Creating a Safeguarded Copy session and adding copy sets

Safeguarded Copy sessions capture many point-in-time images of a production environment with optimized capacity usage.

1. Follow these steps to create a Safeguarded Copy session:
   1. In the menu bar, click Sessions.
   2. On the Sessions page, click Create Session.
   3. In the Create Session window, select the following options:

      Hardware type

      Select the type of storage system for the session:

      Note: Safeguarded Copy sessions are currently only available on the DS8000® storage system.

      Session type

      Select Safeguarded Copy.

      Session name

      Enter a name to identify the session.

      The session name can be up to 250 alphanumeric characters. The default name for a new session is newsession.

      Site 1 Location

      For each site that is in the session, select the location for the site or None. The site location, if available, is set by storage system on the Storage Systems page.

      You can associate a location with each storage system and each site in a session. This site awareness ensures that you can select only storage systems that have either a matching site location for each role or have no defined location when you add copy sets to a session.

   4. Click OK.
   5. If the session was successfully created, click Launch Add Copy Sets Wizard and continue to the next step.
      If the session was not created, refer to the displayed message text to fix the problem.
2. Follow these steps to add copy sets to the session:
   1. On the Select Host1 page of the Add Copy Sets wizard, complete the following information. The field names that are displayed depend on the storage system type. When you complete the information, click Next.
      Note: Only storage systems that support Safeguarded Copy are displayed in the drop down for selection.

      Storage system

      Select a storage system. If the volume role has a site location that is assigned to it, you can select a storage system that is assigned to the same location as the role or a storage system that is not assigned to a location. Storage systems that have a location are listed under the location. Storage systems that do not have a location are listed under None. If the role does not have a site location, you can select any storage system.

      Logical storage system

      Select a logical subsystem (LSS).

      Volume

      Select one volume or all volumes. The volumes are limited to the volumes within the LSS that you selected.

      The use of extent space-efficient volumes in volume roles depends on the capabilities of the storage system.

      Note: Safeguarded capacity needs to added on the DS8000 storage system for each source that you want to use.

      Session image

      Shows an image that represents the session in which the role for which you are selecting volumes is highlighted. This image shows how many roles are in the session and how the roles are distributed between the sites.

      Volume Details

      Shows information about the selected volume, including the volume name, full name, type, capacity, and whether the volume is protected and space-efficient.

      Use a CSV file to import copy sets

      Select this option to import copy sets from a comma-separated value (CSV) file. Click Browse to select the CSV file.

      Note: If a copy set is added to a session such that the source volume already contains backups, those backups will be assimilated into that session regardless of the session state. Therefore, backups might be assimilated into a session in the defined state, which causes the session to change to the protected state if valid backups are found on the newly added volume.
   2. On the Choose Recover1 page, select the target storage system, LSS, and volume. Click Next.
      Note: Recovery volumes must reside on an even-numbered or odd-numbered LSS, depending on the location of the source volume. If a source volume is on an even-numbered LSS, then its recovery volume must reside on an even-numbered LSS. If the source volume is on an odd-numbered LSS, then its recovery volume must reside on an odd-numbered LSS.
   3. On the Select Copy Sets page, select from the following options and click Next:

      Select All

      Click this button to select all of the copy sets in the table.

      Deselect All

      Click this button to clear all of the copy sets in the table.

      Add More

      Click this button to add another copy set to the list of copy sets to be created.

      When you click Add More, you are returned to the Choose Host1 page of the wizard. On this page, the Storage system and Logical storage system lists are populated with the values from the previously selected copy set. Repeat the previous steps to complete the Choose Host1 and Choose Recover1 pages and add more copy sets.

      Selection check boxes

      Select one or more copy sets that you want to create.

      Host 1

      Lists the volume IDs that are associated with the Host1 role. You can click the link to display information about the volume, including the full name, type, capacity, and whether the volume is protected and space efficient.

      Copy Set

      Displays the copy set information for the specified copy sets and any warning or error messages that are associated with the copy set.

      A warning or icon next to the Show button indicates that you cannot create a copy set for the H1 volume. Click Show to view the message.

   4. On the Confirm page, the number of copy sets to be added is displayed. Click Next.
   5. A progress bar is displayed. When the copy sets are added, review the results and click Finish.
3. Follow these steps to add properties for the session:
   1. On the Sessions page, select the session.
   2. From the Session Actions list, select View/Modify > Properties.
   3. In the View/Modify Properties notebook, select the options that you want. For a description of the options, see Viewing session properties.
   4. Click OK.