Allocating Global-Active Device Pairs Using Existing Volumes - Hitachi G1000 User Manual

10 (Optional) Update the task name and provide a description.
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11 (Optional) Expand Schedule to specify the task schedule.
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You can schedule the task to run immediately or later. The default setting
is Now.
12 Click Submit.
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If the task is scheduled to run immediately, the process begins.
13 (Optional) Check the progress and result of the task on the Tasks &
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Alerts tab. Click the task name to view details of the task.
14 Confirm the global-active device pair is allocated.
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Result
The global-active device pair is allocated to the target host, and initial copy
performed. Reclaiming zero pages is also automatically performed.
Related topics
• Allocating global-active device pairs using existing volumes on page
5-12
• Adding redundancy to open-allocated volumes on page 5-14

Allocating global-active device pairs using existing volumes

Select an existing allocated global-active device volume, and allocate a
global-active device pair using the characteristics of the selected primary or
secondary volume.
Procedure
1 On the Resources tab, select a global-active device volume from the
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Open-Allocated volume list, or for a specific host using global-active
device paired volumes, select an already allocated volume to use in a new
global-active device pair, and click Allocate Like Volumes.
Tip: Regardless of whether the primary volume (P-VOL) or the secondary
volume (S-VOL) is selected as the existing volume, the settings for the
existing P-VOL are used for the newly allocated primary volume and the
settings for the existing S-VOL are used for the newly allocated secondary
volume.
However, if characteristics such as drive type and drive speed of the
existing volumes do not match between the primary and secondary
storage systems, a secondary volume whose characteristics match those
of the primary volume is recommended.
2 In the Allocate Like Volumes dialog box, verify the information for the
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selected volume and make any necessary changes.
3 On the Primary tab, configure the following options:
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Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000 Global-Active Device User Guide
Select the primary Storage system, Virtual Storage Machine, and
Volume type (HDP or HDT).
Using Hitachi Command Suite to set up global-active device