Configuring a VM replication group
When configuring a VM replication group, you must add at least two DS-Clients (each line represents a DS-Client). For each Destination DS-Client IP address, you must add a line pointing to the IP addresses of the other DS-Clients in the group. This will allow the reverse transmission of data on failback. For more information, see the DS-Client User Guide.
To configure a VM replication group:
1. On the VM Replication menu, click VM Replication Groups.
2. In the VM Replication Groups dialog box, do one of the following:
• To add a VM replication group, click Add.
• To modify an existing VM replication group, select it, and then click Edit.
• To delete an existing VM replication group, select it, and then click Delete.
• To export a VM replication group configuration to an XML file, click Export, select a name and destination for the file, and then click Save.
• To import a VM replication group configuration from an XML file, click Import, select the file, and then click Open.
3. In the Add/Edit VM Replication Group dialog box, select a source DS-Client and then configure the destination DS-Clients it can use.
a) To configure the list of destination DS-Clients, click Destination.
b) In the Add/Edit VM Replication Group Destination Information dialog box, click Add, and then type the IP address and port number of the destination DS-Client.
NOTE: You can assign multiple destination DS-Client IP addresses. However, you must also define each of these DS-Clients on a separate line as a source DS-Client in the Add/Edit VM Replication Group dialog box and point to the IP addresses of the other destination DS-Clients in the replication group.
c) To save the destination DS-Client list, click OK.
d) To save the replication group, click OK.
e) Repeat this step for each of the DS-Clients in the replication group.
NOTE: If the IP address of the destination DS-Client changes after replication has been performed, you must configure a new replication group.
4. Allocate the VM replication capacity and VM replication count to the DS-Client. For more information see,
“Configuring the DS-Tools”.
IMPORTANT: You must restart DS-Client computers one-by-one after you modify a VM replication port, because each DS-Client has to update the database on the peer side. This is applicable if you modify a VM replication port from DS-User or DS-Operator. After you have modified the VM replication port settings for multiple DS-Clients, stop and restart the DS-Client service on each affected computer one at a time. Wait until the DS-Client service has successfully restarted on one computer before you stop and restart the DS-Client service on another computer.