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Dell Storage Manager 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

Convert a Single Volume to a Live Volume

To convert a single volume to a Live Volume, create the Live Volume from the Storage view.

Prerequisites

The Live Volume requirements must be met. See Live Volume Requirements.

Steps

  1. Click the Storage view.
  2. In the Storage pane, select the Storage Center that hosts the volume you want to replicate.
  3. Click the Storage tab.
  4. In the Storage tab navigation tree, select the volume.
  5. In the right pane, click Convert to Live Volume.
    • If one or more QoS definitions exist, the Convert to Live Volume wizard appears.
    • If a Quality of Service (QoS) definition has not been created, the Create Replication QoS wizard appears. Use this wizard to create a QoS definition before you configure a Live Volume.
    NOTE: Live Volume QoS settings are only enforced on the primary Storage Center and are not enforced on the secondary Storage Center until it becomes the primary Storage Center.
  6. Select the secondary Storage Center for the Live Volume, then click Next.
    • The wizard advances to the next page.
    • If Fibre Channel or iSCSI connectivity is not configured between the local and remote Storage Centers, a dialog box appears. Click Yes to configure iSCSI connectivity between the Storage Centers.
  7. (Optional) Modify Live Volume default settings.
    • In the Replication Attributes area, configure options that determine how replication behaves.
    • In the Destination Volume Attributes area, configure storage options for the destination volume and map the destination volume to a server.
    • In the Live Volume Attributes area, select a QoS node for the secondary Storage Center, configure the automatic swap role policy, enable automatic failover and automatic restore, or enable reporting of non-optimized paths.
    • In the Managed Replications area, configure a managed replication that replicates the Live Volume primary volume to a third Storage Center.
  8. Click Finish.
    The volume is converted to a Live Volume and begins to replicate to the secondary Storage Center.

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