Preface

The Sun StorageTek Availability Suite 4.0 Point-in-Time Copy Software Administration Guide is intended for use by the administrator of the system on which the Point-in-Time Copy software is installed, or by qualified Sun technical personnel.

The Sun StorageTek Availability Suite 4.0 Point-in-Time Copy software is a point-in-time snapshot facility that runs in a Solaris OS. A point-in-time snapshot, also called a point-in-time copy, is an instantly available, time-fixed, replicated view of a momentarily quiesced volume.

Before You Read This Book

In order to fully use the information in this document, you must have thorough knowledge of the Solaris trademark Operating System (Solaris OS).

How This Book Is Organized

This book contains the following chapters:

Chapter 1 describes the Sun StorageTek Availability Suite 4.0 Point-in-Time Copy software in functional detail.

Chapter 2 discusses various operational considerations for the Sun StorageTek Availability Suite 4.0 Point-in-Time Copy software.

Chapter 3 discusses configuration considerations when using Sun StorageTek Availability Suite 4.0 Point-in-Time Copy software with other data services software.

Chapter 4 contains examples showing how to configure, enable, and use the Point-in-Time Copy software. The command-line interface (CLI) commands are covered in functional order.

Chapter 5 describes the Point-in-Time Copy software's CLI and provides the syntax of the CLI commands.

Appendix A describes usage of the dsstat command, which enables you to track the I/O statistics of the Point-in-Time Copy software.

Glossary defines terms used in this book.

Using UNIX Commands

This document might not contain information on basic UNIX^® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices. See the following for this information:

Software documentation that you received with your system

Solaris Operating System documentation, which is at

http://docs.sun.com

Table with examples of the types of shell prompts that are used in this book.

Typographic Conventions

Typeface`^[1]`	Meaning	Examples
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your`.login` file. Use `ls` `-a` to list all files. `% You have mail`.
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output	`%` `su` `Password:`
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be superuser to do this. To delete a file, type `rm` filename.
[ ]	In syntax, brackets indicate that an argument is optional.	`scmadm` [`-d` sec] [`-r` n[:n][,n]...] [`-z`]
{arg \| arg}	In syntax, braces and pipes indicate that one of the arguments must be specified.	`sndradm -R b {p\|s}`

Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell	machine-name`%`
C shell superuser	machine-name`#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser	`#`

Application	Title	Part Number
Latest release information	Sun StorageTek Availability Suite 4.0 Software Release Notes	819-6152
Installation and Configuration	Sun StorageTek Availability Suite 4.0 Software Installation and Configuration Guide	819-6147
Troubleshooting	Sun StorageTek Availability Suite 4.0 Software Troubleshooting Guide	819-6151
Remote Mirror software system administration	Sun StorageTek Availability Suite 4.0 Remote Mirror Software Administration Guide	819-6148
Sun cluster usage	Sun Cluster and Sun StorageTek Availability Suite 4.0 Software Integration Guide	819-6150

Accessing Sun Documentation

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