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Consistency Group Type Storage at Clusters Visibility
Local (Local volumes only) cluster-1 or cluster-2 cluster-1 or cluster-2
Global (Local volumes that are visible at
both clusters)
cluster-1 or cluster-2 cluster-1 and cluster-2
Distributed (Distributed volumes only) cluster-1 and cluster-2 cluster-1 and cluster-2
Creating a consistency group
About this task
Use the Create Consistency Group wizard to a create a consistency group and add volumes to the group. You can create the
group and add the volumes later.
Steps
1. From the GUI main menu, do one of the following:
a. In a metro node Local:
i. Select Provision Storage.
ii. In the View by drop-down, select Consistency Groups.
b. In a metro node Metro:
i. Select Provision Storage.
ii. In the Provision on drop-down, select the cluster of the consistency groups.
iii. In the View by drop-down, select Consistency Groups.
2. In the Consistency Groups view, click CREATE.
The Create Consistency Group wizard is displayed.
3. Complete the wizard. For additional help using the wizard, click Help.
Adding a volume to a consistency group
About this task
Add a volume from a consistency group at any time. If the volume is exported in a storage view, it will remain in the storage
view.
Be aware of the following when you add volumes to consistency groups:
● When you add a volume, the volume's visibility changes to the group's visibility. Enabling or disabling remote access provides
information on changing a volume's visibility.
● When you add a distributed volume, the group's rule set is applied to the volume.
Steps
1. From the GUI main menu, do one of the following:
a. In a metro node Local:
i. Select Provision Storage.
ii. In the View by drop-down, select Consistency Groups.
b. In a metro node Metro:
i. Select Provision Storage.
ii. In the Provision on drop-down, select the cluster of the consistency groups.
iii. In the View by drop-down, select Consistency Groups.
2. In the Consistency Groups view, select the consistency group.
The virtual volumes in the consistency group (if any) displays in the properties panel on the right.
3. To add the virtual volumes, Click Add.
The Add Virtual Volumes dialog box is displayed. The virtual volumes already in the consistency group are listed in the
Selected Virtual Volumes list.
4. Select one or more virtual volumes from the Available Virtual Volumes list, and then click Add to add them to the Selected
Virtual Volumes list.
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Provisioning storage