1. A method for managing remote data replication from a management terminal in a distributed computer system having a primary host with a first storage device connected by a network to a secondary host with a second storage device, the method comprising: (a) running in the primary host a first federated SNDR bean; (b) running in the secondary host a second federated SNDR bean that communicates, via the network, with the first federated bean; (c) connecting the management terminal to the first federated bean and providing data replication commands from the management terminal to the first federated SNDR bean which thereupon controls the second federated bean; (d) using the first federated bean to configure the first storage device for data replication; and (e) using the second federated bean to configure the second storage device for data replication.