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Up to 64 hosts Switch 1 Switch 2 PowerVault MD3600f series storage array Corporate, public, or private network Getting Started With Your System 7 Cabling Your SAN-Attached Hosts The illustration below represents a redundant system. For example, a system used in a remote replication environment.
Up to 64 hosts Switch 1 Switch 2 PowerVault MD3600f series storage array Corporate, public, or private network Getting Started With Your System 7 Cabling Your SAN-Attached Hosts The illustration below represents a redundant system. For example, a system used in a remote replication environment.
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... 171 Recopying the Virtual Disk 172 Removing Copy Pairs 173 12 Configuration: Premium Feature- Remote Replication 177 Switchable Host Access Configuration Required With Remote Replication 177 Activating Remote Replication 178 Replication Repository Virtual Disks 178 RAID Levels for Replication Repository Virtual Disks 179 Contents 11 Failed Virtual Disk Copy 166 Preferred RAID Controller Module Ownership...
... 171 Recopying the Virtual Disk 172 Removing Copy Pairs 173 12 Configuration: Premium Feature- Remote Replication 177 Switchable Host Access Configuration Required With Remote Replication 177 Activating Remote Replication 178 Replication Repository Virtual Disks 178 RAID Levels for Replication Repository Virtual Disks 179 Contents 11 Failed Virtual Disk Copy 166 Preferred RAID Controller Module Ownership...
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... Switch Cascading 182 Journaling File Systems and Remote Replication 183 Setting Up and Managing Remote Replication 183 Activating the Remote Replication Premium Feature and Creating Replication Virtual Disks 184 Activating and Creating Replication Repository Virtual Disks From the Storage Array 184 Activating and Creating Replication Repository Virtual Disks From an Existing Disk Group 185 Creating a Remote...
... Switch Cascading 182 Journaling File Systems and Remote Replication 183 Setting Up and Managing Remote Replication 183 Activating the Remote Replication Premium Feature and Creating Replication Virtual Disks 184 Activating and Creating Replication Repository Virtual Disks From the Storage Array 184 Activating and Creating Replication Repository Virtual Disks From an Existing Disk Group 185 Creating a Remote...
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... Promoting the Secondary Virtual Disk or Demoting the Primary Virtual Disk 202 Suspending a Remote Replication 202 Resuming a Remote Replication 203 About Resumed Remote Replications 203 Testing Communication Between the Primary and Secondary Virtual Disks 204 Deleting a Virtual Disk From a Replicated Pair in a Storage Array 205 Deleting a Primary Virtual Disk 205 Deleting a Secondary Virtual Disk...
... Promoting the Secondary Virtual Disk or Demoting the Primary Virtual Disk 202 Suspending a Remote Replication 202 Resuming a Remote Replication 203 About Resumed Remote Replications 203 Testing Communication Between the Primary and Secondary Virtual Disks 204 Deleting a Virtual Disk From a Replicated Pair in a Storage Array 205 Deleting a Primary Virtual Disk 205 Deleting a Secondary Virtual Disk...
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Disabling the Remote Replication Premium Feature 209 14 Configuration: Device Mapper Multipath for Linux 211 Overview 211 Using DM Multipathing Devices 212 Prerequisites 212 Device Mapper Configuration Steps 213 ...
Disabling the Remote Replication Premium Feature 209 14 Configuration: Device Mapper Multipath for Linux 211 Overview 211 Using DM Multipathing Devices 212 Prerequisites 212 Device Mapper Configuration Steps 213 ...
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...enclosure supports several advanced features: • Virtual Disk Snapshots • Virtual Disk Copy • High Performance Tier • Remote Replication (this premium feature is either online or powered off. Disk roaming is permitted when the RAID controller module is supported only in ... arrays with the Fibre Channel [FC] host ports) NOTE: Virtual Disk Snapshot, Virtual Disk Copy, High Performance Tier, and Remote Replication are part of Compliance error message can be exported before migration-Before migrating disk groups and virtual disks, enable the required premium features...
...enclosure supports several advanced features: • Virtual Disk Snapshots • Virtual Disk Copy • High Performance Tier • Remote Replication (this premium feature is either online or powered off. Disk roaming is permitted when the RAID controller module is supported only in ... arrays with the Fibre Channel [FC] host ports) NOTE: Virtual Disk Snapshot, Virtual Disk Copy, High Performance Tier, and Remote Replication are part of Compliance error message can be exported before migration-Before migrating disk groups and virtual disks, enable the required premium features...
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... system using email, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap messages, or both. The Event Monitor is provided with Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager (MDSM). A possible alert destination would be found at dell.com. • Replicate the alert settings from a particular managed device by copying the emwdata.bin file to every storage management station...
... system using email, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap messages, or both. The Event Monitor is provided with Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager (MDSM). A possible alert destination would be found at dell.com. • Replicate the alert settings from a particular managed device by copying the emwdata.bin file to every storage management station...
