Replication Groups - assure_mimix - 6.0

To configure/add physical volumes to a Replication Group:

1. Move the cursor to Configure/Add Physical Volumes and press Enter.

   The Configure/Add Physical Volumes menu appears.

To create a Volume Group

1. Move the cursor to Create a Volume Group and press Enter.
2. Select a node on the resulting Select Node panel and click Enter. The volume group will be created on this node.
3. Fill in all required entry fields and press Enter. This will submit the request to create a volume group.

To Add Physical Volumes to a Volume Group

1. Move the cursor to To Add Physical Volumes to a Volume Group and press Enter.
2. Select a Volume Group on the resulting Select a Volume Group panel and click Enter.
3. Fill in all required entry fields and press Enter. The will submit the request to add volumes to the Selected Volume Group.

To Remove Physical Volumes from a Volume Group

1. Move the cursor to To Remove Physical Volumes to a Volume Group and press Enter.
2. Select a Volume Group on the resulting Select a Volume Group panel and click Enter.
3. Fill in all required entry fields and press Enter. The will submit the request to remove volumes from the Selected Volume Group.

To Remove a Volume Group

1. Move the cursor to Remove a Volume Group and press Enter.
2. Select a Volume Group on the resulting Select a Volume Group panel and click Enter.
3. The Volume Group and the Node containing it will be displayed on the next screen, these fields are just for information and not editable. Then please Enter to remove the Volume Group. The screen will be displayed to confirm the action.

To Add Physical Volumes to a Replication Group

1. Move the cursor to Add Physical Volumes to a Replication Group and press Enter.
2. Select a replication group to add discovered volumes on the resulting Select Replication Group panel and click Enter. Discovered volumes will appear on the resulting Select Physical Volumes.
3. Select physical volumes to be added to the replication group and press Enter.
   Note: A preceding ‘@’ indicates the volume was already added.
   Additionally, you can perform the below steps to choose multiple volumes and add physical volumes in a specific volume group:

   1. To select one or more volumes, move the cursor to them and press F7.
   2. To add all physical volumes in a specific volume group, select ALL_Physical_Volumes_IN_vg_name (where, vg_name is the volume group name) and move the cursor to it and press F7.
4. Select one recovery volume group by moving the cursor to it and press Enter. The request to add the volumes to the replication group is submitted. The user can select __PRODUCTION_MATCH__ option. In this case, the recovery volume group will match the production volume group for all selected volumes.

To Remove Physical Volume Configuration

1. Move the cursor to Remove Physical Volume Configuration and press Enter.

   The screen will be displayed to confirm the action.