Configure a metro volume
About this task
Enabling metro configuration for a volume makes it visible to hosts from two
PowerStore systems with a remote system connection.
The following volumes cannot be configured as metro:
- A volume clone
- A volume that is assigned with a protection policy that includes a replication rule
- A volume that is a member of a volume group
- A volume with a read-only protection policy
- A volume that is being migrated or imported
- A volume that is a read-only replication destination, left after replication is removed
NOTE:If a witness was configured for this
PowerStore system, the metro volume is automatically assigned to the witness.
Steps
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Select
and select the checkbox of a volume.
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Select
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The
Configure Metro Volume slide-out panel is displayed.
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Select a remote system or configure a new remote system.
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Optionally, select the placement of the volume on the remote system.
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Click
Configure.
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On the remote system, map the configured metro volume to a host.