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RecoverPoint Appliance (RPA) clusters can be a group of two to eight physical (or virtual) RPAs at the same geographic location, that work together to replicate and protect data. A RecoverPoint system can have up to five RPA clusters.
You must also assign a pod to each RecoverPoint cluster.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC RecoverPoint to expand the connected RecoverPoint device(s) and click the device you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Clusters tab and click the cluster that you want. |
Step 5 | Click Unassign Pod. |
Step 6 | In the Unassign Pod from Cluster dialog box, click Submit to unassign the pod from the cluster. |
In RecoverPoint, volumes are protected by consistency groups. If two data sets are dependent on one another (such as a database and a database log), they should be part of the same consistency group. The consistency group ensures that updates to the production volumes are also written to the copies in a consistent and correct write-order so that the copy can always be used to continue working from, or to restore the production source. The volumes must be replicated together in one consistency group to guarantee that at any point in time, the saved data is in true form.
RecoverPoint also supports simultaneous bidirectional replication, where the same RecoverPoint appliance (RPA) can serve as the source RPA for one consistency group and the target RPA for another consistency group.
For more detailed guidelines about using RecoverPoint consistency groups, see the EMC RecoverPoint Administrator's Guide, which can be obtained from EMC.
Note | A maximum of 128 consistency groups can be defined per RecoverPoint system. We recommend that you do not configure more than 64 consistency groups per RPA. |
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Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | Choose EMC RecoverPoint to expand the connected RecoverPoint device(s) and click the device that you want. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the Consistency Groups tab. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 5 | Click Create. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 6 | In the
Create
Consistency Group dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 7 | Click Submit. |
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC RecoverPoint to expand the connected RecoverPoint device(s) and click the device that you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Consistency Groups tab. |
Step 5 | Choose the consistency group that you want to delete. |
Step 6 | Click Delete. |
Step 7 | In the Delete Consistency Groups confirmation dialog box, click Submit. |
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC RecoverPoint to expand the connected RecoverPoint device(s) and click the device that you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Consistency Groups tab. |
Step 5 | Choose the consistency group for which you need the transfer status. |
Step 6 | Click Get Transfer Status. |
Step 7 | In the Get Transfer Status dialog box, click Submit. The Submit Result dialog box displays telling you whether or not the transfer status for the RecoverPoint (RP) account updated successfully. |
You can start the transfer of data from a production copy to all other replication copies in a consistency group within a RecoverPoint appliance (RPA) cluster.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||
Step 3 | Choose EMC RecoverPoint to expand the connected RecoverPoint device(s) and click the device that you want. | ||
Step 4 | Click the Consistency Groups tab. | ||
Step 5 | Choose the consistency group for which you need to transfer data. | ||
Step 6 | Click Start Transfer. | ||
Step 7 | In the
Consistency Group Start Transfer dialog box, click
Submit.
The
Submit
Result dialog box displays telling you whether or not the
consistency group was transferred successfully.
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Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC RecoverPoint to expand the connected RecoverPoint device(s) and click the device that you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Consistency Groups tab. |
Step 5 | Click Enable or Disable. |
Step 6 | In the Enable Consistency Group or Disable Consistency Group dialog box, click Submit. |
A bookmark is a text label that is applied to a snapshot in order to uniquely identify it. Bookmarks can be created manually or automatically at regular intervals. You can bookmark a snapshot at any time. Bookmarks are useful to mark particular points in time, such as an event in an application, or a point in time to fail over.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||||||||||
Step 3 | Choose EMC RecoverPoint to expand the connected RecoverPoint device(s) and click the device you want. | ||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the Consistency Groups tab. | ||||||||||
Step 5 | Choose the consistency group for which you want to apply a bookmark. | ||||||||||
Step 6 | Click Apply Boomark. | ||||||||||
Step 7 | In the
Apply
Bookmark dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 8 | Click Submit. |
You can collect the latest snapshot image for a consistency group.
