Adding a Copy Services 2105 domain to a storage complex

Complete this task to set up a Copy Services 2105 domain using the DS Storage Manager.

Copy Services functions are available through the DS Storage Manager that is installed on a management console. The management console is the focal point for configuration and Copy Services functions.

Configuring a Copy Services domain on the DS Storage Manager allows you to perform Copy Services functions between machine type 2105 and machine type 1750. The mirroring solutions are compatible between the 2105 (ESS Models 750 and 800) and 1750.

For this example, assume that you want to configure a 2105 Copy Services domain using the DS Storage Manager. The 1750 must authenticate with the 2105 before you can perform Copy Services functions. Because of the single login process used by the 1750 to access the 2105, the user names and passwords must be the same on the 1750 and 2105. This allows the user to access the 2105 server from the DS Storage Manager, without having to authenticate on the 2105.

Perform the following steps to configure the 2105 Copy Services domain and add it to the list of storage complexes.

Determine the address of the management console. You need to know the IP address or fully qualified host name of the management console for one of the servers in the Copy Services domain. If you know the address, you can ping the name of the machine. If you do not, see your network administrator. You will be providing this address in Step 3.
Identify the user name and password of that management console. You need this information to access information from the storage complex. For example, depending on which client application the DS Storage Manager is running (local host or management console), you need the existing user name and password that was created with the ESS Specialist for the 2105 Copy Services domain. The user name and password must match on the management console and 2105 Copy Services domain in order to connect. If they do not match, you must create the user account (in Step 3) that matches the user account on the 2105.
Note: The Storage Complex drop-down list will include local host as an entry if you installed a DS Storage Manager on your own workstation.
Add a connection for a 2105 Copy Services domain.
1. To add a connection for the 2105 Copy Services domain, expand the Manage Hardware section, click Storage Complexes, and click Add 2105 Copy Services Domain and click Go.
2. Add the IP address of the 2105 Copy Services IP address and click OK. This is the IP address that you identified in Step 1. If the user name and password on the management console and 2105 Copy Services domain match, the status is shown as connected. If they do not match, continue to the following step.
3. Create a user account that matches the user account from the 2105 Copy Services domain. To do this, expand the Monitor System section, click User Administration, and click Add user.
4. From the Add user page, enter the user name and a temporary password. You are asked which access or group assignment that you want to assign the user. For this example, select the Copy Services group to allow the user to manage Copy Services relationships.
  Copy Services operator
  
  Performs Copy Services functions
5. Logout from the DS Storage Manager
6. Log back into the DS Storage Manager using the user name that matches the user account from the 2105. Then, change the password to match the password on the 2105 Copy Services domain. You can now create Copy Services relationships between the 2105 and 1750.