Administering Data Replication in a Hitachi TrueCopy or Universal Replicator Protection Group

Review configuration requirements and guidelines, and perform an initial configuration of the Hitachi TrueCopy or Universal Replicator software. 

See Initial Configuration of Hitachi TrueCopy or Universal Replicator Software.

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

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

Add a device group that is controlled by Hitachi TrueCopy or Universal Replicator. 

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

Add an application resource group to the protection group. 

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

Replicate the protection group configuration to a secondary cluster. 

See How to Replicate the Hitachi TrueCopy or Universal Replicator 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 and Universal Replicator Data Replication.

Activate the protection group. 

See How to Activate a Hitachi TrueCopy or Universal Replicator Protection Group.

Check the runtime status of replication. 

See Checking the Runtime Status of Hitachi TrueCopy and Universal Replicator Data Replication.

Detect failure. 

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

Migrate services by using a switchover. 

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

Migrate services by using a takeover. 

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

Recover data after forcing a takeover. 

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

Detect and recover from a data replication error. 

See Recovering From a Hitachi TrueCopy or Universal Replicator Data Replication Error.