InfoScale™ Operations Manager 9.0 User's Guide

Primary name/IP

Enter a host name or specify the IP address that can be used for replication. The Secondary host name must be resolvable and reachable from the primary host. For example, london. If you entered the IP address, it must be reachable from the primary host.

A valid Host name must contain only alpha-numeric characters, underscores, dashes, or periods. The length of the name must be between 1 and 31 characters long. It cannot begin with a dash or a period, or end with a period.

Secondary name/IP

Enter a host name or specify the IP address that can be used for replication. The Secondary host name must be resolvable and reachable from the primary host. For example, london. If you entered the IP address, it must be reachable from the primary host.

A valid Host name must contain only alpha-numeric characters, underscores, dashes, or periods. The length of the name must be between 1 and 31 characters long. It cannot begin with a dash or a period, or end with a period.

Primary RLink

Enter the primary RLink name.

A valid RLink name must contain only alpha-numeric characters, underscores, dashes, or periods. The length of the name must be between 1 and 31 characters long. It cannot begin with a dash or a period, or end with a period.

Secondary RLink

Enter the Secondary RLink name.

Start replication

Select the check box to start replication to a Secondary. When you start replication to a Secondary, the data volumes on the Secondary must be synchronized with the data volumes on the primary.

Options available for Start Replication operation:

Advanced options

Replication modes

For a UNIX/Linux host, select one of the following:

For a Windows host, select one of the following:

Protocol

Select one of the following:

SRL Protection

Select one of the following:

Latency protection

Select one of the following:

Low Mark

Displays the number of updates in the SRL before the protection becomes inactive and updates succeed.

High mark

Specifies the maximum number of waiting updates in the SRL before the protection becomes active and updates stall or fail.

Set bandwidth limit

Select the check box to specify the bandwidth limit for the replication.

Compress data

Select the check box to compress data before starting the replication to a Secondary.

This option is displayed only if the installed Storage Foundation version supports the compression feature.

Create VCS Configuration

Select the checkbox if you want to create VCS configuration on the host.

This option is enabled only if VCS is installed on the host and you have the privileges to create VCS configurations.

If you select this option, you need to create resources for VCS configurations.