Task 8: Back Up The Meta-Volume - EMC VPLEX with GeoSynchrony 4.2 Installation And Setup Manual

Task 8: Back up the
meta-volume
2. Type the following command to create the meta-volume and a mirror:
Note: You can copy a storage volume name from the configuration
show-meta-volume-candidates output and paste it into the following command. To do
this, highlight the volume to select it, and then right-click at the point in the command
where you want to paste the volume.
meta-volume create -n <meta-volume_name> -d <storage-volume_1_
name>,<storage-volume_2_name>
where:
• <meta-volume_name> is a name you are assigning to the meta-volume.
• <storage-volume_1_name> is the VPD (Vital Product Data) name of the
meta-volume.
• <storage-volume_2_name> is the VPD name of the mirror.
The mirror can consist of multiple storage volumes (which will become a
RAID 1), in which case you would include each additional volume, separated
by commas. For example:
<storage-volume_1_name>,<storage-volume_2_name>,<storage-volume_3_name>
Command example:
meta-volume create -n c1_meta -d
VPD83T3:60000970000192601714533036464234,VPD83T3:60000970000192
601714533036464235
3. Type the following command to display the meta-volume status:
ll /clusters/cluster-1/system-volumes/<meta-volume_name>
In the output, verify that the attribute active shows a value of true.
4. Type the following command to display the cluster status:
cluster status
The meta-volume takes time to resynchronize with the mirror. Wait several
seconds, and repeat the command as necessary until the output shows an
operational-status of ok. Also verify that there are no health indications in the
output.
Output example:
Cluster cluster-1
operational-status:
transitioning-indications:
transitioning-progress:
health-state:
health-indications:
1. Type the following command to back up the meta-volume and its mirror:
configuration metadata-backup
2. Answer the prompts to set a day and time to back up the metadata.
VPLEX creates two backup volumes, each named <active_meta-volume_name>_
backup_<timestamp>. Note that this process takes up to 10 minutes.
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