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Figure 60. Test Replication Communication results

Change Roles

A Change Roles feature promotes the current secondary replication group to the primary role and

demotes the current primary replication group to the secondary role. After roles are changed, hosts

mapped to the former primary virtual disks in the RRG no longer have write access to the replicated

virtual disks. Hosts in the RRG that was promoted to the primary role now have write access to the

replicated virtual disks.

NOTE: If the RRG is not resynchronized, data written to primary virtual disks after the last

synchronization is lost and cannot be recovered.

To change roles, perform the following task:

1. Select the RRG in the Remote Replication Group window.

2. Click Change Roles.

The Confirm Change dialog box is displayed. The Resynchronize replication group now check box

is selected by default. To prevent the resynchronization, clear the check box.

3. Select Yes, I wish to perform this operation. Click OK.

The Remote Replication Group window shows the role change for the RRG. In the Remote

Replicated Pairs window, the primary and secondary virtual disks in the RRG have switched roles.