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productusers,includingcreatingforumposts,articles,videos,downloads,blogs andsuggestingideas,aswellasinteractwithSymantecproductteamsand TechnicalSupport.Contentisratedbythecommunity,andmembersreceive rewardpointsfortheircontributions. http://www.symantec.com/connect/storage-management Contents Technical Support ............................................................................................... 4 Chapter 1 About Veritas Volume Replicator (VVR) ......................... 11 AboutVeritasVolumeReplicator(VVR)........................................... 11 OverviewofVeritasVolumeReplicator............................................ 11 Available Documentation .............................................................. 12 Chapter 2 AboutusingVeritasOperationsManager(VOM)for VVR operations .............................................................. 13 UsingtheVeritasOperationsManagerconsoleforperformingVVR operations ............................................................................ 13 FeaturesoftheVeritasOperationsManagerwebconsole.....................14 Supportedwebbrowsers................................................................15 Managingconnections ................................................................. 15 ConnectingtotheVeritasOperationsManagerserver ..................15 LayoutoftheVeritasOperationsManagementconsole .......................17 Header................................................................................. 17 Tabs .................................................................................... 17 LeftPaneorTaskPane(Treeview)............................................ 18 RightPaneorContentPane(tabularview)...................................19 Statuspane........................................................................... 19 ExitingtheVeritasOperationsManagerconsole.......................... 19 Chapter 3 About monitoring VVR replication using the web console ........................................................................... 21 AboutmonitoringVVRreplicationusingtheVOMwebconsole............ 21 InterpretingtheinformationintheVVRviews.................................. 22 ManagingtheSummaryview ...................................................22 ManagingtheReplicatedDataSet(RDS)view..............................23 InterpretingtheinformationinVeritasOperationsMangerweb consoleforaVVRhost...................................................... 49 8 Contents Chapter 4 About administering the Replicated Data Set tasks ................................................................................. 53 AboutadministeringtheReplicatedDataSettasks.............................53 Adding Volumes .......................................................................... 54 AddingthePrimaryReplicatedVolumeGroup...................................56 PrerequisitesforsettinguptheRDS.......................................... 56 CreatingthePrimaryReplicatedVolumeGroup...........................56 Addingasecondaryhost ...............................................................59 AddingBunkerRVG......................................................................65 DeletingVVRObjects.................................................................... 69 Removingdatavolumes.......................................................... 69 Deletingthereplicateddataset ................................................70 DeletingtheprimaryRVG .......................................................71 DeletingthesecondaryRVG .................................................... 72 Chapter 5 About administering the RVG ........................................... 73 AboutadministeringtheRVG.........................................................73 EnablingordisablingdataaccesstotheRVGdatavolumes..................74 DisablingDataAccess ............................................................ 74 EnablingDataAccess ............................................................. 75 Expandingthedatavolumes ..........................................................75 ExpandingtheReplicatorLog.........................................................76 Shrinkingthedatavolumes........................................................... 77 AddingorremovingtheDCMlogsfromthedatavolume..................... 77 RemovingDCMlogfromthedatavolumes ................................. 78 AddingDCMlogtothedatavolumes..........................................78 Resynchronizingthesecondaryhosts........................................ 78 AssociatingordissociatingtheReplicatorLogVolume ....................... 79 DissociatingtheReplicatorLogvolume ..................................... 80 AssociatingtheReplicatorLogvolume.......................................80 Chapter 6 About administering replication ...................................... 81 Startingreplication...................................................................... 81 StoppingReplication.................................................................... 82 Pausingreplication.......................................................................83 PausingSecondaryfromthePrimary ........................................ 84 Pausingthesecondaryhost......................................................84 Resumingreplication.................................................................... 85 Resumingthesecondaryhostfromtheprimary ..........................85 Resumingreplicationfromthesecondaryhost............................ 85 Changingthereplicationsettings....................................................86 Contents 9 ManagingCheckpoints.................................................................. 89 CreatingtheprimaryRVGCheckpoint....................................... 90 Endingthecheckpoint............................................................ 91 Deletingthecheckpoint.......................................................... 91 Convertingtheprimarytoasecondary.............................................92 MigratingtheprimaryRole............................................................92 Takingovertheprimaryrole..........................................................94 Generalnotesontakeoveroperation.........................................94 PerformingtakeoverinamultipleBunkersetup.......................... 95 Performingtakeoverwithfast-failback...................................... 95 Performingtakeoverwithoutusingfast-failback..........................97 Creatingsnapshotsforthedatavolumes ......................................... 97 Reattachingthesnapshotsbacktotheoriginalvolumes................98 RecoveringtheRVG..................................................................... 99 RestoringtheSecondary.............................................................. 100 Chapter 7 About administering Bunker replication ...................... 101 AboutadministeringBunkerreplication......................................... 101 StoppingReplication................................................................... 102 StartingReplication.................................................................... 102 PausingandResumingReplication................................................ 103 ChangingReplicationSettings...................................................... 104 AssociatingordissociatingtheReplicatorLog................................. 104 AssociatingtheReplicatorLogVolume .................................... 104 DissociatingtheReplicatorLogvolume ................................... 105 ExpandingtheReplicatorLog....................................................... 105 ActivatingorDeactivatingtheBunker............................................105 Activatingthebunker ...........................................................106 Deactivatingthebunker ........................................................106 Deletingthebunkersecondary......................................................106 10 Contents