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Synchronization

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Failover

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Perform a failover test

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Planned Failover

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Unplanned Failover

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Virtual volumes replication

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Pre-requisites

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Create a virtual volume replication session

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Virtual machine recovery

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Chapter 5: Metro Protection

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Pre-requisites and limitations

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Configure a metro volume

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Configure host connectivity

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Monitor metro resources

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Setting metro role

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Pause a metro volume

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Resume a metro volume

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Promote a metro volume

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Demote a metro volume

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End a metro volume

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Using protection policies with metro

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Appendix A: Use cases

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Snapshot and thin clone use cases

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Replication use cases

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Using replication for planned downtime

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Using replication for disaster recovery

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Metro protection use cases

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Using metro for high availability

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Using metro for load balancing

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Using metro for migration

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Contents

Dell PowerStore 1200T EMC PowerStore Protecting Your Data - Page 4

Metro Protection, Appendix A: Use cases, Planned Failover

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Section	Page
Dell EMC PowerStore Protecting Your Data	1
Contents	3
Introduction	6
Data protection	6
Snapshots	6
Replication	7
Protection policies	7
Metro protection	8
Snapshots	9
Create a snapshot	9
Create a snapshot of a volume	9
Create a snapshot of a file system	10
Create a snapshot of a virtual machine	10
Create a thin clone	10
Create a thin clone of a volume or volume group	11
Create a thin clone of a file system	11
Create a thin clone of a snapshot	11
Using clones to access read-only snapshots from hosts	12
Refresh a storage resource	12
Refresh a volume using a snapshot	12
Refresh a volume from a related volume	13
Refresh a snapshot of a file system	13
Restore a storage resource from a snapshot	13
Restore a volume or volume group from a snapshot	13
Restore a file system from a snapshot	14
Protection Policies	15
Snapshot rules	15
Create a snapshot rule	15
Replication rules	15
Create a replication rule	16
Recovery point objective	16
Alert threshold	16
Create a protection policy	16
Modify a protection policy	17
Assign a protection policy	17
Assign a protection policy to a storage object	18
Assign a protection policy to multiple storage objects	18
Change the protection policy assigned to a storage object	18
Unassign a protection policy	19
Replication	20
Remote systems	20
Add a remote system connection	21
Synchronization	21
Failover	22
Perform a failover test	22
Planned Failover	23
Unplanned Failover	24
Virtual volumes replication	24
Pre-requisites	24
Create a virtual volume replication session	24
Virtual machine recovery	25
Metro Protection	26
Pre-requisites and limitations	26
Configure a metro volume	26
Configure host connectivity	27
Monitor metro resources	27
Setting metro role	28
Pause a metro volume	28
Resume a metro volume	28
Promote a metro volume	29
Demote a metro volume	29
End a metro volume	30
Using protection policies with metro	30
Use cases	31
Snapshot and thin clone use cases	31
Replication use cases	32
Using replication for planned downtime	32
Using replication for disaster recovery	32
Metro protection use cases	33
Using metro for high availability	33
Using metro for load balancing	33