Lab Exercise 4: Create A Synchronous Remote Mirror: Purpose

MirrorView and SAN Copy Configuration and Management Lab Guide
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Lab Exercise 4: Create a Synchronous Remote Mirror

Purpose:

To create a synchronous Remote Mirror with EMC Unisphere

Objectives:

Configure Write Intent Logs
Manage Mirror Connections
Create a synchronous Remote Mirror



Lab Exercise 4
Part 1: Allocate the Write Intent Log

Step Action
1 Browse to the Replicas menu and select Mirrors, locate the Configuration and Settings
menu on the left window and select Configure Mirror Write Intent Log.

Optionally, right-click your CLARiiON, and choose MirrorView > Allocate Write Intent
Log.

2 Once the window launches, select the WIL LUN_108B and WIL LUN_109B from the
Available LUNs pane and move them to the Selected LUNs window.

Close out the window.



Lab Exercise 4
Part 2: Manage Mirror Connections

Step Action
1 Browse to the Replicas menu, locate the graph for Mirror Connections. If the Mirror
connections are not Enabled the Mirror Connections graph displays only the primary
storage system. Once the MirrorView connections are created and Enabled the graph
displays both the primary and remote storage system.

Browse to the Replicas menu, locate the Configuration and Settings menu on the left
window and select Manage Mirror Connections

Note the same option is available from the Mirror Connections graph by selecting the blue
hypertext Manage Mirror Connections.

Optionally, right-click your CLARiiON, and choose MirrorView > Manage Mirror
Connections.

2 Your partner groups CLARiiON should appear as Enabled in the left pane of the Mirror
Enabled Systems.

Note If the Logged-In Status of either SP appears as N, there is a problem with zoning or
connectivity. If the storage system does not appear at all, make sure that the CLARiiONs are
in the same Storage Domain. If problems persist, consult the instructor.

3 If your partner groups CLARiiON is in the right pane of the Manage Mirror Connections
window, then select your partner groups CLARiiON by clicking it, and click Enable.

4 You now see the name of your partner groups CLARiiON. A status of Enabled, and a
logged-in status of Y for both SPA and b. If the status does not change to Enabled, there is
a problem with zoning or connectivity. Consult the instructor.

5 Connectivity is now established at the physical and logical level. You are now be able to
create Remote Mirrors.

6 Go to the Storage System Connectivity. ( System menu ) click MirrorView Initiators
and verify the connectivity.


Lab Exercise 4
Part 3: Create a Synchronous Remote Mirror

Step Action
1 Browse to the Replicas menu and select Mirrors, locate the Mirrors menu on the left
window and select Create Mirror.

Optionally, right-click your primary CLARiiON, and choose MirrorView > Create
Remote Mirror.

2 The default Mirror type is Asynchronous so choose Synchronous from the dropdown
menu as the Mirror Type.

3 Name the Mirror Mirror Thick Pool_0 LUN_0_group<x>, where x is your group number.

4 Set the Minimum Required Images to 1.

5 Verify the Use Write Intent Log checkbox is selected.

6 Choose Thick Pool_0 LUN_0 as the Primary Storage System LUN to be mirrored from the
available LUNs.

Click OK.

7 View the Replicas menu, and locate the Replicas Objects and Replication Summary
graphs.

From the Replica Objects graph, click on 1 (blue)

From the Mirrors and Consistency Groups window, verify the mirror appears and note
the parameters.

Click the mirror, this populates the lower window Primary and Secondary Mirrors note
the parameters.

8 From the top window select the Add Secondary tab.

The Add Secondary Image dialog launches.
9 Ensure your partner groups CLARiiON is selected as the Secondary Storage System.


Step Action
10 Expand all the containers and note the Capacity of the available LUNs, ( they should all be
the same size as the source LUN).

Choose Thin Pool_0 LUN_1 as the Secondary Mirror Image LUN.

Verify that the Initial Sync Required checkbox is selected.

Verify that the Recovery Policy checkbox is set to Automatic.

Set the Synchronization Rate to High.

