whether a host volume is formatted with a file system or not. Examples of file system types: AdvFS. Tru64 UNIX ufs. AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Tru64 UNIX vxfs. HP-UX NTFS. Windows Files-11, ODS-2, ODS-5. OpenVMS If a host volume is not formatted with a file system, the property displays raw disk information. See host volumes raw disks. Instant Restore The instant restore feature allows you to restore data on a host volume or host volume group with data from one of its previously created replicas (snapclone or snapshot). The operation is instant because the restored data is available within seconds for host I/O (the actual data transfer occurs in the background). For example, assume that the database named sales_db becomes corrupt. You can instantly restore it to a prior state from one of its replicas. sales_db

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Disk Devices
The replication manager uses the term host disk device to refer a host’s identi
cation of storage
devices. With SAN-based storage resources, for each virtual disk that is presented to a host, there is a
corresponding entry (identi
cation) in a host’s low-level devices table. The replication manager discovers
these devices on enabled hosts and displays them in the Disk Devices tab on the Host Volumes content
pane. See
host volume views
and
viewing host volumes
.
File system types
The
le system
property indicates whether a host volume is formatted with a
le system or not.
Examples of
le system types:
AdvFS
. Tru64 UNIX
ufs
. AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Tru64 UNIX
vxfs
. HP-UX
NTFS
. Windows
Files-11, ODS-2, ODS-5
. OpenVMS
If a host volume is not formatted with a
le system, the property displays raw disk information. See
host volumes
raw disks
.
Instant Restore
The
instant restore
feature allows you to restore data on a host volume or host volume group with data
from one of its previously created replicas (snapclone or snapshot). The operation is
instant
because the
restored data is available within seconds for host I/O (the actual data transfer occurs in the background).
For example, assume that the database named
sales_db
becomes corrupt. You can instantly restore it to
a prior state from one of its replicas.
sales_db
<======
RR-20070523...
volume being restored
replica to restore from
Logical volumes and volume groups
Some enabled hosts use a logical volume manager (LVM) to organize storage into volume groups and
logical volumes. The replication manager discovers host volumes on enabled hosts if the volumes were
created with a supported OS and LVM.
The following description uses general terms that may differ from the terminology used in a speci
c
OS and LVM. See also
Tru64 UNIX host volumes
.
Volume groups
A host-based
volume group
is a named pool of storage that the host’s LVM can access. When the
underlying physical storage is on an HP StorageWorks storage system, you can use the replication
manager to interact with a volume group. A volume group is not considered to be a component with
which hosts can perform I/O.
Logical volumes
An LVM organizes a host’s volume group into smaller portions called logical volumes. When the
underlying physical storage is on an HP StorageWorks storage system, you can use the replication
manager to interact with a logical volume.
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