Clones and Replicas

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I am looking for 'best practices' with Replication Manager 5.0.2. I have 2 CX700 arrays, 1 production, the other at a DR Site. I was told to setup Local Clones, then Clone the Clones to the DR site, then create a local SAN Copy of the DR Clones. This seems wrong to me because if I use the Local Clones as my source for the DR Clones, it does not allow me to even select SnapView Clones. Only SnapShots and SAN Copies. I feel like I'm missing something but if someone has a 'Best Practices' answer, I'd like to hear it. I can always SAN Copy the Local Clones to the DR site but they want a Clone and a replica at that site. any help would be greatly appriciated!

drozz · Answer

The 'Best Practices' is to have Local Clones, then SAN Copy a Replica to the DR SAN. Then Clone the Replica

drozz · Answer

You cannot clone a replica. The only way to get 2 copies of the data to your DR site is to set the replica count to 2. You can also mount the replica, then clone it. but this approach seems a little backwards if you are trying to have a pristine copy of data.

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