Sra Configuration For Metro-Global Mirror; Commands To Register Or Unregister Intermediate Ds8000; Adding An Additional Protected Site To The First - IBM DS8000 User Manual

Figure 21. Adding an additional protected site to the First position with the same recovery site
in the Second position

SRA Configuration for Metro-Global Mirror

SRA supports only the non-preconfigured setting for Metro-Global Mirror.
If the remote copy relationship is configured as Metro-Global Mirror, you must
provide information about the intermediate DS8000 site.
Notes about Metro-Global Mirror:
v SRA does not support failover to the intermediate site.
v The initial direction is Site A (protected site) > Site B (intermediate site) > Site

Commands to register or unregister intermediate DS8000

Use the RegInterSite command to register, unregister, and show help information.
Note: For SRM 5.1 and later, the SRA installation directory can be \Program
Files\VMware\VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager\storage\sra\IBM DS8000\
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C (recovery site). After the first reprotect procedure to the initial direction, the
direction changes to Global Mirror: Site C (protected site) > Site A (recovery
site). After the second reprotect procedure, the direction returns to Metro-Global
Mirror: Site A > Site B > Site C.