Managing replication
Use replication to recover data at a disaster recovery site and to
maintain the same level of files on the source and target servers. You can manage replication at the
node level. You can also protect data at the storage-pool level.
Replication compatibility
Before you set up replication operations with IBM Storage Protect , you must ensure that the source and target replication servers are compatible for replication.
Replicating client data by using replication storage rules
You can replicate data from a source replication server to two or three target replication servers. The process of creating copies of data and sending the copies to multiple servers is called multi-target replication . Replication of data helps to support disaster recovery and data availability if the source replication server becomes unavailable. The replication operation not only copies the data to the target replication server but also communicates the metadata, such as attributes of the source server nodes and file spaces.
Enabling node replication
You can enable node replication to protect your data.
Protecting data in directory-container storage pools
Protect data in directory-container storage pools to reduce node replication time and to enable repair of data in directory-container storage pools.
Modifying replication settings
Modify replication settings in the Operations Center . Change settings such as the number of replication sessions, replication rules, the data that you want to replicate, the replication schedule, and the replication workload.
Setting different retention policies for the source replication server and target replication server
You can set policies on the target replication server that manage the replicated client-node data differently than on the source replication server. For example, you can maintain a different number of versions of files on the source and the target replication servers.
Replicating client node data after a database restore
When you restore the IBM Storage Protect database on a source replication server, replication is automatically disabled. Before re-enabling replication, you can take steps to preserve the client node data that is on the target replication server.