Creating Remote Virtual Copies of Storage Groups
How Remote Virtual Copy Works
When you create remote virtual copies, Recovery Manager uses Remote Copy to send the virtual copies to the Remote Copy backup server. The Remote Copy backup server is a remote server that is the Recovery Manager backup server.
To use remote virtual copy functionality:
•The HP 3PAR Remote Copy Software license must be installed.
•Remote Copy volume groups must be configured.
•Both the Remote Copy primary server and backup server must be running the same version of Recovery Manager.
For more information, see “Remote Copy for Recovery Manager” (page 92).
Manually Creating a Remote Virtual Copy of a Storage Group
To create a remote virtual copy of a storage group:
1.In the node tree pane,
2.In the Validate Virtual Copy area, select whether you want Recovery Manager to validate the server name or skip validation of the virtual copy, and whether you want Recovery Manager to defer log truncation (if validating) or truncate the log (if skipping validation).
3.Optional: If you want to adjust the expiration or retention time values (or both) for this virtual copy (or, if you are scheduling automatic copies, this group of virtual copies):
•To adjust the expiration time, check the Expiration Time checkbox and enter the new expiration time.
•To adjust the retention time, check the Retention Time checkbox and enter the new retention time.
Even if the policy has a retention time value, you can override the policy for an individual virtual copy in this Retention Time checkbox. Valid values are 0 (for no retention time) to 43,800 hours/1,825 days.
For more information, see “Setting the Recovery Manager Policy Configuration” (page 31).
4.Click Next.
5.In the Target Server Name field, enter the name of the Remote Copy target server.
6.Optional: To view the policy values for the remote server, click Fetch Policy.
7.Optional. To edit the modifiable remote server policy values for the remote virtual copy (or copies) you are creating, make your changes in the Policy Info area.
8.To immediately create one remote virtual copy, click Finish in the Create Remote Virtual Copy dialog box.
Creating a Virtual Copy of an LCR-Enabled Storage Group
You can use Recovery Manager to create a virtual copy of a storage group for which Local Continuous Replication (LCR) is enabled.
When you create an LCR virtual copy, Recovery Manager uses Exchange’s LCR copy as the source of the virtual copy. (An LCR copy is a replica of a storage group, created using Exchange’s LCR feature, that is continually updated with Exchange data.) Recovery Manager also creates a virtual copy of all virtual volumes where the information store, log, and system files reside in order to preserve the data for consistency.
To create an LCR virtual copy of a storage group:
