Replicating client data to another server
Replicating client data from a source server to another server helps to ensure that backed-up client data is available for recovery if the source server is damaged. Replication incrementally copies data from the source server to the target server to provide failover and failback capability.
About this task
Restriction: A
server can replicate data to only one target server.
You can replicate data that is stored
in any type of storage pool. The storage pool type can be different at the source replication server
and the target replication server. You can control replication by type of client node data:
- Active and inactive backup data together, or only active backup data
- Archive data
- Data that was migrated to a source server by IBM Spectrum Protect™ for Space Management clients
When you replicate data in directory-container storage pools, use storage pool protection to improve the efficiency of the replication process, and to enable repair of data. When you use the Operations Center to set up your storage pools, schedules for protection are automatically defined to coordinate with the replication schedule.