HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring for Linux Getting Started (T2558-96077, February 2008)

Text client connection

1. Log on to the Storage Mirroring source machine. This is the machine where the files reside that you wish to protect.

Log on by using the

2. Log on to the Storage Mirroring target machine. This is the machine that will receive the data and possibly stand in for

the source machine. Log on by using the

3. Specify your Storage Mirroring source machine by using the source command.

4. Create a new replication set using the repset create command.

Command LOGIN

Description Log on to a Storage Mirroring machine

Syntax

Options ! machine—Name of the machine

! username—Name of the user

! password—Password associated with username.

! domain—If logging in using a domain account, this is the domain name. If logging in using a local

account, this is the machine name.

Examples

Notes ! The login command is not available when scrolling through the Text Client command history.

! Options that contain non-alphanumeric characters must be enclosed in quotation marks.

! The password cannot be a Storage Mirroring keyword. These are any DTCL command (source,

target, and so on.) or any DTCL shortcut command (env, mon, rep, and so on).

Command SOURCE

Description Identifies a machine as the active source machine

Syntax

SOURCE <source_machine>

Options source_machine—Name of the machine

Examples

source indy

Notes Machine names that contain non-alphanumeric characters must be enclosed in quotation marks.

Command REPSET CREATE

Description Creates a replication set

Syntax

REPSET CREATE <name>

Options name—Name of the replication set

Examples

! repset create “Customer Data”

! repset create marketing

Notes ! Replication set names that contain non-alphanumeric characters must be enclosed in quotation

marks.

! If the name of the replication set is the same as a word used in a DTCL command (for example,

repset create repset), you will receive an error. If you want to use a word like this, you

must enclose it in quotation marks (

repset create “repset”).