Routing data transmissions, Mirroring data – HP Storage Mirroring Software User Manual

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username@domain. If you enter a non-qualified name, the DNS
domain will be used by default. The domain name is obtained from the
DNS server name, provided that reverse lookup in DNS is enabled.

Password—Enter the password that is associated with the specified
user name.

3. After you have entered the DNS information, click Test to validate that DNS is

configured correctly and that the specified credentials are sufficient to update DNS.
When the DNS configuration is complete, click OK to save your entries and return
to the Configure Protection window.

Note:

If you are protecting a cluster node and select Retain target
network configuration
, the virtual IP addresses associated with the cluster will
still be failed over. The only IP address that will not be failed over is the physical
IP address of the cluster node.

4. Click OK to save the settings.

Routing data transmissions

1. Make sure you have a valid source and target specified, click Configure

protection from the main Full-Server Failover Manager page, and then select the
Advanced tab.

2. By default, Storage Mirroring Recover will select the default route for

transmissions. If desired, select a different IP address on the target that will be
used for full-server connection transmissions.

3. Click OK to save the settings.

Mirroring data

1. Make sure you have a valid source and target specified, click Configure

protection from the main Full-Server Failover Manager page, and then select the
Advanced tab.

2. Specify how you want to mirror data.

Mirroring—Select the type of Storage Mirroring Recover mirroring process
you want to perform. A Full mirror will transmit all files from the source to the
target. A Checksum mirror will transmit only the blocks of data that are
different between the source and target.

Estimate Replication Set size based on volume—The size of the
replication set is used to determine mirroring remaining calculations. If this
option is enabled, the replication set size is based on the volume size, which
is a faster calculation. If disabled, the replication set size is based on the

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