HP Storage Mirroring Software - Manual (Page 37)

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Pre-Staging Data on the Target
Storage Mirroring for Virtual Infrastructure keeps track of all the information about the association of
any source
.vmdk
file to the corresponding target
.vmdk
file. The mapping information can be used
to perform target pre-staging. Pre-staging means before creating a job, you would copy information
through other means, and after a job is created, Storage Mirroring for Virtual Infrastructure will use
a difference synchronization instead of a full synchronization.
To pre-stage data, complete the following tasks:
1. Create a job with a delayed protection start time (be sure to allow enough time to complete
pre-staging the data).
2. Get the
.vmdk
replica virtual machine disk mapping description from the Target area on the
Protection Summary page.
3. Copy each source
.vmdk
file to the correct location on target through other means.
4. Modify the scheduled protection start time to start the job immediately. The difference
synchronization will begin.