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...to -virtual disk mappings • Virtual disk copy pairs • Snapshot virtual disks and snapshot repository virtual disks • Remote replication pairs • Replication repositories Configuration: Disk Groups and Virtual Disks 137 NOTE: You must remove or clear any non-exportable settings before you move the...offline storage, or you can import the disk group to the data on the exported disk group. For more information, see the PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager online help topics. NOTE: During the export process (before you can store the data offline. Disk Group ...
...to -virtual disk mappings • Virtual disk copy pairs • Snapshot virtual disks and snapshot repository virtual disks • Remote replication pairs • Replication repositories Configuration: Disk Groups and Virtual Disks 137 NOTE: You must remove or clear any non-exportable settings before you move the...offline storage, or you can import the disk group to the data on the exported disk group. For more information, see the PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager online help topics. NOTE: During the export process (before you can store the data offline. Disk Group ...
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... mappings • Virtual disk copy pairs • Snapshot virtual disks and snapshot repository virtual disks • Remote replication pairs • Replication repositories Storage Array Media Scan The media scan is a background operation that examines virtual disks to verify that you ...mappings • Virtual disk copy pairs • Snapshot virtual disks and snapshot repository virtual disks • Remote replication pairs • Replication repositories Non-Importable Components Some components cannot be imported during the import disk group procedure. NOTE: Some settings cannot...
... mappings • Virtual disk copy pairs • Snapshot virtual disks and snapshot repository virtual disks • Remote replication pairs • Replication repositories Storage Array Media Scan The media scan is a background operation that examines virtual disks to verify that you ...mappings • Virtual disk copy pairs • Snapshot virtual disks and snapshot repository virtual disks • Remote replication pairs • Replication repositories Non-Importable Components Some components cannot be imported during the import disk group procedure. NOTE: Some settings cannot...
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.... 3 Select Suspend media scan. RAID Level 0 virtual disks have no data consistency. 8 Click OK. If you want to all the virtual disks on RAID Level 1 replicated physical disks. The Change Media Scan Settings window is the lowest priority of the long-running operation on the disk drive such as reconstruction, copy...
.... 3 Select Suspend media scan. RAID Level 0 virtual disks have no data consistency. 8 Click OK. If you want to all the virtual disks on RAID Level 1 replicated physical disks. The Change Media Scan Settings window is the lowest priority of the long-running operation on the disk drive such as reconstruction, copy...
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... unreadable sectors. • You must satisfy the requirements of a source virtual disk on both the source disk group and on support.dell.com/manuals. Target virtual disks that are not valid source virtual disks: - NOTE: You can create concurrent snapshots of your host operating... has stopped. Snapshot virtual disks - Before creating a snapshot virtual disk, the host server has to the secondary node, see the Dell PowerVault MD3200 and MD3220 Storage Arrays With Microsoft Windows Server Failover Clusters on another disk group. Replication repository virtual disks -
... unreadable sectors. • You must satisfy the requirements of a source virtual disk on both the source disk group and on support.dell.com/manuals. Target virtual disks that are not valid source virtual disks: - NOTE: You can create concurrent snapshots of your host operating... has stopped. Snapshot virtual disks - Before creating a snapshot virtual disk, the host server has to the secondary node, see the Dell PowerVault MD3200 and MD3220 Storage Arrays With Microsoft Windows Server Failover Clusters on another disk group. Replication repository virtual disks -
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... virtual disks are participating in a virtual disk copy. Snapshot repository virtual disks. - Close all applications, including Windows Internet Explorer, to ensure all I /O activity has stopped. Replication repository virtual disks. - To prepare your Windows system, flush the cache to the source. 2 Using your host server: 1 Stop all I /O activity to the source. Before...
... virtual disks are participating in a virtual disk copy. Snapshot repository virtual disks. - Close all applications, including Windows Internet Explorer, to ensure all I /O activity has stopped. Replication repository virtual disks. - To prepare your Windows system, flush the cache to the source. 2 Using your host server: 1 Stop all I /O activity to the source. Before...
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... responsibility for maintaining business operations. In the event of a disaster, loss of data between the host server and Dell PowerVault MD storage arrays are not supported. Remote Replication The Remote Replication premium feature enables real-time replication of communications or catastrophic failure in the local storage array, the secondary virtual disk in separate locations. Using...
... responsibility for maintaining business operations. In the event of a disaster, loss of data between the host server and Dell PowerVault MD storage arrays are not supported. Remote Replication The Remote Replication premium feature enables real-time replication of communications or catastrophic failure in the local storage array, the secondary virtual disk in separate locations. Using...
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... groups on these virtual disks, including information about incomplete remote writes that two replication repository virtual disks be created on one of the storage arrays participating in the Dell PowerVault MD storage array shipping box. The RAID controller module stores replication information on the storage array. As part of activation, the following the steps...
... groups on these virtual disks, including information about incomplete remote writes that two replication repository virtual disks be created on one of the storage arrays participating in the Dell PowerVault MD storage array shipping box. The RAID controller module stores replication information on the storage array. As part of activation, the following the steps...
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...Independent copies may be created by deleting the relationship, in the RAID group). Remote Replication 179 Other information about replication repository virtual disks include: • Specifying that replication repository virtual disks be created from unconfigured free capacity on the disk group, or ... capacity on the storage array, you can be established. Up to test the replicated data sets without disabling the Remote Replication premium feature. • Default names of the replication repository virtual disks are not user configurable. Each pair consists of a primary (online...
