Before creating a protection plan, ensure that your system is ready to replicate your LUNs.
For synchronous replication, register the source and target Oracle FS Systems with the same Oracle MaxRep Replication Engine.
For asynchronous replication, register the source Oracle FS System with the primary Replication Engine, and register the target Oracle FS System with the secondary Replication Engine.
Initiator ports
Initiator ports for target LUN mapping
Target ports
For synchronous replication, all four physical HBA ports and all 16 NPIV ports of the Replication Engine must be zoned to each SAN port of the primary and secondary Oracle FS Systems.
For asynchronous replication, all four physical HBA ports and all 16 NPIV ports of the primary Replication Engine must be zoned to each SAN port of the primary Oracle FS System, and all four physical HBA ports and all 16 NPIV ports of the secondary Replication Engine must be zoned to each SAN port of the secondary Oracle FS System.
Oracle strongly recommends single initiator to single target zoning as a best practice. Note that single initiator zoning is always a requirement.
| Zoning method | Oracle best practice | Supported? |
|---|---|---|
| Single initiator to single target | Yes | Yes |
| Single initiator to multiple targets | No | Yes |
| Multiple initiators to multiple targets | No | No |
Configure a retention LUN to an appropriate size and ensure that it is mapped to the target Replication Engine using the Toolkit for MaxRep option under the Settings tab.