Click OK. ( The mirror begins synchronizing after a brief delay)

11 Change some data on Thick Pool_0 LUN_0 (drive F)

Flush the host buffers by using the command:

admhost lun_flush o F:

12 Allow the mirror to synchronize. The secondary image state changes to Synchronized or
Consistent.

Result: You have created a synchronous mirror and it is now synchronized.

End of lab exercise



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Lab Exercise 5: Promote and Test a Secondary Mirror
Image

Purpose:

Promote the secondary image of a Remote Mirror with EMC Unisphere
The method used simulates a failover
after a disaster.

Objectives:

Promote a Secondary Mirror Image
Make the promoted image available to a host
Verify image data content



Lab Exercise 5
Part 1: Promote and Test a Secondary Mirror Image

Step Action
1 Deactivate the primary image LUN.

Use admhost lun_deactivate o F:, or remove the drive letter using Windows Disk
Management.

2 From the Primary and Secondary window on your partner groups CLARiiON, highlight
the Secondary Image and select the Promote tab.

Take a minute to read the Warning Unisphere message before selecting Yes.

Read the Confirm: Unisphere message before selecting Yes

Click OK.

3 On your partner groups CLARiiON add ThinPool_0 LUN_1 to your partners Windows host
Storage Group.

Wait for your partner group to reach this point.

4 Ensure that the new primary image (of your partner groups mirror) is accessible to your
partners Windows host.

Go the Hosts menu, select your windows and do an Update

In Computer Management, right-click Disk Management and select Rescan Disks. Go to
your command prompt and issue the following commands:

admhost lun_activate

admhost lun_ list

If you do need to reboot your host (though the disk rescan and admhost commands should
have been sufficient) ensure that your partner group is not performing operations on the host
before you reboot it.


Step Action
5 Assign a drive letter to the primary image if one has not been assigned. (It should already
have one)

Modify files on the new primary image by deleting one or two files.

Flush the host buffers (use admhost).

6 If your status is anything other than Synchronized then you may need to Synchronize the
mirrors.

7 After synchronization completes, deactivate the primary image LUN with the same choices
as in Step #1 above.

8 Promote the secondary image. Ensure that it is in the Synchronized or Consistent state
before you do so.

9 Ensure that the primary image is accessible to your Windows host. A reboot may be
required here, though the disk rescan may be sufficient. Ensure that your partner group is
not performing operations on the host before you reboot it.

10 Verify that the modified files are present on the primary image, and that the deleted files are
not present. You have now successfully failed a mirror over to the secondary site, then failed
it back to the primary site.

11 Destroy the mirror.

1. Fracture the Mirror: Right-click the Secondary Image and select Fracture.

2. Remove the Secondary Image: Right-click the Secondary Image again and select
Remove.

3. Delete the Mirror: Right-click mirr85 and select Delete.

4. Remove Thin Pool_0 LUN_1 from your Windows host Storage Group on your
partner groups CLARiiON.

End of lab exercise





Lab Exercise 6: Create and Test an Asynchronous
Mirror

Purpose:

Create and test a MirrorView/A Mirror, using EMC Unisphere

Objectives:

Create, manage and test a MirrorView/A Mirror



Lab Exercise 6
Part 1: Create an Asynchronous Mirror

Step Action
1 Ensure that RG5 SC_MV_Source LUN_85 is seen by your Windows host, and has files on
it.

3 Right-clickthe source LUN and choose MirrorView > Create Secondary Image LUN

Note: youre not creating a Mirror Secondary Image in this step. Youre allowing Unisphere
to bind a LUN for you on the remote CLARiiON, and ensure that its the right size.

4 Choose your partner groups CLARiiON as the Secondary Storage System.
(This should be the default choice)

For the Storage Pool Type select the radio button for RAID Group.

Choose LUN ID 150 for the Secondary Image LUN.

Select RAID Group 5.

Click OK.

Verify the LUNS are on your partners CLARiiON.

