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Quantum DXi4701 User's Guide
3 On the source system, create a new share or partition with
deduplication enabled (see
Adding a VTL Partition
4 Enable replication for the new share or partition (see
Replication For a Share or Partition
5 Before writing any data to the new share or partition, replicate the
new share or partition (see
page 130
Quantum recommends that you always replicate a new share or
partition immediately after creating it. This establishes the initial
data structure on the target system and greatly increases the speed
of the first replication.
6 Choose one of the following methods to regularly replicate the new
share or partition:
• (Recommended) Use the Scheduler page to set up a schedule
for performing replication automatically after backups complete
(see Scheduling a Share or Partition for Replication
page 297).
• Manually perform replication at frequent intervals (see
Replicating a Share or Partition
After replication, a snapshot is sent to the target system. You can use
the snapshot to recover the replicated share or partition on the target
system (see Task Overview: Recovering a Replicated Share or Partition
page 121) or restore the share or partition to its original location on the
source system (see Task Overview: Performing a Share or Partition
Failback on page 122).
Caution: If you do not configure a replication schedule or manually
replicate the share or partition on a regular basis, your data
is not protected. While the DXi4701 continually sends data
to the target system in the background to optimize the
replication process, a snapshot that preserves the complete
structure of your data is sent to the target system only
when a scheduled or manual replication job occurs. If you
do not regularly and frequently replicate your data as
described in
time.
Chapter 6: DXi4701 Replication
Adding a NAS Share
on page 224).
on page 126).
Replicating a Share or Partition
on page 130).
Step 6 above, it cannot be restored at a later
Performing Data Replication
on page 207 or
Enabling
on
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