HP P9000 Replication Manager Software 7.2 User Guide

2 Getting started
This chapter describes initial settings needed to begin Replication Manager operations and procedures
for setting up the prerequisite environment for pair management. It also includes quick references to
typical operations performed using Replication Manager.
Initial setup
After Replication Manager has been installed on a management server, you must configure initial
settings needed to begin Replication Manager operations.
Initial settings configuration workflow
The following figure shows the task flow of the initial configuration settings.
Preparing the replication environment
Before replicating volumes or setting up copy pairs using Replication Manager, it is necessary to
prepare the prerequisite environment and apply the latest configuration information to Replication
Manager.
TIP:
For open systems, you may need to synchronize the configuration information of Replication Manager
and Device Manager before setting up the storage system:
• You only need to synchronize the configuration information if the Device Manager server used to
set up the storage system is not on the same management server as Replication Manager.
To synchronize the configuration information, go to the Explorer menu, choose Settings, and then
Refresh Settings.
Replication Manager periodically checks whether the configuration information of Replication Manager
and Device Manager server is synchronized. If it is not synchronized, a message is displayed in the
Open subwindow. You can use the base.repository.synchrocheck.interval property in
the base.properties file to specify the interval at which the configuration information is checked
and synchronized. For details, see the HP P9000 Replication Manager Software Configuration Guide .
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