HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring Virtual Infrastructure user's guide (T2558-96095, April 2008)

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Pre-Staging Data on the Target
Storage Mirroring for Virtual Infrastructure keeps track of all the information about the association of
any source
.vmdk file to the corresponding target .vmdk file. The mapping information can be used
to perform target pre-staging. Pre-staging means before creating a job, you would copy information
through other means, and after a job is created, Storage Mirroring for Virtual Infrastructure will use
a difference synchronization instead of a full synchronization.
To pre-stage data, complete the following tasks:
1. Create a job with a delayed protection start time (be sure to allow enough time to complete
pre-staging the data).
2. Get the .vmdk replica virtual machine disk mapping description from the Target area on the
Protection Summary page.
3. Copy each source .vmdk file to the correct location on target through other means.
4. Modify the scheduled protection start time to start the job immediately. The difference
synchronization will begin.