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Create Remote Replication

NOTE: This command is valid only with Fibre Channel storage arrays.

Description

This command creates both the primary virtual disk and the secondary virtual disk for a remote replication pair. This
command also sets the write mode (Synchronous or Asynchronous) and the synchronization priority.

Syntax

create remoteReplication primary=

primaryVirtualDiskName

secondary=”secondaryVirtualDiskName

(remoteStorageArrayName=”storageArrayName” |

remoteStorageArrayWwn=”wwID”)

[remotePassword=”password

syncPriority=(highest | high | medium | low |

lowest)

autoResync=(enabled | disabled)

writeOrder=(preserved | notPreserved)

writeMode=(synchronous | asynchronous)]

Parameters

Parameter

Description

primary

The name of an existing virtual disk on the local storage
array that you want to use for the primary virtual disk.
Enclose the primary virtual disk name in double quotation
marks (“ ”).

secondary

The name of an existing virtual disk on the remote storage
array that you want to use for the secondary virtual disk.
Enclose the secondary virtual disk name in double
quotation marks (“ ”).

remoteStorageArrayName

The name of the remote storage array. Enclose the remote
storage array name in double quotation marks (“ ”).

remoteStorageArrayWwn

The World Wide Identifier (WWID) of the remote storage
array. Enclose the WWID in double quotation marks (“ ”).

remotePassword

The password for the remote storage array. Use this
parameter when the remote storage array is password
protected. Enclose the password in double quotation
marks (“ ”).

syncPriority

The priority that full synchronization has relative to host
I/O activity. Valid values are highest, high, medium,
low, or lowest.

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