HP 3PAR Recovery Manager Software for Microsoft SQL Server Licenses - Manual (Page 42)

4. To immediately create one virtual copy, click Finish in the Create Virtual Copy dialog box. To
schedule virtual copies, see
“Scheduling Automatic Virtual Copies” (page 43)
NOTE: For Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Availability Group configuration:
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You can not create virtual copy on all the replica sites at once. You can create virtual
copies on the replica sites only one at a time.
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You can not create virtual copies of the secondary replica databases which are not set
for read mode. They will not be displayed in the RM GUI. They will also not be a part of
instance level virtual copies. However, you can create virtual copies from the primary site
by selecting the secondary replica site from HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for SQL GUI or
HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for SQL CLI.
NOTE: Under Virtual Copy Management node, Database will have Availability Group icon
if it contains even one virtual copy that was created when database was of Availability Group
type.
Creating Remote Virtual Copies
How Remote Virtual Copy Works
When you create remote virtual copies, Recovery Manager uses HP 3PAR Remote Copy Software
to send virtual copies to the Remote Copy backup server. The Remote Copy backup server is a
remote server, that is the Recovery Manager backup server.
To use remote virtual copy functionality:
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The HP 3PAR Remote Copy Software license must be installed.
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Remote Copy volume groups must be configured.
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Both the Remote Copy primary server and Remote Copy backup server must be running the
same version of Recovery Manager.
For more information, see “Remote Copy for Recovery Manager” (page 89) .
Manually Creating a Remote Virtual Copy
To create a remote virtual copy:
1.
In the node tree pane, right-click the instance or database for which you want to create a
remote virtual copy, and select Create Remote Virtual Copy.
2. In the Target Server Name field, enter the name of the Remote Copy backup server.
3. Optional: To view the policy values for the remote server, click Fetch Policy.
4. Optional: To edit the modifiable remote server policy values for the remote virtual copy (or
copies) you are creating, make your changes in the Policy Info area.
5. To immediately create one remote virtual copy, click Finish in the Create Remote Virtual Copy
dialog box. To schedule virtual copies, see
“Scheduling Automatic Virtual Copies” (page 43)
NOTE: Remote Virtual copy creation is not supported for Availability Group databases.
Create Remote Virtual Copy option will be disabled for Availability Group Databases.
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