Enabling replication for the TS7600 ProtecTIER Deduplication Solutions, V3.4.1

Perform the following procedure on ProtecTIER® Manager to enable replication on systems that have not already been configured for replication.

Before you begin

Note: It is possible that replication has already been enabled on your system. For example, if you performed the Increase Capacity operation with ProtecTIER v2.3 or above, replication was automatically enabled.

By default, replication is enabled on new repositories created with ProtecTIER v2.3 and above. Replication is disabled on repositories upgraded from v2.2 (and below) versions. When you enable replication, you must assign files systems, set the estimated factoring ratio, MD raid configuration, and disk size. The procedure allocates metadata for replication and then you can add file systems to the repository as needed. If more storage is required, you can select additional file systems (if they exist) to add to the metadata.

About this task

Enabling replication on the Appliance Express® might require additional metadata, pending the actual metadata deployment on the specific repository.

To enable replication:

Procedure

From the Systems management view, select Replication > Enable replication. The Enable replication wizard welcome screen is displayed.
Click Next. The Properties dialog is displayed.
Select the Estimated factoring ratio, the MD raid configuration, and the Disk size (in GB) of the metadata disks.
Note: The size of the repository cannot be changed when enabling replication.
Click Next. The Repository resources dialog displays the total amount of metadata and user data (in GB) allocated for the repository.
If more storage is required, click Advanced. The Repository resources window is displayed with a list of available file systems (if they exist).
Select what file systems to use for metadata or user data. Click Ok. The resources window closes.
Click Finish. The summary report is displayed and replication is enabled on ProtecTIER Manager.