EMC Centera: How to create a replicated pool.

Creating a replicated pool and pea file.

After installing and configuring a EMC Centera there is basically only one thing left to do. Adding a application profile to be used by a Archiving application. As I could not find a straightforward 5 step howto, I’ll write one myself. This howto is based on my configuration and my way of working (it works for me). And no, I am not working for EMC.

Bare in mind 1 Centera is no Centera, only a replicated set of minimal 2 Centera’s is a real Centera. From here we have a Source and a Target, aka Primary and Secondary. I will create a set which contains a “pool”and a “profile”. you can also create a “retention class”, but that is a other story.

1. create pool pool_cust_app_ota
   • Pool Mask: rdqeDcw- (if default enter)
   • Ouota Alert: 4 TB
   • Hard stop [infinite]: enter
   • Replicate Pool: yes
   • issue command: yes
2. create profile prof_cust_app_ota
   • Enable: yes
   • Set Access: yes
   • Type: access
   • Homepool: pool_cust_app_ota (see above)
   • Grant Rights: rdqeDcw- (if default enter)
   • Metadata: no
   • Management: no
   • Profile Secret: generate
   • Issue command: yes
   • create PEA file: yes
   • file location: c:\temp\source.pea (example)
3. export poolprofilesetup
   • complete: no
   • pool or profile: pool
   • all: no
   • pool to export: pool_cust_app_ota (see above)
   • file location: c:\temp\pool.export (example)
   • type passphrase (optional)
4. import poolprofilesetup
   • file location: c:\temp\pool.export (example)
   • import pools: yes
   • import pool_cust_app_ota: yes
   • import profile: yes
   • import prof_cust_app_ota; yes
   • establish pea: yes
   • grant rights: yes
5. set grants pool_cust_app_ota replication (source)
   • rights: -d—c–
   • issue command: yes
6. set grants pool_cust_app_ota replication (target)
   • rights: -d—c–
   • issue command: yes
7. update profile prof_cust_app_ota (target)
   • enable: yes
   • change access: no
   • change management: no
   • password: obfuscated
   • secret: unchanged
   • issue command: yes
   • establish pea: yes
   • file location: c:\temp\target.pea (example)
   • copy <key> -> </key> from target file into source pea file.
8. Provide access ip, pool name and pea file to application admin.

From this point you have a working set of pool and profile. A knowledgeable application admin should be able to use the provided information to create a connection between application and Centera.