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
- Log on to the Data Fabric UI.
- On the Resources card, click the standard volume name that you wish to convert to a mirror volume.
- Click the Actions menu seen on the top right of the tabs displaying the volume details.
- Click Make Mirror.
- Select the Source fabric that has the mirror volume that the converted volume would mirror.
- Select the Source volume that the converted volume will mirror.
- Click Save.
Results
You can associate a mirroring schedule with this volume to ensure that data on the volume is in sync with the source volume.