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This appendix provides an example walkthrough of the SRDF/Metro Smart DR interface with Unisphere for PowerMax 9.2.
The following operations are covered in the examples to follow:
Creation of a new Smart DR environment using the Unisphere Protection Wizard:
In this section, we will use the Smart DR Protection Wizard in Unisphere to protect a Storage Group and create the associated devices, storage groups, environment, and associated Metro and DR configurations.
Note: Metro Smart DR requires the use of a witness configuration; may use either an array based or virtual witness (vWitness). The following documents are available which contain setup instructions:
Prior to starting the Unisphere Smart DR Protection Wizard, three dynamic SRDF groups for use with our SRDF/Metro Smart DR configuration must be created between all three of these arrays in the following manner:
In the Unisphere dashboard below, we will be using the 0191 array at the MetroR1, the 0626 array as the paired MetroR2, and the 0690 array as DR:
For each required SRDF group above, choose Data Protection, SRDF Groups and follow the examples below to create the required SRDF groups:
The following provides an example of the Unisphere Smart DR Protection Wizard, where we will protect the existing Metro_App_SG_A Storage group and configure the associated Smart DR environment:
Metro Smart DR requires that all storage groups in a Metro Smart DR solution be provisioned. Provision both the Metro_App_B and Metro_App_C newly created storage groups from the Storage->Storage Group-> Provision workflow of the appropriate arrays (MetroR2 and DR):
The following is the resulting Smart DR environment management interface which provides configuration information, control, and monitoring: