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on the 2107 and 2105. This allows the user to access the 2105 server from the DS
Storage Manager, without having to authenticate on the 2105.
As the administrator, perform the following steps to configure the 2105 Copy
Services domain and add it to the list of storage complexes.
1. Determine the address of the management console. You need to know the
2. Identify the user name and password of that management console. You
3. Add a connection for a 2105 Copy Services domain.
Creating a Metro Mirror volume pair between a 2107 and a 2105
This process describes how to create a Metro Mirror volume pair using volumes
from a 2107 and a 2105.
Before you begin, ensure that you meet the following requirements:
v The license for the remote mirror and copy feature must be activated.
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IP address or fully qualified host name of the management console for one of
the servers in the Copy Services domain. If you know the address, you can ping
the name of the machine. If you do not, see your network administrator. You will
be providing this address in Step 3.
need this information to access information from the storage complex. For
example, depending on which client application the DS Storage Manager is
running (local host or management console), you need the existing user name
and password that was created with the ESS Specialist for the 2105 Copy
Services domain. The user name and password must match on the
management console and 2105 Copy Services domain in order to connect. If
they do not match, you must create the user account (in Step 3) that matches
the user account on the 2105.
Note: The Storage Complex drop-down list will include local host as an entry if
you installed a DS Storage Manager on your own workstation.
a. To add a connection for the 2105 Copy Services domain, expand the
Manage Hardware section, click Storage Complexes, and click Add 2105
Copy Services Domain and click Go.
b. Add the IP address of the 2105 Copy Services IP address and click OK.
This is the IP address that you identified in Step 1. If the user name and
password on the management console and 2105 Copy Services domain
match, the status is shown as connected. If they do not match, continue to
the following step.
c. Create a user account that matches the user account from the 2105 Copy
Services domain. To do this, expand the Monitor System section, click
User Administration, and click Add user.
d. From the Add user page, enter the user name and a temporary password.
You are asked which access or group assignment that you want to assign
the user. For this example, select the Copy Services group to allow the user
to manage Copy Services relationships.
Copy Services operator
Performs Copy Services functions
e. Logout from the DS Storage Manager
f. Log back into the DS Storage Manager using the user name that matches
the user account from the 2105. Then, change the password to match the
password on the 2105 Copy Services domain. You can now create Copy
Services relationships between the 2105 and 2107 .
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