Creating a Replication Group

Prerequisites

The current version supports multiple clusters. Among the clusters, at least one default cluster and one non-default cluster have been created.

Procedure

1. Choose Data Protection > Object Protection > Remote Replication.
2. Click Create.

   The Create Replication Group page is displayed on the right.

3. Set basic information about the replication group. Table 1 describes related parameters.

   Table 1 Replication group parameters

   Parameter	Description
   Name	Indicates the name of the replication group. [Value range] The name contains 1 to 128 characters. The name can contain only letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-). It must start with a letter and cannot end with a hyphen (-) or underscore (_).
   Sites	Indicates the number of sites in the replication group.

4. Configure cluster information.
   1. Click Configure Cluster.

      The Configure Cluster page is displayed.

   2. Select the desired clusters and select the primary or secondary site role for each cluster.
      

      • If you select 2 in Sites, select 2 clusters here.
      • Select Primary for one cluster and Secondary for the other cluster.
   3. Click OK.

5. In the diagram of created replication group, select a synchronization mode for each primary link. Currently, only asynchronous mode is supported.
6. Click OK.