Adding a VM Replication sub-policy to an IBM Storage Virtualize SLA Policy

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The procedures describe how to add a VM Replication sub-policy to an IBM® Storage Virtualize SLA Policy.

Procedure

  1. Click the Configure tab. On the Views pane, select Sites & Providers, then expand the IBM Storage Virtualize and add the supported storage.
  2. On the Views pane, select SLA Policies. The All SLA Policies pane opens.
  3. In the All SLA Policies pane, click New. The New SLA Policies pane opens.
  4. Add a sub-policy (SLA Policy) to an IBM Storage Virtualize SLA policy.
  5. Select the source icon and define the recovery point objective to determine the minimum frequency and interval with which backups must be made. In the Frequency field select Minutes, Hourly, Daily, Weekly, or Monthly, then set the interval in the Interval field. The lowest available frequency is five minutes.
    Tip: Edits to the frequency and interval of an SLA Policy apply to all associated job schedules.
  6. Click the source icon and select Add VM Replication from the context menu.
  7. In the Destination pane select an IBM host destination from the list of available resources as the VM Replication destination, along with an associated storage pool. If no storage pool is selected, the storage pool with the largest amount of space available is chosen by default. To select the original target destination, select Use Original.
  8. In the Options pane set the VM Replication sub-policy options.
    Keep Snapshots
    After a certain number of snapshot instances are created for a resource, older instances are purged from the storage controller. Enter the age of the snapshot instances to purge in the Days field, or the number of instances to keep in the Snapshots field.
    Target Volume Prefix Label
    Enter an optional label to identify the target volume. This label is added as a prefix to the volume name created by the job.
    Tip: Volume prefix labels must contain only alphanumeric characters and underscores. Labels cannot begin with numeric characters.
    Snapshot Prefix Label
    Enter an optional label to identify the snapshot. This label is added as a prefix to the snapshot name created by the job.
    Tip: Snapshot labels must contain only alphanumeric characters and underscores.
    Name
    Enter an optional label to replace the default snapshot sub-policy label displayed in IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management. The default initial label is VM Replication0.
    Protocol
    If more than one storage protocol is available, select the protocol to take priority in the job. Available protocols include iSCSI and Fibre Channel.
    Full Copy Method
    Select the full copy method. Available full copy methods include Clone or VADP-based VM Replication.
    Destination storage limit in GB / Destination volumes limit
    Specify quotas for storage usage and the number of volume created on the destination for all jobs utilizing the SLA Policy.
  9. Enter a name for the new sub-policy (SLA Policy).
  10. Click Finish. The policy gets created and listed under the All SLA Policies tab.