Creating a replication session
Use the Replication Manager (RM)
Create session wizard to create a session that manages copy relationships
between source and target volumes, groups, and pools.
Prerequisites
If a source group or a target pool of volumes are not displayed when you
create the copy session, perform the create groups and create pools tasks.
The links to these tasks are listed in the Related topics section at the end
of this topic.
Steps
Perform the following steps to define a replication session:
- In the IBM Director Task pane, click Multiple Device
Manager.
- Click Manage Replication.
- Double-click Sessions. The Sessions panel
opens.
- Click Session actions. The Session actions list
opens.
- Click Create. The Create Session Wizard opens.
- Click Next. The Choose Copy Type and Source Group
Page opens.
- Click Copy type. The the Copy type list opens.
- Select one of the following copy types from the Copy type list:
- Point-in-Time Copy
- Continuous Synchronous Remote Copy
- Click Available groups. The Available groups table
opens.
- Select a source group of volumes from the Available groups table.
- Click Next. The Choose Target Pool Page opens.
- Select a target pool location for each sequence in the Sequences table.
 | Note: The number of sequences that are listed in the Sequences table depends
on the copy type that you selected on the previous page. |
- Specify a location in the Location criteria field:
- You can specify an explicit list of pool IDs.
- You can specify a filter for the location that will select all pools that
have an attribute of that location. You can enter an asterisk (*)
as a wildcard for the first or last character of the filter.
- Click Apply to update the information in the Location
criteria column.
- Click Sequences. The Sequences table opens.
- Select a sequence (row) in the Sequence table. For example, sequenceA. (A Sequence defines two volumes that exist as a pair in the session.)
The following information is displayed:
- The Locations list displays all locations that satisfy the filter (or
an explicit list of pool IDs) that you entered in the Location criteria field.
- The Available pools table shows all pools that meet the criteria specified
in the Location criteria field.
- If there are no locations listed in the Locations list, select at least
one pool in the Available pools list as the target.
- Click Next. The Save Session Page opens.
- Enter a name for the session in the Name field. The name is required and
must not exceed 250 characters.
- Enter a description for the session in the Description field. The description
is optional and can be 0 - 250 characters.
- Select one of the following options in the Approval box:
- Automatic (default)
- Indicates that you allow Replication Manager to select the target volumes
for the pool.
- Manual
- Indicates that you want to select the target volumes for the pool. (If
you select this option, click Properties, and then use
the Properties notebook to complete the criteria for the session.)
- If you selected automatic approval, you have completed the criteria for
the session. Click Finish.
Result
The new session appears in the Sessions table.
Related topics