Exporting A Replication Image To A Snapshot; Changing The Primary Volume For A Replication Set - HP P2000 G3 Reference Manual

To reattach a secondary volume
1. In the Configuration View panel, right-click the secondary volume and select Provisioning > Reattach
Replication Volume.
2. In the main panel, click Reattach Replication Volume. A message indicates whether the task succeeded
or failed.
• If the task succeeds, the secondary volume's status changes to Establishing proxy while it is
establishing the connection to the remote (primary) system in preparation for replication; then the
status changes to Online. The replication set is ready to resume replication operations.
• If the reattach operation fails and says it is unable to get the primary volume's link type, the vdisk
that contains the secondary volume may not have completed its startup activities. Wait
approximately one minute for these activities to complete, then retry the operation. If this message
continues to occur, check the event log to better understand the condition and for an indication of
how to correct it.

Exporting a replication image to a snapshot

If the system is licensed to use the remote replication and snapshot features, you can export a replication
image to a new, standard snapshot. For example, you could export a replication image from a secondary
volume for use on the remote system. The resulting snapshot takes a snapshot license and is independent of
the primary replication image, which can continue to be used as a sync point. The exported snapshot can
be used like any other standard snapshot, including being mapped or deleted. Changes to this snapshot
will not affect the replication image.
NOTE: The task will not succeed if the resulting snapshot would exceed license limits.
To export a replication image to a snapshot
1. In the Configuration View panel, right-click a replication image and select Provisioning > Export
Snapshot.
2. In the main panel, optionally change the default name for the snapshot. A snapshot name is case
sensitive and cannot already exist in a vdisk. A name cannot include a comma, double quote, or
backslash.
3. Click Export Snapshot. A message specifies whether the task succeeded or failed.
4. Click OK. If the task succeeds, in the Configuration View panel the snapshot appears under the
secondary volume on the remote system.

Changing the primary volume for a replication set

If a replication set's primary system goes offline, you can set the secondary volume to be the primary
volume so hosts can access that volume and the replicated data it contains. Scheduled replications can
continue on the remote system while the primary system remains offline.
When the secondary volume becomes the primary volume, it only retains the replication images that the
primary volume had and deletes any images that the primary volume did not have. Because the secondary
volume may not have successfully replicated all the images associated with the primary volume, the
secondary volume might have a subset of the primary volume's images.
If the primary system comes back online, you can set its volume to be the primary volume again.
To change the secondary volume to the primary volume
1. On the secondary system, in the Configuration View panel, right-click the secondary volume and select
Provisioning > Set Replication Primary Volume.
2. In the main panel, select the secondary volume in the list.
3. Click Set Replication Primary Volume. A message indicates whether the task succeeded or failed. If it
succeeded, in the Configuration View panel the volume's designation changes from Secondary Volume
to Primary Volume.
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