Create Replicated Mirror Group Wizard: Configure storage agents

start of changeUse this page to configure one or more storage agents for those storage units that use storage agents. end of change

The wizard provides this page only when you have a storage type for which you must configure a storage agent.

start of changeYou must configure storage agents only for the IBM® DS-Series Global Mirror and IBM XIV® storage types.
Note: IBM DS-Series Metro Mirror (In-band), IBM System Storage® SAN Volume Controller (SVC), Hitachi/HP Universal Replicator, and EMC Symmetrix do not use storage agents.
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start of changeThe information that you need to provide for each storage agent varies based on the type of storage system to which the agent corresponds.end of change

Storage agents represent a physical or logical component that work as the interface to the application programming interface (API) of the corresponding storage management application. PowerHA® SystemMirror uses these APIs to manage the replication of the disks.

A storage agent uses a TCP/IP address for its communication with external software, such as PowerHA SystemMirror.

start of changeFor more information about replicated mirroring, see the Storage-based high availability and disaster recovery for PowerHA SystemMirror Enterprise Edition topic in the AIX® Information Center.end of change

Fields

Storage agent name
Specify a name for the storage agent.

The storage agent name represents a piece of hardware (or software) that is associated with a specific storage type. The storage agent uses a TCP/IP interface to interact with host systems for management and administration of the corresponding storage.

Note: start of changeIf predefined storage agents are available, you can select one to configure one. If you select an existing storage agent, the wizard provides the necessary information, if applicable, for the IP address, which you cannot edit. If you manually specify a name to define a new storage agent, you also must specify the IP addresses property manually.end of change
start of changeIP addressesend of change
start of changeSpecify the IP address or addresses, if necessary, of the storage agent that interacts with host systems. end of change
start of changeUser IDend of change
start of changeSpecify the user name for PowerHA SystemMirror to use for accessing the storage agent. end of change
start of changePasswordend of change
start of changeSpecify the password for the user name. end of change

Actions

Add Another
Click Add Another to add another set of fields so that you can configure another storage agent. All fields for the added storage agent are inactive until you specify information for the Storage agent name field.
Remove
Click Remove to remove the content from the first set of storage agent fields and disable all fields after the Storage agent name field. If applied to an added storage agent on the page, this action removes the entire set of fields for the added storage agent.