Ensure that the policies that you want to assign have been defined, see How to create a policy.
The following procedure describes how to create a simple one-to-one data flow. More complex data flows involving one-to-many and cascaded topologies can be constructed by following the same general approach:
- Select the policies and/or local operations that you want to assign to the source node by checking all those that apply in the Policies listed to the right of the workspace.
- If a policy is selected that requires a destination node and corresponding operation assignment to complete it, then a warning triangle icon
will appear next to the source node, indicating that the node has an incomplete policy assigned to it. Completing the policy assignment is described in the steps that follow. - If an operation is selected, then an operation properties dialog will be displayed. Enter the required operation properties in the dialog and click OK.
If you choose not to define the operation properties now (by clicking Cancel), they can be configured later by clicking the Configure Operation Properties button displayed below the respective operation in the Policies area to the right of the data flow workspace.
After the operation properties have been applied, they can be edited by clicking the Edit Operation button in the operation summary box next to the operation name.
If a node has a snapshot operation assigned to it, a snapshot icon
will appear in the bottom right corner of the node.
- If a policy is selected that requires a destination node and corresponding operation assignment to complete it, then a warning triangle icon
- With the destination node selected, choose the operations that you want to assign to it by checking all those that apply in the Policies area to the right of the workspace. Note that the policy checkbox cannot be selected by the user. When an operation is selected, an operation properties dialog will be displayed. Enter the required properties in the dialog and click OK.
If an operation is selected that completes a policy previously selected on the source node, then the warning triangle icon will be removed from the source node, indicating that the node now has a completed policy assigned to it. The image below shows a source node with a remote policy assigned (myReplication) that is completely specified (the operation Mirror (Replicate) has been assigned to the destination node). A local operation (mySnapshot) has also been assigned to the source node.Figure. Source node with a remote policy assigned (completed assignment)