Deleting A Secondary Virtual Disk In A Replicated Pair From A Storage Array; Removing A Remote Replication From A Storage Array - Dell POWERVAULT MD3600F Owner's Manual

Deleting a Secondary Virtual Disk in a Replicated Pair From a Storage Array

1 Stop all I/O activity on the secondary virtual disk and unmount any file
systems on the secondary virtual disk.
2 In the AMW of the storage array that contains the secondary virtual disk,
select the Logical tab.
3 In the Logical pane, right-click the secondary virtual disk, then select Delete.
The Delete Virtual Disks dialog is displayed.
4 Select one or more virtual disks to delete, then click Delete.
The Confirm Delete Virtual Disk(s) message is displayed.
5 In the confirmation text box, type Yes. Then, click OK.
The Delete Virtual Disks - Progress bar is displayed.
6 When the deletion is complete, click OK.
The replication relationship is removed and the remote virtual disk
replication is destroyed.
NOTE:
The secondary virtual disk is deleted from the storage array and all data on
the virtual disk is permanently lost.

Removing a Remote Replication From a Storage Array

Removing a remote virtual disk replication from a storage array returns both
the primary virtual disk and the secondary virtual disk to regular standard
virtual disks. After the removal is complete, normal I/O operations continue
on the former primary virtual disk; the former secondary virtual disk also
becomes available for normal I/O operations. Both virtual disks become read-
write enabled. Unless one of disks is deleted, a replication relationship
between the two virtual disks can be re-created.
NOTE:
No data on either virtual disk is deleted.
CAUTION:
Do not remove a replication relationship to back up a replicated
virtual disk. To back up either the primary virtual disk or the secondary virtual
disk, suspend the remote virtual disk replication so that the replication
relationship is not broken.
Configuration: Premium Feature— Remote Replication
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