Monitoring Replication - Dell PowerVault DL4000 User Manual

a) Select the agents to replicate.
b) Select a repository for each agent.
c) Enter your subscription e-mail address and customer ID that was assigned to you by the service provider.
6. If you plan to perform the seeding process for the transfer of base data, select Use a seed drive to perform initial
transfer.
7. Click Submit Request.
NOTE: If you select Use a seed drive to perform initial transfer, the Copy to Seed Drive dialog box is displayed.
8. In the Copy to Seed Drive dialog box, enter the information for the seed drive as described in the table below.
Text Box
Location
User name
Password
Maximum size
Recycle action
Comment
Agents
NOTE: Because large amounts of data need to be copied to the portable storage device, an eSATA, USB 3.0,
or other high-speed connection to the portable storage device is recommended.
9. Click Start to write the seed drive to the path you provided.

Monitoring Replication

When replication is set up, you can monitor the status of replication tasks for the source and target cores. You can
refresh status information, view replication details, and more.
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Enter the path to the drive on which you want to save the initial data, such as a local USB
drive.
Enter the user name for connecting to the drive.
NOTE: This is required if the seed drive is located on a network share.
Enter the password for connecting to the drive.
NOTE: This is required if the seed drive is located on a network share.
Select one of the following options:
– The entire target.
– A portion of the drive's available space.
Then, to designate a portion of the drive:
a. Enter the desired amount of space in the text box.
b. Select the measurement.
In the event the path already contains a seed drive, select one of the following options:
– Do not reuse — Does not overwrite or clear any existing data from the location. If
the location is not empty, the seed drive write fails.
– Replace this core — Overwrites any pre-existing data pertaining to this core but
leave the data for other cores intact.
– Erase completely — Clears all data from the directory before writing the seed
drive.
Enter a comment or description of the archive.
Select the agents you want to replicate using the seed drive.