Configuring your ShadowImage environment

Before you start creating pairs, configure your ShadowImage environment as follows:

• Set the appropriate system option modes (SOMs) for your configuration.

  For details, see System option modes for ShadowImage.

• Confirm that the volumes that will be the P-VOLs and S-VOLs of ShadowImage pairs meet the requirements for pair volumes.

  For details, see System requirements.

• If you plan to use consistency groups (CTGs), check to see if there are any existing CTGs for other replication software.

  For details, see Planning for using consistency groups to manage pairs.

• Set the local replica options on your storage system.

  For details, see Local replica options for ShadowImage operations.