What The System Does; Creating The First Copy - HP StorageWorks P4000 User Manual

1. In the Remote Snapshot Setup box, select a Management Group to contain the remote snapshot.
NOTE:
You must be logged in to the management group you select.
2. Click New Remote Volume.
The Management Groups, Clusters, and Volumes wizard opens.
For specific help, see the "Getting Started" chapter in the HP StorageWorks P4000 SAN Solution
user guide for details on working through the wizards.
The wizard uses the information you entered to fill The New Remote Snapshot window when you
exit the wizard.
3. (Optional) Enter a description of the remote snapshot and click OK.
The system creates remote copy.
NOTE:
There may be a delay in remote copy time.

What the system does

The system creates the remote snapshot in the cluster that contains the remote volume, and then copies
the primary snapshot onto the remote snapshot. The process of copying the data may take some time.
The remote snapshot appears below the remote volume in the navigation window when the copy
completes.
NOTE:
If you create a remote snapshot of a volume while a remote snapshot is in progress, the second remote
snapshot does not begin copying until the first remote snapshot is complete.

Creating the first copy

Creating the first copy of data is the first step when setting up a Remote Copy solution. Three methods
for creating the first copy are described below.
Copy data directly to the remote site over the WAN.
Use this method if you are implementing the Remote Copy solution before you accumulate much data
in the primary site, and your hardware is already installed in the remote site.
With this method, you create the primary management group and the remote management group in
their respective locations, and then create the initial copy of the data directly over the WAN using
Remote Copy.
Use the storage systems intended for the remote site to configure the remote management group onsite
and copy data locally, and then ship the remote storage systems to the remote site.
Use this method if you initially have all the storage systems for the Remote Copy solution at the primary
site.
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