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Step Action
4 Select the replication type and the Secondary location type. This location can be on the same box on a
different Volume or it can be a Volume on a Secondary box . If you select Local Replication (clone) , skip
the next step.
Click the
Next button to continue.
Note:
High Availability is not described in this table. See the High Availability section for information
on creating an HA pair.
5 If you have selected Local Replication (clone) , skip to the next step.
If you have selected the
Remote Replication option, you must enter the access information for the remote
box. You can type the IP Address into the Enter Remote Server Address field or select it from the drop
down menu next to the ‘ or select remote server ’ option.
You must also enter the administrator account name and password for the Secondary box.
Click the
Next button to continue.
6 The Select Replication Pair page opens.
Confirm
SAN is selected as the Volume Type . Remember, NAS Volumes are not supported in Synchronous
Replication .
Confirm that
Synchronous is selected as the Replication Type .
7 This step is the same for configuring a SAN Volume for replication onto a Secondary Volume located on
the same box and Secondary box .
Select the
SAN Volumes that you want to replicate. You can configure multiple replication pairs here.
Select the
Secondary Volume location from the drop down menu associated with the SAN Volume that you
have selected.
If no
Volume is configured on the Secondary box (or Local box , depending on your Secondary server
selection in Step 4 ), you will have the option to have the wizard create a new Volume automatically. The
wizard requires a couple of extra steps to create a new Volume .
Click the
Next button to continue.
If you are not configuring a
SAN Volume replication onto a New Volume , skip to Step 11.
8 Skip this step if you are not configuring a SAN Volume replication onto a New Volume .
In this step you can select from an existing
Storage Pool or create a New Storage Pool .
Select a pool from the existing pools for the
Volume (s) that you are creating.
If you are creating a
New Storage Pool , skip to Step 9.
Click the
Next button to continue and skip to Step 10.
9 Skip this step if you are not creating a New Storage Pool .
Create a
New Storage Pool for the Volume (s) that you are creating by selecting the ‘ Create New Storage
Pool ’ option.
Select the Disk(s), RAID level Type, configure the RAID level settings, set the Spare Type and then give
your Storage Pool a name.
Click the
Next button to continue.