HP P2000 G3 Reference Manual page 112

To create a replication set and optionally start or schedule replication
1. In the Configuration View panel, right-click a volume and select Provisioning > Replicate Volume.
2. In the main panel, set the destination options:
• Secondary System. Select a storage system to replicate the volume to.
• Secondary Volume. Select an existing vdisk or an existing replication-prepared volume to be the
secondary volume. Vdisks listed for selection have enough space for the replicated volume and do
not contain a volume with a conflicting name (rprimary-volume-name) or a snap pool with a
conflicting name (sprprimary-volume-name).
3. Select the type of links used between the two systems.
4. If you want to start replication now:
a. Select the Initiate Replication and Now options.
b. Optionally change the default replication image name. A name is case sensitive and cannot
already exist in a vdisk. A name cannot include a comma, double quote, or backslash.
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5. If you want to schedule replication:
a. Select the Initiate Replication and Scheduled options.
b. Set the options:
• Replication image prefix. Optionally change the default prefix to identify images created by this
schedule. The prefix is case sensitive and cannot include a comma, double quote, or backslash.
• Replication Mode. Specifies whether to replicate a new snapshot of the volume to the remote
system, or to replicate the last (most recent existing) snapshot of the volume to the remote system.
• Replication images to Retain. Select the number of replication images to retain. When the task
runs, the retention count is compared with the number of existing replication images:
• Whether the retention count has been reached or not, a new replication image is created.
• If the retention count has been reached, the volume's oldest replication image that was
• If there is more than one queued snapshot, only the oldest queued snapshot is retained. It is
This setting applies to the primary volume only; for the secondary volume, replication images
will accumulate until either the secondary vdisk's space limit is reached or the maximum number
of images is reached, after which the oldest image will be deleted as new images are created.
• Start Schedule. Specify a date and a time in the future for the schedule to start running. Date
must use the format yyyy-mm-dd. Time must use the format hh:mm followed by either AM, PM, or
24H (24-hour clock). For example, 13:00 24H is the same as 1:00 PM.
• Recurrence. Specify how often the schedule should run. The default and minimum interval to
replicate a volume is 30 minutes.
• Time Constraint. Specify a time range within which the schedule should run.
• Date Constraint. Specify days when the schedule should run.
• End Schedule. Specify when the schedule should stop running.
c. Continue with
6. If you do not want to start or schedule replication, clear the Initiate Replication checkbox. The
replication set will still be created and you can replicate the volume at a later time.
7. Click Apply. Within a couple of minutes, the replication set is created and the following changes occur
in the Configuration View panel:
• Under the primary vdisk:
• The selected primary volume changes to a master volume, and is designated as a Primary
Volume.
• Under the primary volume the secondary volume appears.
112 Using Remote Snap to replicate volumes
step 7.
created by this schedule and is neither being replicated, nor a current sync point, nor a
queued snapshot, is deleted.
retained to serve as the source for the next scheduled replication to create a replication
image from.
step 7.