Administrator Guide

Automatically Create a Live Volume and Move the Volume Based on a Recommendation
Use the Recommend Storage Center dialog box to automatically move a volume based on a recommendation.
About this task
NOTE: The option to create a Live Volume appears only for Storage Centers running version 7.0 or earlier.
Steps
1. In the Recommend Storage Center dialog box, click Convert to a Live Volume to move to recommended Storage Center.
The Convert to Live Volume dialog box opens.
2. Map the destination volume to the server that is currently mapped to the volume.
a. Next to Server, click Change. The Select Server dialog box opens.
b. Select the server that is currently mapped to the original volume, then click OK.
3. Modify the other Live Volume options as necessary. These options are described in the online help.
4. When you are done, click Finish. The Live Volume is created and you return to the Alerts tab on the Threshold Alerts view.
5. After the Live Volume is synchronized, swap roles to make the recommended Storage Center the primary for the Live Volume.
a. Click the Replications & Live Volumes view, then click the Live Volumes tab.
b. Wait until the Live Volume is synchronized, then select the Live Volume and click Swap Primary Storage Center of Live
Volume
. A conrmation dialog box opens.
c. Click OK to conrm the swap.
6. If you decide that you want to make the recommended Storage Center the permanent host for the volume, delete the Live
Volume and select the Recycle Secondary Volume check box to recycle the secondary volume (original volume).
a. Select the Live Volume and click Delete. The Delete Objects dialog box opens.
b. Clear the Convert to Replication check box.
c. Select the Recycle Secondary Volume check box.
d. Click OK.
Automatically Live Migrate a Volume Based on a Recommendation
Use the Recommend Storage Center dialog box to automatically create a live migration based on a recommendation.
About this task
NOTE: The option to create a Live Migration appears only for Storage Centers running version 7.1 or later.
Steps
1. In the Recommend Storage Center dialog box, click Live Migrate the volume to the recommended Storage Center. The
Create Live Migration dialog box opens.
2. (Optional) Modify Live Migration 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 volume and map the destination
volume to a server.
• In the Live Migration Attributes area, enable or disable automatic role swap. When automatic role swap is enabled, Live
Migrate swaps the roles immediately after the volume is synced. When it is disabled, you may swap the roles manually any
time after the volume is synced.
3. Click Create.
Live Migration begins to migrate the volume to the destination Storage Center.
Manually Move a Volume Based on a Recommendation
If a threshold alert recommends moving volumes to a dierent Storage Center but does not recommend moving a specic volume,
decide which volumes to move and manually create Live Volumes to move them.
About this task
NOTE: This method is the only way to move a volume for Storage Centers running version 7.0 or earlier. For other
Storage Centers running version 7.1 or later, create a Live Migration to move the volume. For more information on
creating a Live Migration, see Create a Live Migration for a Single Volume.
Storage Center Threshold Alerts
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