Converting Standard Volume to Mirror Volume

Prerequisites

  • You must be a fabric user to convert a standard volume to a mirror volume.
  • The standard volume must have an associated mirror volume that can serve as the source volume.

About this task

You can convert a standard volume to a mirror volume and set it up to mirror one of its associated mirror volumes.

NOTE
The standard volume, when converted, can only be a mirror of one of its associated mirror volumes.

Follow the steps given below to convert a standard volume to a mirror volume.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the Data Fabric UI.
  2. On the Resources card, click the standard volume name that you wish to convert to a mirror volume.
  3. Click the Actions menu seen on the top right of the tabs displaying the volume details.
  4. Click Make Mirror.
  5. Select the Source fabric that has the mirror volume that the converted volume would mirror.
  6. Select the Source volume that the converted volume will mirror.
  7. Click Save.

Results

The source fabric is converted into a read-only mirror of the selected source volume on the selected source fabric with the existing name.

You can associate a mirroring schedule with this volume to ensure that data on the volume is in sync with the source volume.