...Independent copies may be created by deleting the relationship, in the RAID group). Remote Replication 179 Other information about replication repository virtual disks include: • Specifying that replication repository virtual disks be created from unconfigured free capacity on the disk group, or ... capacity on the storage array, you can be established. Up to test the replicated data sets without disabling the Remote Replication premium feature. • Default names of the replication repository virtual disks are not user configurable. Each pair consists of a primary (online...
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...effort required during site recovery. 180 Configuration: Premium Feature- This process overwrites all file systems are unmounted. Using Remote Replication With Other Features Remote replication can be enabled and activated on the secondary virtual disk and sets the disk to read-only access. A storage ...similar definitions on the disk serving in the storage array. Before creating a virtual disk pair, verify the following: 1 The Remote Replication premium feature has been installed, enabled and activated on the primary and secondary storage arrays. 2 The storage arrays containing the two ...
...effort required during site recovery. 180 Configuration: Premium Feature- This process overwrites all file systems are unmounted. Using Remote Replication With Other Features Remote replication can be enabled and activated on the secondary virtual disk and sets the disk to read-only access. A storage ...similar definitions on the disk serving in the storage array. Before creating a virtual disk pair, verify the following: 1 The Remote Replication premium feature has been installed, enabled and activated on the primary and secondary storage arrays. 2 The storage arrays containing the two ...
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... on a primary virtual disk or a secondary virtual disk of a secondary virtual disk in a virtual disk copy. Configuration: Premium Feature- In a remote replication, do not mount a snapshot virtual disk on disk groups, virtual disks or physical disks. Instead, you can create a virtual disk copy on the primary... VDE operation does not interrupt access to a target virtual disk within the same storage array. NOTE: To perform a VDE operation, the remote replication must be performed on a virtual disk while it is in progress, the virtual disk copy fails and be either : • The disk ...
... on a primary virtual disk or a secondary virtual disk of a secondary virtual disk in a virtual disk copy. Configuration: Premium Feature- In a remote replication, do not mount a snapshot virtual disk on disk groups, virtual disks or physical disks. Instead, you can create a virtual disk copy on the primary... VDE operation does not interrupt access to a target virtual disk within the same storage array. NOTE: To perform a VDE operation, the remote replication must be performed on a virtual disk while it is in progress, the virtual disk copy fails and be either : • The disk ...
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... Cascading When two or more Fibre Channel switches are cascaded, the switch management software combines the ports for Remote Replication Enabling remote replication on your storage array automatically dedicates one RAID controller module in a storage array. Additionally, all of the switches... 1, must contain Fibre Channel switches. Due to replication. Required Switch Zoning Configurations NOTE: A limited set using the switch management software provided by the storage array. This software is either included with the Dell MD3600f-Series Storage Array. These dedicated ports, Port...
... Cascading When two or more Fibre Channel switches are cascaded, the switch management software combines the ports for Remote Replication Enabling remote replication on your storage array automatically dedicates one RAID controller module in a storage array. Additionally, all of the switches... 1, must contain Fibre Channel switches. Due to replication. Required Switch Zoning Configurations NOTE: A limited set using the switch management software provided by the storage array. This software is either included with the Dell MD3600f-Series Storage Array. These dedicated ports, Port...
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...after creation and formatting) must create it before proceeding with remote replication setup. See "Activating the Remote Replication Premium Feature and Creating Replication Virtual Disks" on page 186. Journaling File Systems and Remote Replication When using a journaling file system, you mount the remote ... contains the secondary virtual disk to or greater than that : • The Remote Replication premium feature has been activated. • The local storage array contains two replication repository virtual disks (created during activation). • The local storage array contains the ...
...after creation and formatting) must create it before proceeding with remote replication setup. See "Activating the Remote Replication Premium Feature and Creating Replication Virtual Disks" on page 186. Journaling File Systems and Remote Replication When using a journaling file system, you mount the remote ... contains the secondary virtual disk to or greater than that : • The Remote Replication premium feature has been activated. • The local storage array contains two replication repository virtual disks (created during activation). • The local storage array contains the ...
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... list of unselected physical disks. 4 Click Next. • If you can either: • Activate the feature, then create the two replication virtual disks from the total unconfigured capacity on the storage array, or • Activate the feature, then create the two... disks from the unconfigured capacity in an already-existing disk group Activating and Creating Replication Repository Virtual Disks From the Storage Array To activate the Remote Replication feature and create the two replication repository virtual disks required, you selected Automatic, an empty Select Capacity table and a ...
... list of unselected physical disks. 4 Click Next. • If you can either: • Activate the feature, then create the two replication virtual disks from the total unconfigured capacity on the storage array, or • Activate the feature, then create the two... disks from the unconfigured capacity in an already-existing disk group Activating and Creating Replication Repository Virtual Disks From the Storage Array To activate the Remote Replication feature and create the two replication repository virtual disks required, you selected Automatic, an empty Select Capacity table and a ...