About this task
This task creates a consistency group on an InfiniBox system.
Prerequisites
- A pool
Before you begin
Use consistency groups to group volumes in a way that will allow consistent snapshots to be taken of all of them. A group of consistent snapshots can be later used for replicating all of the grouped volumes together, maintaining a consistent replica for all of them.
Instructions
- In the GUI, do one of the following:
- Click the Pools icon in the left toolbar, right-click the pool name in which to create the consistency group, and select Create Consistency Group from the pop-up menu.
or - Click the Datasets icon in the left toolbar, select the Consistency Groups tab, and click the Create Group button.
- Click the Pools icon in the left toolbar, right-click the pool name in which to create the consistency group, and select Create Consistency Group from the pop-up menu.
- The Create a Consistency Group window opens.
- Enter a name for the consistency group.
- Select a pool from the list of available pools.
- Click Create.
The consistency group is created and is displayed on screen.
Related tasks
This task and all other consistency group tasks are available both on the GUI and InfiniShell.
Related GUI tasks
Related InfiniShell commands
Commonly used consistency group commands include:
cg.create
- create a new consistency groupcg.add_member
- add a member to a consistency groupcg.restore
- restore a consistency group from one of its snapshot groups
For the complete list of InfiniShell commands, refer to the InfiniShell Commands Reference.
Last edited: 2021-12-30 13:42:46 UTC
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