Administrator Guide

Choose Volumes to Transfer to the Destination Storage Center
On the source Storage Center, use the Start Replication Baseline wizard to select the destination Storage Center, the volumes that
will be transferred, and the portable volume disk(s) that will transport the replication baselines for the volumes.
1. Click the Storage view.
2. In the Storage pane, select a Storage Center.
3. Click the Storage tab.
4. In the Storage tab navigation pane, select Portable Volumes.
Figure 69. Portable Volumes Unassigned Node
NOTE: The Portable Volumes node appears only if one or more portable volume disks are present on the Storage
Center.
5. In the right pane, click Start Replication Baseline. The Start Replication Baseline wizard appears.
6. Select the destination Storage Center, then click Next. The wizard advances to the next page.
7. Select one or more portable volume disks and specify optional encryption.
a. (Optional) To encrypt the replication baseline, select the Use Encryption check box, then type a password in the Security
Key eld.
b. In the Select Portable Volume Disks table, select the portable volume disk(s) that will transport the replication baseline.
c. Click Next. The wizard advances to the next page.
8. Select the volume(s) to include.
a. Select each volume to add to the replication baseline, then click Add Volumes. When you add a volume, the Estimated
Space Used by Volumes is updated.
NOTE: If the volume space exceeds the storage available on the portable volume disk(s), the wizard informs you
that after the initial space is lled you must add additional portable volume disk(s).
b. When you are nished adding volumes, click Next. The wizard advances to the next page.
9. Congure the replication and destination volume attributes.
a. (Optional) Modify the Replication Attributes and Destination Volume Attributes as needed. These attributes are described
in the online help.
b. When you are nished, click Next. The wizard advances to the next page.
10. Review your selections.
a. (Optional) If you want to modify replication settings for an individual volume, select the volume, then click Edit Selected.
b. When you are done, click Finish.
• On the source Storage Center, Storage Manager creates a Portable Volume node for the replication to the destination
Storage Center and the replication baseline begins to copy to the portable volume disk(s). Select the Repl Baselines To
[destination] node to monitor copy progress.
Figure 70. Portable Volumes Repl Baselines To Storage Center Node
• On the destination Storage Center, Storage Manager creates a Portable Volume node for the replication from the
source Storage Center after the rst replication baseline is copied to the portable volume disk. The destination volumes
also appear under the Volumes node.
Figure 71. Portable Volumes Repl From Storage Center Node
11. Wait for the volume data to copy to the attached portable volume disk(s), and swap portable volume disks if necessary.
• If the volume space exceeds the storage available on the portable volume disk(s), when the attached portable volume disks
ll up, the State changes to Waiting for Disks to be Removed and Added.
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Storage Center Replications and Live Volumes