Converting an existing volume to a HyperSwap volume

You can use the management GUI or the command-line interface to convert a basic volume to a HyperSwap® volume. You convert the basic volume by adding another copy of the volume in a second site.

Before you begin

Before you add a copy of the volume, the system must be configured with the HyperSwap system topology.

About this task

Use the management GUI:

To change a basic volume to a HyperSwap volume in the management GUI, select Volumes, right-click the basic volume, and select Add Volume Copies. Add a copy in a different site to the existing copy.

Use the command-line interface (CLI):

In the CLI, the addvolumecopy command adds a copy to a HyperSwap volume, which changes a basic volume into a HyperSwap volume with copies on two separate sites. To add a copy to a basic volume to convert it to a HyperSwap volume, enter the following command:

addvolumecopy -pool site2pool volume5

In this example, site2pool is the storage pool on the other site.