Dell Storage Manager 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

Convert Multiple Volumes to Live Volumes

To convert multiple volumes to Live Volumes, create the Live Volumes from the Replications & Live Volumes view.

1. Click the Replications & Live Volumes view.
2. On the Live Volumes tab, click Create Live Volumes. The Create Live Volumes wizard opens.
3. Select the Storage Center that hosts the volumes you want to convert, then click Next. The wizard advances to the next page.
4. Select the secondary Storage Center for the Live Volumes, 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 opens. Click Yes to configure iSCSI connectivity between the Storage Centers.
5. Select the check box for each volume that you want to convert, then click Next. The wizard advances to the next page.
6. (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 volumes.
   • 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.
     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.
7. Click Next. The wizard advances to the next page.
8. Review the Live Volumes you have configured.
   1. (Optional) If you want to add a managed replication or modify a Live Volume before it is created, select it, then click Edit Settings.
   2. Click Finish. The Live Volumes are created and they begin to replicate to the secondary Storage Center.