Dell Unity: How to Setup or Create Local Replication

Summary: How to setup or create local replication (User Correctable)

This article applies to This article does not apply to This article is not tied to any specific product. Not all product versions are identified in this article.
Check out other resources

Instructions

When creating local replication, there is no requirement to configure replication interfaces or connections.
  1. Double-click the block LUN that you want to create local replication.
  2. Click the Replication tab.
  3. Click the Configured Replication button.
  4. For Replication Mode, choose either Asynchronous or Manual (Synchronous cannot be used for local replication).
    • For Asynchronous mode, enter the RPO (how often to sync with the destination); default is every 60 minutes.
  5. For Replicate To, choose Local.
  6. Click Next.
  7. Enter the name that you want for the destination LUN.
  8. Choose which pool you want destination LUN to be in.
  9. Choose whether to use compression or not. Choose a tiering policy. Click Next.
  10. Verify the summary and click Finish.

Additional Information

Replication on datastores has to be done at the time of the datastore creation.

For file replication, create the replication on the NAS Server instead of the individual file systems. Creating replication on the NAS servers automatically creates matching replication sessions on each file system on that NAS server. Once replication finishes, file systems that are not wanted can be deleted.

Affected Products

Dell EMC Unity Family

Products

Dell EMC Unity Family
Article Properties
Article Number: 000004422
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 11 Dec 2025
Version:  7
Find answers to your questions from other Dell users
Support Services
Check if your device is covered by Support Services.