Administrator Guide

– If you are using Dell USB disks, disconnect them and connect the remaining disks. Add new disks to the Portable
Volume node.
– If you are using Dell RD1000 disk bays, eject the full disk cartridges and insert new disk cartridges. Add new disks to the
Portable Volume node.
NOTE: If a new portable volume disk is added to an Invalid node, it contains data for a dierent transfer. If the
data is not needed, erase the disk before adding it to the Portable Volume node.
• If the connected portable volume disk(s) have sucient capacity for the volume data, when the copy operation nishes the
State changes to Finished and Waiting for Disks to be Removed. Disconnect the portable volume disk(s).
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Managing Replication Baselines and Portable Volume Disks
Move the Replication Data to the Destination Storage Center
After the replication baselines have been copied to the portable volume disk(s), transport the disk(s) to the destination Storage
Center and load the replication baselines.
1. After the replication baselines are copied or the portable volume disk(s) are full, remove them from the source Storage Center.
2. Connect the portable volume disk(s) to the destination Storage Center.
• You can connect the disks in any order.
• If you are using multiple portable volume disks, connect them simultaneously to improve performance.
When a portable volume disk(s) is connected, the destination Storage Center detects it and begins restoring the replication
baseline.
3. Use the Dell Storage Manager Client to monitor restore progress.
a. Click the Storage view.
b. In the Storage pane, select the destination Storage Center.
c. Click the Storage tab.
d. In the Storage tab navigation pane, select Repl Baselines From [ ].
e. Use the Portable Volumes tab to view transfer progress.
• If there are more portable volume disks than can be connected simultaneously, when the copy operation completes, the
State changes to Waiting for Disks to be Removed and Added. Disconnect the portable volume disk(s) and connect
the remaining disks. If you are using RD1000 disk bays, swap the disk cartridges.
• When the replication baseline for a volume is nished restoring, it is removed from the table and the corresponding
replication appears on the Replications tab in the Replications & Live Volumes view.
4. After all replication baselines have been restored from the portable volume disk(s), disconnect the disk(s) from the destination
Storage Center.
Managing Replication Baselines and Portable Volume Disks
Use the following tasks to manage replication baselines and portable volume disks.
Prepare a Portable Volume Disk without Copying Replication Baselines to It
The Manage Portable Volume Disks wizard allows you to prepare one or more portable volume disks to transport replication data
without copying replication baselines for Storage Center volumes. You might want to do this if you haven’t decided which volumes to
include or you want to allow another Storage Manager user to add the volumes.
1. Connect one or more portable volume disks to the Storage Center.
2. Click the Storage view.
3. In the Storage pane, select a Storage Center.
4. Click the Storage tab.
5. In the Storage tab navigation pane, select Portable Volumes.
Storage Center Replications and Live Volumes
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