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4 Setting up information sources
Before you can use Replication Manager to manage resources, you must register an information
source. In open systems, this information source is the Device Manager server. In mainframe systems,
this information source is either HP StorageWorks P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Software
or P9000 mainframe agent. Once the information sources are registered, you can view host
information, information about the connected storage systems, and copy pair configuration information
as Replication Manager resources. You can register a maximum of 100 information sources.
This chapter describes tasks for setting up information sources.
About information sources
Replication Manager can be used to comprehensively manage information about resources managed
by Device Manager servers, instances of HP StorageWorks P9000 for Business Continuity Manager
Software, P9000 mainframe agent, or Application Agent installed at a number of different sites. These
programs provide information to Replication Manager and are called information sources.
Registering information sources
You can register, as information sources, the Device Manager servers installed on the management
servers at remote sites or instances of HP StorageWorks P9000 for Business Continuity Manager
Software, P9000 mainframe agent, or Application Agent installed on the hosts of sites (including the
local site). You can register a total of 100 Device Manager servers, instances of HP StorageWorks
P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Software, P9000 mainframe agent or Application Agent.
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You do not need to register the management server at the local site where Replication Manager is
installed (the Device Manager server) as an information source. This Device Manager server is
registered automatically when Replication Manager is installed; it is displayed as local DevMgr in
the list of information sources.
Prior to registering information sources, it is necessary to confirm that the prerequisite environment
exists. .
For details on how to register information sources, see the following:
• Adding a Device Manager server , page 55
• Adding an instance of HP StorageWorks P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Software or
P9000 mainframe agent , page 56
• Adding an instance of Application Agent , page 59
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