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November 2nd, 2009 08:00

Clone or BCV prerequisites

Hi all , Am planning to have a clone or may use a BCV and wanna check the prerequisites first before creating the devices , i remember that it should be same Cyl. same hyper size, the clones will be on different boxes , DMX1000 and DMX4 .so the tracks size are diffrent also !
Creating a lun with 39322 = 18G on the old while its 32 on the new?
the device must be 288 in total ..
for the old box using 39322Cyl = 18*16 =288G
Using 39322 Cyl on the new ; 36*8=288 G
is this possible to replicate both devices ?? what are the clone and BCV prerequisites ? it should be the same number of metas ??
  • majid7861

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    Posted November 2nd, 2009 13:00

    When you use meta devices for TimeFinder, source and target hyper size should be same.
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    Posted November 2nd, 2009 13:00

    ok , any suggestion for the submitted scenario
  • majid7861

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    Posted November 2nd, 2009 13:00

    I did not undersand your scenario, if you are asking your source and target meta size is 288 GB but with differ size of hyper then answer is no.
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    Posted November 2nd, 2009 21:00

    Since Enginuity Version 5568, Symmetrix TimeFinder/Clone operations using the
    SYMCLI allow you to create clone copies of a source device on multiple target devices.
    The source and target devices can be either standard devices or BCV devices as long
    as they are all of the same size and emulation type (FBA or CKD). Clone copies of
    striped or concatenated meta devices can also be created, but the source and target
    meta devices must be completely identical in stripe count, stripe size, and capacity.
  • xe2sdc

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    Posted November 3rd, 2009 09:00

    the clones will be on
    different boxes , DMX1000 and DMX4

    Ok you have different boxes in your shop...

    so the tracks
    size are diffrent also !

    Clone (or TF/Mirror) work locally. Thus different track size won't be an issue.

    Creating a lun with 39322 = 18G on the old while its
    32 on the new?

    We already discussed different track size a lot of times. Actual behaviour will depend on Solution Enabler version and "options" file configuration.

    is this possible to replicate both devices ??

    Yes, locally. Go create needed BCV/Clone devices and establish/create sessions.

    what are the clone and BCV prerequisites ?

    You need the right license, you need BCV (or clone target) devices. That's it :D

    it should be the same number of metas ??

    Rules are strict. Same number of metamembers, each same size (or bigger) of original volume. Already discussed a few times... I bet someone may provide a direct link to previous threads ;-)
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    Posted November 3rd, 2009 11:00

    am trying to clone form dmx1000 to dmx4 its not locall ?
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    Posted November 3rd, 2009 11:00

    moving data between arrays you will need to use either SRDF or Open replicator.
  • thierry4

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    Posted November 9th, 2009 08:00

    other options : powerpath migration enabler , host copy , invista

    search for powerpath migration enabler on powerlink and you should find a ppt showing pros and cons of the different options