Prerequisites
Make sure that the following conditions are met before provisioning asynchronous remote clone:
- Ops Center Protector v7.6.0 or later is registered in Ops Center Administrator.
- Both primary and secondary storage systems are onboarded in the Ops Center Protector Master. Note: If the two sites are far apart, you can place the Ops Center Protector Master at one site and the Ops Center Protector Client at the other site to control the storage system at the respective sites. Ensure that the Ops Center Protector Master is registered in Ops Center Administrator. Ops Center Administrator and the Ops Center Protector Master can be placed at different sites based on your environment requirements.
- Universal Replicator, TrueCopy, and Dynamic Provisioning licenses for both primary and secondary storage systems are installed in Ops Center Protector.
- At least one Fibre Channel server is registered.
- The primary and secondary storage systems must have the following configurations:
- Remote paths are configured bidirectionally.
- There are a sufficient number of undefined volumes and undefined host groups in the secondary storage system meta_resource group.
- The primary storage system is onboarded in Ops Center Administrator. Note: To manage the secondary storage system, we recommend that you place another Ops Center Administrator at the same site as the secondary storage system or use other tools such as Storage Navigator, which runs on the secondary storage system SVP. We do not recommend that you onboard storage systems in Ops Center Administrator across sites because UDP is used for unencrypted communication from the CCI (included in the Ops Center Administrator) to the storage system (SVP or GUM).
- Both primary and secondary storage systems have at least one Fibre port.
- Both primary and secondary storage systems have Universal Replicator, TrueCopy, and Dynamic Provisioning licenses.
- There is sufficient space to create volumes, journal volumes, and remote pairs including CTG.
- For VSP G/F350, G/F370, G/F700, G/F900 storage systems, the firmware version is 88-04-0x-xx or later.
- There is a DP or DT pool with enough capacity.
System Configuration
Ops Center Administrator supports multiple types of system configuration for asynchronous remote clone. You can choose the most suitable system configuration considering the distance and communication performance between the two sites, as well as the effort required for disaster recovery.
For example, the following diagrams show the supported system configurations.
Simple Configuration
Ops Center Protector Master - Client Configuration
Ops Center Protector Client - Master Configuration
Locating another Ops Center Administrator to manage the secondary storage system