A snapshot is a point in time marked by the system for recovery purposes. A snapshot includes only the data that has changed from the previous snapshot. Once the system distributes the snapshot to the remote storage system, the snapshot creates a new current image on the remote storage system. A snapshot is the difference between one consistent image of stored data and the next consistent image of stored data.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC RecoverPoint to expand the connected RecoverPoint device(s) and click the device that you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Consistency Groups tab. |
Step 5 | Choose the consistency group that you need to update. |
Step 6 | Click Update Snapshots. |
Step 7 | In the Update Snapshots dialog box, click Submit. The Submit Result dialog box displays telling you whether or not the snapshot image for the consistency group updated successfully. |
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Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | Choose EMC RecoverPoint to expand the connected RecoverPoint device(s) and click the device that you want. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the Consistency Groups Copies tab. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 5 | Click Create. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 6 | In the
Create
Consistency Group Copy dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 7 | Click Submit. |
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC RecoverPoint to expand the connected RecoverPoint device(s) and click the device that you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Consistency Groups Copies tab. |
Step 5 | Double-click the consistency group copy that you want to edit. |
Step 6 | Click the Copy Policy tab. |
Step 7 | In the Edit Consistency Group Copy Policy dialog box, edit the Copy Policy and Journal Policy fields as needed. |
Step 8 | Click Submit. |
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Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | Choose EMC RecoverPoint to expand the connected RecoverPoint device(s) and click the device you want. | ||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the Consistency Groups Copies tab. | ||||||||||||||||
Step 5 | Click Add Link. | ||||||||||||||||
Step 6 | In the
Add Link
Between Consistency Group Copies dialog box, complete the following
fields:
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Step 7 | Click
Submit.
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Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC RecoverPoint to expand the connected RecoverPoint device(s) and click the device that you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Consistency Groups tab. |
Step 5 | Choose the consistency group copy for which you need the transfer status. |
Step 6 | Click Get Transfer/Copy Status. |
Step 7 | In the Get Transfer/Copy Status dialog box, click Submit. The Submit Result dialog box displays telling you whether or not the transfer status for the RecoverPoint (RP) account updated successfully. |
Note | Consistency group copy data can be transferred only if it is a replication copy and not production copy. The production copy consists of a single consistency group. |
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||
Step 3 | Choose EMC RecoverPoint to expand the connected RecoverPoint device(s) and click the device that you want. | ||
Step 4 | Click the Consistency Groups Copies tab. | ||
Step 5 | Choose the consistency group copy for which you need to transfer data. | ||
Step 6 | Click Start Transfer. | ||
Step 7 | In the
Consistency Group Start Transfer Copy dialog box,
click
Submit.
The
Submit Result dialog box displays telling you whether or not the consistency
group was transferred successfully.
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Consistency groups are comprised of one or more replication sets. Each replication set consists of a production volume and any local or remote copy volumes to which it is replicating. The number of replication sets in your system is equal to the number of production volumes being replicated.
You can disable an enabled consistency group, or enable or disable a replica consistency group copy.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC RecoverPoint to expand the connected RecoverPoint device(s) and click the device you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Consistency Groups Copies tab. |
Step 5 | Click Enable or Disable. |
Step 6 | In the Enable Consistency Group Copy or Disable Consistency Group Copy dialog box, click Submit. |
Each copy of a consistency group must contain one or more volumes that are dedicated to holding system information or point in time history. The type of information contained in the journal differs according to the journal type. There are two types of journals:
Copy journal - Copy journals are dedicated to holding point-in-time information for each image on the production storage, as well as bookmarks that mark significant points in time. The copy journals hold all changes to data, so that the copy storage can be rolled back to a previous point in time (PIT).
Production journal - Production journals are dedicated to store information about the replication process (called marking information) that is used to make synchronization between the production and copy volumes more efficient. Although the production journal does not contain snapshots, journal protection policies should also be set for the production journal, as they are used in the case of failover.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC RecoverPoint to expand the connected RecoverPoint device(s) and click the device that you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Consistency Groups Copies tab. |
Step 5 | Choose the consistency group to or from which you want to add or remove a journal volume. |
Step 6 | Click Add Journal Volume or click the purple down arrow icon from the top right corner, and choose Remove Journal Volume. |
Step 7 | In the Add Journal Volume to Group Copy or Remove Journal Volume from Group Copy dialog box, choose the journal that you want to add to or remove from a group copy. |
Step 8 | Click Submit. |
You can enabling image access to briefly verify, backup, clone, or analyze copy data, before failover or production recovery.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||||||
Step 3 | Choose EMC RecoverPoint to expand the connected RecoverPoint device(s) and click the device you want. | ||||||
Step 4 | Click the Consistency Groups Copies tab. | ||||||
Step 5 | In the Consistency Group Copies pane, click the purple down arrow icon from the top right corner. | ||||||
Step 6 | Choose
Enable Image Access.
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Step 7 | In the
Enable Image Access dialog box, complete the
following fields:
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Step 8 | Click
Submit.
