Administrator Guide

Convert a Single Volume to a Live Volume

To convert a single volume to a Live Volume, create the Live Volume from the Storage view.

Prerequisite

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

Steps

1 Click the Storage view.

2 In the Storage pane, select the Storage Center that hosts the volume you want to replicate.

3 Click the Storage tab.

4 In the Storage tab navigation tree, select the volume.

5 In the right pane, click Convert to Live Volume.

• If one or more QoS denitions exist, the Convert to Live Volume wizard appears.

• If a Quality of Service (QoS) denition has not been created, the Create Replication QoS wizard appears. Use this wizard to

create a QoS denition before you congure a Live Volume.

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.

6 Select the secondary Storage Center for the Live Volume, 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.

7 (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 volume and map the destination volume

to a server.

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

enable automatic failover and automatic restore, or enable reporting of non-optimized paths.

• In the Managed Replications area, congure a managed replication that replicates the Live Volume primary volume to a third

Storage Center.

8 Click Finish.

The volume is converted to a Live Volume and begins to replicate to the secondary Storage Center.