Enabling The Remote Replication Premium Feature; Activating The Remote Replication Premium Feature - Dell PowerVault MD3620f Command Line Interface Manual

Enabling the Remote Replication Premium Feature

The first step in creating a remote replication is to make sure that the Remote
Replication premium feature is enabled on both storage arrays. Because
Remote Replication is a premium feature, you need a feature key file to
enable the premium feature. The command for enabling the feature key file is
as follows:
enable storageArray feature file="filename"
In this command, the file parameter is the complete file path and file name of
a valid feature key file. Enclose the file path and the file name in double
quotation marks (" "). Valid file names for feature key files end with a .key
extension.

Activating the Remote Replication Premium Feature

Activating the Remote Replication premium feature prepares the storage
arrays to create and configure replication relationships. After you activate the
premium feature, the secondary ports for each RAID controller module are
reserved and dedicated to remote replication use. In addition, a replication
repository virtual disk is automatically created for each RAID controller
module in the storage array. As part of the activation process, you can decide
where the replication repository virtual disks will reside, free capacity on an
existing disk group or in a newly created disk group, and the RAID level for
the replication repository virtual disks.
The free capacity that you select for the replication repository virtual disk
must have a total of 256 MB of capacity available. Two replication repository
virtual disks are created on this capacity, one for each RAID controller
module. If you enter a value for the repository storage space that is too small
for the replication repository virtual disks, the firmware returns an error
message that gives the amount of space needed for the replication repository
virtual disks. The command does not try to activate the Remote Replication
premium feature. You can re-enter the command using the value from the
error message for the repository storage space value.
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Using the Remote Replication Premium Feature