Manage data protection preferences

Describes how to manage data protection preferences in Unisphere, including setting up mirror BCV delay, clone copy mode, and other options to customize data protection behavior.

Prerequisites

Only a user with Administrator permission can specify data protection preferences.

About this task

To specify data protection preferences:

Steps

  1. Select Settings icon to open the Settings panel.
  2. Select Data Protection to open the Data Protection page.
  3. Modify any number of the following:
    • Clone Copy Mode—Select the default behavior for creating clone sessions. Possible values are:
      • No Copy No Diff—Creates a nondifferential (full) copy session without a full background copy.
      • Copy No Diff—Creates a nondifferential (full) copy session in the background.
      • PreCopy No Diff—Creates a nondifferential (full) copy session in the background before it activates.
      • Copy Diff—Creates a differential copy session in the background. In differential copy sessions, only those volume tracks that have changed since the full clone was performed are copied (that is, only new writes to the source volume are copied).
      • PreCopy Diff—Creates a differential copy session in the background before the activate starts. In differential copy sessions, only those volume tracks that have changed since the full clone was performed are copied (that is, only new writes to the source volume are copied).
      • VSE No Diff—Creates a VP Snap Copy session.
    • Clone Target—Select the default target volume.
    • Protection Setup Wizard SRDF Communication Protocol—Select the default SRDF communication protocol, Fibre Channel or GigE.
    • Protection Setup Wizard SRDF Number of Ports—Select the default number of ports to use with SRDF.
  4. Click APPLY.