Administrator Guide

Convert Multiple Volumes to Live Volumes

To convert multiple volumes to Live Volumes, create the Live Volumes from the Replications & Live Volumes view.

Prerequisite

The Live Volume requirements must be met. See Live Volume Requirements.

About this task

Fluid Cache volumes cannot be the primary or secondary volume in a Live Volume.

Steps

1. Click the Replications & Live Volumes view.

2. On the Live Volumes tab, click Create Live Volumes. The Create Live Volumes wizard appears.

3. Select the Storage Center that hosts the volumes you want to convert, then click Next. The wizard advances to the next page.

4. Select the secondary Storage Center for the Live Volumes, then click Next.

• The wizard advances to the next page.

• If Fibre Channel or iSCSI connectivity is not congured between the local and remote Storage Centers, a dialog box appears.

Click Yes to congure iSCSI connectivity between the Storage Centers.

5. Select the check box for each volume that you want to convert, then click Next. The wizard advances to the next page.

6. (Optional) Modify Live Volume default settings.

• In the Replication Attributes area, congure options that determine how replication behaves.

• In the Destination Volume Attributes area, congure storage options for the destination volumes.

• In the Live Volume Attributes area, select a QoS node for the secondary Storage Center, congure the automatic swap role

policy, or enable automatic failover and automatic restore.

NOTE: Live Volume QoS settings are only enforced on the primary Storage Center and are not enforced on the

secondary Storage Center until it becomes the primary Storage Center.

7. Click Next. The wizard advances to the next page.

8. Review the Live Volumes you have congured.

a. (Optional) If you want to add a managed replication or modify a Live Volume before it is created, select it, then click Edit

Settings.

b. Click Finish. The Live Volumes are created and they begin to replicate to the secondary Storage Center.