5 Right-click RG5 SC_MV_Source LUN_85 and choose MirrorView > Create Remote
Mirror.

6 Ensure that the Mirror Type is set to Asynchronous.

7 Name the Mirror Mirror SC_MVA Source LUN_85

8 Set the Minimum Required Images to 1.

9 Verify that RG5 SC_MV_Source LUN_85 is automatically chosen as the Source LUN.
Click OK.
10 Verify that Mirror SC_MVA Source LUN_85 is present as an Async Mirror.



Step Action
11 Why is the mirror the Attention state?

Will the Mirror accept I/O at this time?

Q Test your assumption by attempting to copy several files to RG5 SC_MV_Source LUN_85
and then flushing the host buffers. Did the copy succeed?

13 Right-clickthe mirror and choose Add Secondary Image.

14 Choose your partner groups CLARiiON as the Secondary Storage System (default).

15 Select LUN 150 on your partner groups CLARiiON as the Secondary Mirror Image LUN.

16 Ensure that the Initial Sync Required box is checked.

Leave the Recovery Policy as Automatic.

Change the Synchronization Rate to High.

Leave the Update Type set to Manual Update.

Click OK.

17 The Mirror State changes to Active and the data state to Condition Updating,
Synchronizing.

Note the SnapView and SAN Copy activity associated with this Mirror.

Note Reserved SnapView and SAN Copy Sessions associated with this mirror were automatically
created.

18 When the Secondary Image is 100% synchronized, the SAN Copy Session that was
transferring the data shows a Completed status.

19 Right-click Mirror SC_MVA Source LUN_85 and select Properties Secondary Image
tab.

How long did the Mirror take to synchronize fully?



Lab Exercise 6
Part 2: Test an Asynchronous Mirror

Step Action
1 Copy several files to RG5 SC_MV_Source LUN_85. Flush the host buffers with
admhost.

Q Did the data state of the Mirror change?

If it did, what did it change to?

Is there a way to determine how much data will be copied at the next synchronization?

2 Right-click the Secondary Image, and click Synchronize.

3 The Mirror changes to the Updating state. Because not a lot of data has changed the
Updating state may not be displayed and what you may see is the Consistent state which is
the next state to be viewed.

4 A short while later it will show the Synchronized state again.

View the mirror Properties, and ensure that the Mirror state is 100% synchronized

5 On your Windows host attached to your CLARiiON, flush the host buffers and deactivate
RG5 SC_MV_Source LUN_85. Remove it from the Storage Group attached to your
Windows host on your CLARiiON.

6 On your partner groups CLARiiON, right-click your mirror Secondary Image and choose
Promote.

Click the Force Promote tab to the warning The image specified to be promoted causes the
existing primary to become out-of-sync message.

Q What would the Local Only promote choice cause to happen?

7 When the promotion completes, view the mirror under the Primary and Secondary Images
window on your CLARiiON. Note the changes you see.



Step Action
8 Add the new primary image, LUN 150 to the Storage Group attached to your partners
Windows host on your partner groups CLARiiON.

The LUN should be visible after a rescan; if not, reboot your partners Windows host.
Utilize the following admhost commands:

admhost lun_activate and admhost lun_list

9 Verify that the data on the new primary image is identical to that on the old primary image.

10 Make changes to the new primary image LUN 150 by deleting one or more of the existing
files and flush the host buffers with admhost

11 Right-click the current Secondary Image RG5 SC_MV_Source LUN_85 and click
Synchronize.

Change the primary image LUN 150 by creating a file on it. Name it after_sync.txt.

Flush the host buffers of the primary image LUN 150 using admhost.

Deactivate the Primary LUN 150 before you go to the next step.

Note To resume normal operations after a disaster, the original primary copy (now the Secondary
Image) is again promoted to make it the Primary image.

12 Remove the primary image LUN 150 from its Storage Group.

What is the data state of the secondary image?

13 Promote the secondary image. Read the warning messages.

Choose the Force Promote option.

What is the data state of the secondary image?

What does this imply as far as synchronization activity goes?

14 Put the (new) primary image into your Windows hosts Storage Group attached to your
CLARiiON.



Step Action
15 Bring the primary image online to your Windows host. Run the following commands on
your Windows host:

admhost lun_activate and admhost lun_list

16 View the data on the primary image.

Q Is your file (after_sync.txt) present?

