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2.
From the Explorer menu, select Resources and then Storage Systems.
3.
Expand the tree and select the desired storage system.
4.
Click the Open link, and then on the Cmd Devs tab, click Add Cmd Devices and add the command
device.
The added command device can be viewed by clicking the Open link from the storage system name
shown in the Replication Manager. The list of added command devices are displayed in the Cmd
Devs tab.
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To delete command devices, select the check boxes of the command devices to be deleted, and click
Delete Cmd Devices.
Editing command devices
You can edit an existing command device.
1.
From the Actions menu, select Manage Replication to start Replication Manager.
2.
From the Explorer menu select Resources and then Storage Systems.
3.
Expand the tree and select the desired storage system.
4.
Click the Open link and then on the Cmd Devs tab click the pencil and paper icon and edit the
command device.
5.
Follow the instructions in the window to edit the command device.
The edited command device can be viewed by clicking the Open link from the storage system name
in Replication Manager. The list of edited command devices are displayed in the Cmd Devs tab.
Defining copy pairs
Before you define copy pairs, determine the volumes that will be used to define copy pairs and verify
that the volumes are allocated to a host.
1.
From the Actions menu, select Manage Replication to start Replication Manager.
2.
Display a list of volumes from the Hosts tree or the Storage Systems tree.
3.
On the Unpaired tab, select the volumes from which copy pairs will be defined and click Pair
Management.
The Pair Configuration wizard opens.
4.
Follow the steps in the Pair Configuration wizard to define copy pairs.
For details about how to specify copy-pair conditions and how to use the Pair Configuration
wizard, see the Replication Manager online help.
5.
From the Explorer menu, select Tasks, and then select Tasks again to confirm that the task was
properly executed.
6.
Confirm the copy-pair definitions by viewing the Pair Configurations view in Replication Manager.
From the list of volumes in the Hosts tree or the Storage Systems tree, view the current copy pair
status.
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