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Pair volumes

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After you have established a connection between clusters in a cluster pair, you can pair a volume on one cluster with a volume on the other cluster in the pair. When a volume pairing relationship is established, you must identify which volume is the replication target.

You can pair two volumes for real-time replication that are stored on different storage clusters in a connected cluster pair. After you pair two clusters, you can configure active volumes on one cluster to be continuously replicated to a second cluster, providing continuous data protection (CDP). You can also assign either volume to be the source or target of the replication.

Volume pairings are always one-to-one. After a volume is part of a pairing with a volume on another cluster, you cannot pair it again with any other volume.

What you'll need

  • You have established a connection between clusters in a cluster pair.

  • You have cluster administrator privileges to one or both clusters being paired.

Steps

  1. Create a target volume with read or write access

  2. Pair volumes using a volume ID or pairing key

  3. Assign a replication source and target to paired volumes