If a VPLEX distributed device is selected during the RecoverPoint Consistency Group Creation wizard, which option will appear?

A MetroPoint topology is a three-site configuration that combines VPLEX Metro for high availability with RecoverPoint for continuous data protection (CDP) and continuous remote replication (CRR). The foundation of this topology is a VPLEX distributed device, which serves as the production volume. When the RecoverPoint Consistency Group (CG) creation wizard detects that a selected production LUN is a VPLEX distributed device, it recognizes the potential for a MetroPoint configuration. Consequently, the wizard presents the specific options required to create a MetroPoint Consistency Group, which involves configuring the two local copies (one at each VPLEX cluster) and a third remote copy for disaster recovery.

A. RecoverPoint requires storage arrays to be registered and managed by the splitter to intercept I/O for replication. It cannot use unregistered storage for journals or replicas.
B. The "winning cluster" is a fundamental property of the VPLEX distributed device, configured within VPLEX to handle split-brain scenarios. RecoverPoint does not set this property during CG creation.
C. While LUNs have size limits, the wizard does not present a filtered list based on a specific 10 TB limit as the primary option when a distributed device is selected.

1. Dell EMC RecoverPoint and VPLEX MetroPoint: A Detailed Review (White Paper, August 2017):

Page 5, Section "MetroPoint overview": "MetroPoint is a three-site configuration that combines Dell EMC VPLEX Metro continuous availability with Dell EMC RecoverPoint continuous data protection (CDP) and continuous remote replication (CRR)... The production application data resides on a VPLEX Metro distributed volume..." This document establishes that selecting a distributed volume is the prerequisite for a MetroPoint configuration.

2. Dell EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 5.1 Administrator's Guide:

Page 121, Section "Protecting virtual machines in a VPLEX Metro environment": "When protecting VMs that reside on a VPLEX Metro distributed datastore, you can create a MetroPoint consistency group..." The guide then details the wizard steps, which are unique to this topology, confirming that the option appears upon selecting the distributed device.

3. Dell EMC VPLEX and RecoverPoint Technical Notes (Version 5.5):

Page 11, Section "MetroPoint configuration": "A MetroPoint configuration is a RecoverPoint configuration that protects a VPLEX distributed volume." This directly links the distributed volume to the MetroPoint configuration option within RecoverPoint.