Creating The Management Group; Creating Multi-Site Clusters And Volumes; Using The Multi-Site Cluster Wizard - HP StoreVirtual 4000 Configuration Manual

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Figure 14 Using the management group wizard to create a Multi-Site SAN
NOTE:
You must have at least one storage system for each site in the Available Systems pool
before starting.

Creating the management group

The first part of the wizard creates the management group, which includes configuring the optimal
number of managers for the initial setup. After you have the Multi-Site clusters configured, you
need to review the manager configuration and adjust it according to the Multi-Site configuration
you have planned. See

Creating Multi-Site clusters and volumes

The path through the Multi-Site cluster portion of the wizard follows the steps listed below. The
steps are described in greater detail
1.
Create a cluster.
2.
Create a site and then assign storage systems to the site.
3.
Create the additional sites with storage systems, up to a total of three sites.
4.
Add one or more VIPs, depending on the number of subnets you have configured.
5.
Create volumes using the data protection levels dictated by your Multi-Site cluster design.

Using the Multi-Site cluster wizard

After creating the management group, the Create a Cluster window of the wizard is displayed.
1.
Select Multi-Site Cluster and then click Next.
The Create Cluster window opens, displaying all of the storage systems you designated for
the management group.
2.
Select all the storage systems targeted for all of the sites you plan to create, type a name for
the cluster, and then click Next.
"Configuring managers" (page
in"Using the Multi-Site cluster wizard" (page
24).
Installing the Multi-Site SAN
21).
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