Configure replication - Create primary panel options
Use this wizard panel to configure replication and create a primary.
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Table: Configure replication - Create primary panel options
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| RVG name | Enter a name for the primary replicated volume group (RVG). |
| Rules for RVG names: | |
| - A valid replicated data set (RDS) name must contain only alpha-numeric characters, underscores, dashes, or periods. | |
| - The length of the name must be between 1 and 31 characters long. | |
| - The name cannot begin with a dash or a period, or end with a period. | |
| Volume | Select one or more data volumes or volume sets to be |
| replicated. The selected data volumes are associated to the primary | |
| RVG. | |
| Note: All of the data volumes used by the application MUST be included in the same RVG. | |
| Name | Displays the name of the volume. |
| File System | Displays the file system name. |
| State | Displays the health of the volume. |
| Size | Displays the total size of the volume. |
| Replicate? | Select the check box if you want to replicate using that particular volume. |
| Storage Replicator Log (SRL) | Select the volume that is to be configured as the SRL. |
| New | Select to add a new volume as the SRL. |
| Use existing | Select to use an existing volume as the SRL. |
| Volume name | If you are adding a new volume as the SRL, enter a name for the volume. |
| Size | If you are adding a new volume as the SRL, specify the SRL size. The SRL size must be at least 110MB. |
| Stripe layout | If you are adding a new volume as the SRL, select the check box if you want use the stripe layout. This option is available only when the disk group has more than one disk. |
| Manually Select Disk | Click to manually select the disks. |
| Create VCS Configuration | Select the checkbox if you want to create VCS configuration on the host. |
| This option is enabled only if VCS is installed on the host and you have the privileges to create VCS configurations. | |
| If you select this option, you need to create resources for VCS configurations. | |
| Select | Click to select the volume to be associated as the SRL. The volume must meet the following criteria\: |
| - It should not have any file system mounted on it. | |
| - It should not be a snapshot volume. | |
| - It should not be part of another replication. | |
| - It should not be selected as the data volume to be replicated. |
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