Creating mirrors by using mirror templates

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An alternative approach to mirror creation is based on the use of mirror templates. These templates allow a user to create multiple mirrors with the same parameters quickly and enable common mirror configurations to be leveraged across multiple users.

About this task

A mirror template is created and can then be used during the creation of a mirror and both the vaults that are mirrored. All parameters set in the mirror template apply to the mirror and to the vaults that were created with the mirror. The following steps can be performed to create a mirror template.

If you want to create a protected mirror by using a template, see Creating protected mirrors by using mirror templates.

Procedure

  1. On the Settings tab, navigate to Vaults > Template Management.
  2. Click Create Mirror Template, from the Mirror Template section.
    A new page appears where a new mirror template and two vault templates can be created.

    When customizing, an optional provisioning code can be entered (for example, US East). This code determines where data is stored and which vaults are written when you are using vault provisioning. In addition to providing mirror configuration parameters, Accesser® devices can be selected for deployment and access to mirrors can be controlled by specifying IP addresses. For more information on these configuration parameters, see Creating vaults

  3. Click Save.
  4. To create a mirror from the template, click Create Mirror from Template.
  5. Provide the necessary information and click Save.

What to do next

Note: It is possible to specify a default template, which can be either a mirror template or a vault template. This default template is used when the Provisioning API is enabled and no provisioning code is specified.

Mirror templates can be edited and deleted as well.

  1. From the Template Management page, in the Mirror Templates section, select the mirror template to be edited/deleted, and a new page appears.
  2. Click Change or Delete Mirror Template from the action bar at the top of the page.
  3. Edit the template, providing any revisions, and click Save.