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This creates the partnership between the protected site and the recovery site.
7. Follow the same steps to configure the partnership between the recovery site and the protected site.
Note: When configuring the dedicated reserve space for replication, take into account the number of
volumes being replicated and the total available space. For example, four 200GB volumes with data on them
being replicated with 200% reserve space plus a little bigger will mean 1TB of delegated space on the
recovery site. Choosing how much space to allocate will depend on various factors such as the number of
replicas you wish to keep as well as how much data change is happening between each replica.
4.2 Step 2: Configure replication on the datastore volumes
Once a partnership is established on both sides for replication, each volume also needs to be configured for
replication.
1. From the protected site Group Manager GUI, click Volumes management.
2. Click the datastore volume that needs to be protected with replication. In the Activities tab, click
Configure Replication.
3. The next screen is divided into three sections. In the first section, choose the replication partner for
the volume.
In the second section, select the total replica reserve; a percentage of the volume that is set aside
from the delegated space on the partner. This percentage not only accounts for 100% of the initial