III) Enable Replication for the Customer \ DS-Client(s)
Once the DS-System Replication Group has been configured, you can enable replication at the individual DS-Client level. Sharing a Customer account permits its DS-Clients to be shared, however replication is only performed on shared DS-Clients.
- Note: If you try to share a Customer or DS-Client whose number already exists in the DS-System Group, an error message will appear. You must change the corresponding number with the Rename Customer Account / DS-Client Number feature (See "Rename Account or DS-Client".).
1. On the source (original) DS-System: Browse the Customers Tree and right-click on the customer you want to share for replication.
2. Click Share Customer. The shared customer account is created on all the other DS-Systems in the Replication Group (it is automatically 'shared' - indicated by the shared customer icon).
- Note: You do not need to be connected to the other DS-Systems via DS-Operator.
- Each replicated customer account is assigned the respective DS-System's default profile and storage settings.
- You should review the Customer Profile on each DS-System to see that it configured as you want (right-click customer account > click Edit Customer).
3. On the source (original) DS-System: Browse the Customers Tree and right-click on the DS-Client you want to share for replication. Click Share DS-Client.
4. The shared DS-Client account is created on all the other DS-Systems in the Replication Group (under the corresponding customer account). It is automatically 'shared' - indicated by the shared DS-Client icon.
- Each replicated DS-Client account is assigned the respective DS-System's default profile and storage settings (some are inherited from the customer account profile settings).
- You should review the DS-Client Profile on each DS-System to see that it configured as you want (right-click DS-Client > click Edit DS-Client).
- TIP: At this point you are free to direct the DS-Client data to any storage location on the Replication DS-System. (For example: if the data on the original DS-System was stored on three Extensible Storage locations, you could consolidate all of it, including libraries, to one location or storage group on the Replication DS-System.)
5. At this point, the shared DS-Client data will be automatically replicated to the other DS-Systems in the Replication Group, based on the source (original) DS-System's replication configurations.
To begin replication immediately:
- On the source (original) DS-System browse the Customers Tree and right-click on the DS-Client you want. Click Check Replication.
- Note: Replication at this stage will likely take some time, since all the shared online data must be replicated to each of the other DS-Systems in the Replication Group.
6. A confirmation popup appears. Click Yes. The Replication DS-System begins to receive the replicated backup set data.
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