Sharing Thin Image volumes with other VSP G200, G400, G600 storage system software applications

You can create HTI pairs using pair volumes for VSP G200, G400, G600 storage system replication software applications, such as SI and TrueCopy (TC). You can also create HTI pairs using volumes to which you define attributes using Data Retention Utility or CCI.

You can share HTI volumes with the following Hitachi software application volumes:

Data Retention Utility (see Sharing Thin Image volumes that have Data Retention Utility access attributes).

Volume Migration (see Sharing Thin Image volumes with Hitachi Volume Migration).

ShadowImage (see Sharing Thin Image volumes with ShadowImage).

TrueCopy (see Sharing Thin Image volumes with TrueCopy and Universal Replicator).

Universal Replicator (see Sharing Thin Image volumes with TrueCopy and Universal Replicator).

The following table shows when you can share HTI pair volumes with other VSP G200, G400, G600 storage system software application volumes. If a volume that you share with an HTI volume is shown in the table, the pair status determines whether you can perform tasks. If the S-VOL is not assigned to snapshot data, you cannot share HTI volumes with other software applications, because the S-VOL does not exist.


Software application volume type	Used as an HTI P-VOL	Used as an HTI S-VOL
SI P-VOL	Yes³	No
SI S-VOL	Yes	No
TC P-VOL	Yes	No
TC S-VOL	Yes	No
Universal Replicator (UR) P-VOL	Yes	No
UR S-VOL	Yes	No
UR journal volume	No	No
Volume Migration source volume	No	No
Volume Migration target volume	No	No
Read Only volume^{1, 4, 6}	Yes	Yes
Protect volume^{1, 4, 6}	Yes	Yes
S-VOL Disable volume^{4, 6}	Yes	No
Zero Read Capacity volume^{2, 5, 6}	Yes	Yes
Invisible volume^{2, 5, 6}	Yes	Yes
DP-VOL	Yes	No
If you use HDvM - SN to share the volume with other VSP G200, G400, G600 storage system software applications, the pair status determines whether you can share the volume. To share the volume with other VSP G200, G400, G600 storage system software applications, you must use CCI. You cannot Quick Restore. Use the Data Retention Utility to set this attribute. Use CCI to set this attributes. Use the Data Retention Utility to confirm whether this attribute is set to volume. Legend: Yes: You can share the volume. No: You cannot share the volume.