The steps to take to create a protection group while the application resource groups is offline follow:
Create the protection group from a node on one cluster.
For more information, see How to Create and Configure a Hitachi TrueCopy Protection Group.
Add the data replication device group to the protection group.
For more information, see How to Add a Data Replication Device Group to a Hitachi TrueCopy Protection Group.
Take the application resource group offline.
Add the application resource group to the protection group.
For more information, see How to Add an Application Resource Group to a Hitachi TrueCopy Protection Group.
On the other cluster, retrieve the protection group configuration.
For more information, see How to Replicate the Hitachi TrueCopy Protection Group Configuration to a Partner Cluster.
From either cluster, start the protection group “globally”.
For more information, see How to Activate a Hitachi TrueCopy Protection Group.