Added Volume sets - error says "Ensure that the volumes have snapshot space alloc

[CorbettEnders]

"Ensure that the volumes have snapshot space allocated in Storage Device". 

Actions menu only has delete instead of the expected Add protection, protect now, etc.

Clearly I'm missing something on the 3PAR side.  I do not have any replication, snapshotting, etc, enabled in 3PAR. 

Can someone point me in the right direction?  Hopefully, my questions will help someone else in the future as the documentation is quite lacking.

[CorbettEnders · Accepted solution]

Ok, look at me solving my own problems today.  On the 3PAR I had not defined the Copy CPG on each volume and therefore it couldn't create the snapshots.

[sbhat09]

Hello @CorbettEnders,

Thanks again for posting the resolution as well here. Let me add a quick note about the significance of copy CPGs.

If there is a need for creating snapshots, there must be a copy CPG defined in 3PAR. Copy CPG is a must for all snapshot-based activities like RMC backup, remote copy, virtual copy schedule, on-demand snapshots etc.

You can define the same CPG of the volume or any other lower tier drive (FC if not NL) CPGs as copy CPG. If required, you can change the copy CPG anytime. That will not impact the volume.

Regards,
Srinivas Bhat

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[CorbettEnders]

Thank you.  It seems that I also need a "Virtual Copy" license on my 3PAR in order to use RMC (at least for Peer Copy).  Now to locate a trial license.  I also needed a trial license of RMC for my 3PAR....

Hopefully, this is my final hurdle in getting RMC to move data from my 3PAR to my new Nimble.