Filtering Volumes By Name - IBM DS8000 User Manual

Note: The IP address is reversed to the peer site.
15. Click Next to confirm the successful addition of the Array Manager.
16. Click Finish.
17. Select the local array on the Inventory window and select the Array Pairs tab.
18. Click Enable in the Actions column to pair the local and remote sites together.
Important: All DS8000-replicated volumes that participate in SRM and belong to
the same remote copy consistency group are shown under a single local
consistency group in SRM. To avoid data inconsistencies, when adding replicated
VDisks to the same VM or datastore, all VDisks used by a single VM or
application must be added to the same consistency group.

Filtering volumes by name

You can use the Name Filter parameter to provide replicated device filtering. By
default, the discoverDevices command returns the list of all replicated devices for
a pair of replicated storage arrays. This list can be long, so you might want to limit
the device discovery to the subset of devices that are managed by SRM.
Note: The following procedure includes steps and screen captures that apply when
using VMware vSphere Client. If you are using VMware vSphere Web Client,
similar steps are applicable.
DS8000 SRA defines one Name Filter parameter to specify a filter for device
discovery. The parameter can be used to limit the discovery to replicated volumes
or session IDs whose names begin with the specified string. The parameter filters
Metro Mirror remote copies by source or target volume names and filters Global
Mirror or Metro-Global Mirror remote copies by session IDs.
For full discovery, leave the parameter empty. The parameter can be a
comma-separated list of the prefix of the volume name or session ID for specific
discovery (Example: cnLun,10,usLun).
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The device discovery and datastore computation process is initiated. If the
pairing is successful, the Status column shows Enabled. The discovered
devices information is available under the Devices tab. If new replicated
devices must be discovered, click Refresh.