5.
Add the VIP and subnet mask.
6.
Click Next to create a volume and finish creating the management group.
Create a volume and finish creating management group
1.
Enter a name, data protection level, size, and provisioning type for the volume.
2.
Click Finish.
After a few minutes, a summary window opens, listing details of the new management group,
cluster, and volume.
3.
Click Close.
4.
A message opens notifying you that you must register.
This registration is required to use advanced features such as multi-system clusters and Remote
Copy. For more information about registering advanced features, see
5.
Click OK.
The navigation window displays the new management group, cluster with storage systems, and
volumes.
6.
As a last step, back up the configuration data of the entire management group.
See
"Backing up a management group
Management group map view tab
After you create the management group and finish setting up the SAN, use the Map View tab for
viewing the relationships between servers, sites, clusters, volumes, snapshots, and remote copies in
the management group. For more information on using the map view tools, see
Map
View" on page 29.
Management group map views:
•
Remote Copies
•
Remote Copies (Volume Hierarchies)
•
Sites
•
Sites (Grouped)
•
Servers to Volumes
•
Servers to Systems
Creating a management group and default managers
When creating a management group, the wizard creates an optimal manager configuration for the
number of storage systems used to create the group. See
configurations.
After you have finished creating the management group, be certain to reconfigure managers as
necessary to optimize your particular SAN configuration. For more information about managers, see
"Managers
overview" on page 149.
Table 34 Default number of managers added when a management group is created
Number of storage systems
1
148
Working with management groups
configuration" on page 160.
Table 34
on page 148 for the default manager
Manager configuration
1 manager
Chapter 18
on page 289.
"Manipulating the