17 Right-click Secondary Image, and click Synchronize.

When the synchronization is complete, view the mirror Properties Secondary Image tab.

Q How long did this synchronization take?

Q Is this comparable to the time taken in Part 1 ?

Q Why or why not?

End of lab exercise


Answers

mirr_85A is in the Attention state because it has no secondary images.
It will accept I/O while in that state.
The mirror should take around 30 seconds to synchronize.
There is no way to determine how much data will be copied with the next transfer.
The data state of the secondary is Consistent, then Out of Sync after the promotion
Out of Sync means that a full sync will be needed, and any new files on the primary will be lost.
Asynchronous mirrors allow a certain amount of data loss.
The synchronization should take about as long as the initial synchronization, because both are full
synchronizations of the data.

Notes:





Lab Exercise 7: Create and Test a MirrorView/A
Consistency Group

Purpose:

Create and test a MirrorView/A Consistency Group, using EMC
Unisphere

Objectives:
Create, manage and test a MirrorView/A Consistency Group



Lab Exercise 7
Part 1: Create a MirrorView/A Consistency Group

Step Action
1 Ensure that RG5 SC_MV_Source LUN_85 is still the primary image of an Asynchronous
Mirror.

2 Rename RG5 SC_MV_Dest LUN_86 to RG MVA_Source LUN_86

Select MirrorView > Create Remote Mirror.

3 Choose a Mirror Type of Asynchronous.

4 Name the Mirror Mirror RG5 MVA Source LUN_86

Set Minimum Required Images to 1.

RG5 SC_MV_Dest LUN_86 is automatically chosen as the Primary Image.

Click OK to create the Mirror.

5 Locate the newly created Mirror under the replicas menu , highlight it and select Add
Secondary.

Choose your partner groups CLARiiON as the Secondary Storage System.
It should be the default.

Select LUN 151 as the Secondary Mirror Image LUN.


Leave all other values at the defaults.

6 Wait until the RG5 SC_MV Source LUN_85and RG5 MVA Source LUN_86are both in
the Synchronized state.



Step Action
7 Choose Create Consistency Group from the Replicas > Mirror menu

When the window launches, give the group a name such as:
Consistency Group x

where <x> is your group number.

8 Add both Asynchronous mirrors to the Selected Remote Mirrors window

Set the Recovery Policy to Automatic


Set the Update Type to Start of Last Update. Set the value to 5.

Click OK to create the Consistency Group.

9 Verify the group was created under Mirrors and Consistency Groups on each CLARiiON.

End of lab exercise


Lab Exercise 7
Part 2: Test a MirrorView/A Consistency Group

Step Action
1 Right-click the secondary image of RG5 SC_MV Source LUN_85 on your CLARiiON and
click Fracture.

Q Could you perform this operation?

Note the message.

2 Right-click the secondary image of RG5 MVA Source LUN_86

Click Delete and note the message.

3 Verify that the data state of the Consistency Group is Synchronized.

4 Right-click the Consistency Group and click Fracture.

View the status of the Consistency Group.

Q Why has the status changed?

Is the status of the mirrors the same?

5 Right-click the Consistency Group and select Synchronize.

Note You may have to add more LUNs to the RLP on your partner groups CLARiiON.

6 View the status of the Consistency Group.

Are the statuses the same?

End of lab exercise


Answers
You cannot manage individual mirrors once they are in a Consistency Group
The status changes to the Attention state because you have fractured the mirrors after setting the
required number of secondary images to 1.

Answers
A normal prerequisite for creating an Asynchronous Mirror is that Reserved LUNs should be present
in the Reserved LUN Pool on both CLARiiONs. The Wizard does not require this; it will bind and
allocate its own Reserved LUNs.
Two new Reserved LUNs will be bound on each of the Primary and Secondary CLARiiONs. The
RAID Group selected will be the one with the most free space.

Mirror synchronization starts automatically. The Wizard has no mechanism to allow manual starting
and stopping of synchronization




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