Remote Replication Licensing; Related Topics; Using The Replication Setup Wizard - HP P2000 Reference Manual

Remote replication licensing

The Remote Replication and Snapshot features are separately licensed. Remote replication can operate
without Snapshot being enabled; however, to get the most out of remote replication, it is recommended to
enable both features. Normally, replication snapshots are not accessible to hosts. However, if Snapshot is
enabled, a replication snapshot can be exported for use as a standard snapshot.

Related topics

• Installing a license
• Adding (page
• Checking links to a remote system

• Using the Replication Setup Wizard

• Replicating a volume
• Detaching
• Stopping (page 1
• Suspending
• Exporting a replication image to a snapshot
• Changing the primary volume for a replication set
• Viewing replication properties, addresses, and images for a volume
• Viewing information about a replication image
Using the Replication Setup Wizard
If the system is licensed to use remote replication, you can use the Replication Setup Wizard to prepare to
replicate an existing volume to another vdisk in the local system or to a remote system. Before using this
wizard, read documentation and Resource Library guidelines for your product to learn about replication.
Then plan the storage systems, replication mode, and volumes you want to use for the replication.
The wizard guides you through the following steps. For each step you can view help by clicking the help
icon in the wizard panel. As you complete steps they are highlighted at the bottom of the panel. If you
cancel the wizard at any point, no changes are made.
• Select the primary volume, which is an existing volume or snapshot to replicate.
• Specify whether the replication mode will be local or remote. If the replication will be to a remote
system that has not already been added to the local system, you can add it. To do so, you must know
the user name and password of a Manage user on that system and the system's IP address.
• Specify the secondary volume. You can select an existing replication-prepared volume or specify to
create a volume in an existing vdisk that has sufficient available space for the replicated data.
• Confirm changes and apply them.
IMPORTANT:
requests between the local system and a remote system, do the following:
• Create a one-way CHAP record on each system. On the local system, the CHAP record must refer to the
node name of the remote system. On the remote system, the CHAP record must refer to the node name
of the local system. Both records must use the same secret. (Mutual CHAP is not used between storage
systems. CHAP records' mutual fields can be set but are not used.) To create a CHAP record, see
Configuring CHAP
• After the CHAP records are created, enable CHAP on the primary system, the secondary system, or
both. To enable CHAP, see
If both records don't exist or don't use the same secret, replication-set creation will fail.
112 Using Remote Snap to replicate volumes
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(page 1 14) or a snapshot
(page 1 17) and reattaching
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(page 1 17), resuming (page 1
Before starting this procedure, if you intend to use CHAP to authenticate iSCSI login
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Changing host interface settings
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(page 1 19) a secondary volume
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