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This appendix provides an example walkthrough of the SRDF/Metro interface with Unisphere for PowerMax 9.1.
The following operations are covered in the examples:
Verify Unisphere and Arrays (Local Source 0130/ Remote Target 0191)
The home screen below notes two systems, 0130 will be the primary (R1) system in the following examples while system 0191 will be the secondary (R2).
Double check on system 0130 for the next step.
Create SRDF/Metro SRDF Group
Next, create a dynamic SRDF group for use with our SRDF/Metro configuration.
Choose Data Protection, SRDF Groups and follow the examples below to create the MetroRDFG group.
Optional Witness Configuration
Configuring a witness is not essential to the completion of this example; however, if the user would prefer to use either an array based or virtual witness (vWitness) the following documents are available which contain setup instructions:
SRDF/Metro vWitness Configuration Guide: http://www.emc.com/collateral/TechnicalDocument/docu78903.pdf
Identify Storage Group to be Protected
To identify the example application storage group which we will protect under SRDF/Metro, chose Storage, Storage Groups… the MetroApp1 storage group will be used in the following SRDF/Metro examples.
Protect Storage Group via SRDF/Metro
To protect MetroApp1, select it and choose Protect from the options immediately above.
The following Protection Wizard will walk you through the process of creating the SRDF/Metro configuration based on the SRDF Group previously created. The example below will use bias protection; however, you may also have the option of Witness protection should you have created an optional witness in the previous step.
Display newly created SRDF/Metro Group
This display can be found by navigating to Data Protection, Storage Groups….