Administering Data Replication in a Hitachi TrueCopy Protection Group

Perform an initial configuration of the Hitachi TrueCopy software. 

See Initial Configuration of Hitachi TrueCopy Software.

Create a protection group that is configured for Hitachi TrueCopy data replication. 

See How to Create and Configure a Hitachi TrueCopy Protection Group That Does Not Use Oracle Real Application Clusters.

Add a device group that is controlled by Hitachi TrueCopy. 

See How to Add a Data Replication Device Group to a Hitachi TrueCopy Protection Group.

Add an application resource group to the protection group. 

See How to Add an Application Resource Group to a Hitachi TrueCopy Protection Group.

Replicate the protection group configuration to a secondary cluster. 

See How to Replicate the Hitachi TrueCopy Protection Group Configuration to a Secondary Cluster.

Test the configured partnership and protection groups to validate the setup.  

Perform a trial switchover or takeover and test some simple failure scenarios. See Chapter 3, Migrating Services That Use Hitachi TrueCopy Data Replication.

Activate the protection group. 

See How to Activate a Hitachi TrueCopy Protection Group.

Check the runtime status of replication. 

See Checking the Runtime Status of Hitachi TrueCopy Data Replication.

Detect failure. 

See Detecting Cluster Failure on a System That Uses Hitachi TrueCopy Data Replication.

Migrate services by using a switchover. 

See Migrating Services That Use Hitachi TrueCopy Data Replication With a Switchover.

Migrate services by using a takeover. 

See Forcing a Takeover on a System That Uses Hitachi TrueCopy Data Replication.

Recover data after forcing a takeover. 

See Recovering Services to a Cluster on a System That Uses Hitachi TrueCopy Replication.

Detect and recover from a data replication error. 

See Recovering From a Hitachi TrueCopy Data Replication Error.