HP 3PAR Application Software Suite for VMware - Manual (Page 93)

Virtual Volume Mapping for Virtual Copy Timestamp displays the Status, Exported Host, LUN
ID, and Virtual Copy Datastore information if you select a Local Virtual Copy.
You can also click the available hyperlink within the Virtual Copy table to Mount, Unmount,
or Delete existing Virtual Copies of Virtual Volumes.
Figure 76 Local Virtual Copies On
Creating Remote Virtual Copies
You can create either synchronous and periodic Remote Virtual Copy for Remote Copy groups
associated with a specific ESX server. Other VMs from other ESX hosts are not shown. When
creating synchronous Remote Virtual Copies, Recovery Manager creates a copy on both the local
and remote array. For periodic Remote Virtual Copies, a Remote Virtual Copy is only created on
the remote array.
1.
Select the desired storage system in the left pane.
2. Select the Remote Copy tab.
a.
From the upper right window, select the Remote Copy pair.
b. From the bottom right window, select the Remote Copy group.
c. Click Create Remote Virtual Copy.
3. Select the desired options for the Remote Virtual Copy.
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Enable expirable Virtual Copies
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Retain Virtual Copies
•
Create remote Virtual Copy with application consistency
NOTE: If the Remote Virtual Copy for the Remote Copy group is set, the user will see the
maximum number of Virtual Copies in Policy in the dialog box.
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