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Consistency groups are comprised of one or more replication sets. Each replication set consists of a production volume and any local or remote copy volumes to which it is replicating. The number of replication sets in your system is equal to the number of production volumes being replicated.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||||||
Step 3 | Choose EMC RecoverPoint to expand the connected RecoverPoint device(s) and click the device that you want. | ||||||
Step 4 | Click the Replication Sets tab. | ||||||
Step 5 | Click Create. | ||||||
Step 6 | In the
Create
Replication Set dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 7 | Click Submit. |
You must first disable the consistency group before you can delete its replication set.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC RecoverPoint to expand the connected RecoverPoint device(s) and click the device that you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Replication Sets tab. |
Step 5 | Click Delete. |
Step 6 | In the Delete Replication Set dialog box, click Submit. |
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC RecoverPoint to expand the connected RecoverPoint device(s) and click the device that you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Replication Sets tab and choose the replication set that you want to change. |
Step 5 | Click Edit. |
Step 6 | In the Edit Replication Set dialog box, enter the new name for the replication set. |
Step 7 | Click Submit. |
You can add a user volume, which consists of either a production logical unit number (LUN) or a replication LUN, to a consistency group copy that is in a replication set.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||||||
Step 3 | Choose EMC RecoverPoint to expand the connected RecoverPoint device(s) and click the device that you want. | ||||||
Step 4 | Click the Replication Sets tab. | ||||||
Step 5 | Click Add User Volume. | ||||||
Step 6 | In the
Add User
Volume to Group Copy dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 7 | Click Submit. |
You can remove a user volume, which consists of either a production logical unit number (LUN) or a replication LUN, from a consistency group copy that is in a replication set.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||||
Step 3 | Choose EMC RecoverPoint to expand the connected RecoverPoint device(s) and click the device that you want. | ||||
Step 4 | Click the Replication Sets tab. | ||||
Step 5 | Click Remove User Volume. | ||||
Step 6 | In the
Remove
User Volume from Group Copy dialog box, complete the following
fields:
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Step 7 | Click Submit. |
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC RecoverPoint to expand the connected RecoverPoint device(s) and click the device you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Replication Sets tab and choose the replication set that you want to view. |
Step 5 | Click View Details. |
Step 6 | Click Replication Set Volumes and Service Request Details tab to view information for each replication set and service requests by ID. |
In RecoverPoint, group sets let you automatically bookmark a set of consistency groups at pre-defined intervals to manage consistency. The bookmark represents the same recovery point in each consistency group in the group set, allowing you to define consistent recovery points for consistency groups that are distributed across different RecoverPoint appliances. Group sets are useful for the automatic management of consistent points in time across consistency groups that are dependent on one another, or that must work together as a single unit.
For more detailed guidelines about using RecoverPoint group sets, see the EMC RecoverPoint Administrator's Guide, which can be obtained from EMC.
Before you create a group set, note the following:
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||||||||||
Step 3 | Choose EMC RecoverPoint to expand the connected RecoverPoint device(s) and click the device that you want. | ||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the Group Sets tab. | ||||||||||
Step 5 | Click Create. | ||||||||||
Step 6 | In the
Create RecoverPoint Group Set dialog box,
complete the following fields:
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Step 7 | Click Submit. |
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC RecoverPoint to expand the connected RecoverPoint device(s) and click the device that you want. |
Step 4 | Click the Group Sets tab. |
Step 5 | Choose the group set that you want to delete. |
Step 6 | Click Delete. |
Step 7 | In the Delete RecoverPoint Group Set confirmation dialog box, click Submit. |
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. | ||||||||
Step 3 | Choose EMC RecoverPoint to expand the connected RecoverPoint device(s) and click the device that you want. | ||||||||
Step 4 | Click the System Tasks tab. | ||||||||
Step 5 | In the System Tasks panel, click the EMC RecoverPoint Tasks folder icon to expand the folder. | ||||||||
Step 6 | Click the System EMC RecoverPoint Task (EMCRecoverPointCollector) task icon. | ||||||||
Step 7 | Click Manage Task. | ||||||||
Step 8 | In the
Manage
Task dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 9 | Click Submit. | ||||||||
Step 10 | If you want to run this RecoverPoint task, click Run Now. | ||||||||
Step 11 | If you want to view this RecoverPoint task, click View Details. |
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage pane, click the Multi-Domain Managers icon to expand the list of connected multi-domain managers. |
Step 3 | Choose EMC RecoverPoint to expand the connected RecoverPoint device(s) and click the device that you want. |
Step 4 | Click the System Tasks tab. |
Step 5 | In the System Tasks panel, click the EMC RecoverPoint Tasks folder icon to expand the folder. |
Step 6 | Double-click the System EMC RP Task (EMCRecoverPointCollector) task icon. |
Step 7 | Choose either the System Task History or More Reports tabs for RecoverPoint reporting information. |