Creating a Protection Group While the Application Is Offline

To create a protection group while the application resource groups is offline, complete the following steps.

1. Create the protection group from a node on one cluster.

   For more information, see How to Create and Configure an EMC Symmetrix Remote Data Facility Protection Group.

2. Add the data replication device group to the protection group.

   For more information, see How to Add a Data Replication Device Group to an EMC Symmetrix Remote Data Facility Protection Group.

3. Take the application resource group offline.

4. Add the application resource group to the protection group.

   For more information, see How to Add an Application Resource Group to an EMC Symmetrix Remote Data Facility Protection Group.

5. On the other cluster, retrieve the protection group configuration.

   For more information, see How to Replicate the EMC Symmetrix Remote Data Facility Protection Group Configuration to a Partner Cluster.

6. From either cluster, start the protection group globally.

   For more information, see How to Activate an EMC Symmetrix Remote Data Facility Protection Group.