Administrator Guide

Allow a Live Volume to Automatically Swap Roles
Live Volumes can be configured to swap primary and secondary volumes automatically when certain conditions are met to avoid situations
in which the secondary volume receives more IO than the primary volume.
Steps
1. Click the Replications & Live Volumes view.
2. On the Live Volumes tab, select the Live Volume, then click Edit Settings. The Edit Live Volume dialog box appears.
3. Select the Automatically Swap Roles check box.
4. (Optional) Modify the default swap behavior by editing the Min Amount Before Swap, Min Secondary Percent Before Swap
(%), and Min Time As Primary Before Swap (Minutes) fields. These fields are described in the online help.
5. Click OK.
Related concepts
Automatic Swap Role for Live Volumes
Revert a Live Volume to a Replication
If the remote Storage Center does not need to accept I/O for the Live Volume, you can convert the Live Volume to a conventional
replication.
About this task
If the Live Volume manages a replication, the managed replication is converted into a non-managed replication when the Live Volume is
reverted.
Steps
1. Click the Replications & Live Volumes view.
2. On the Live Volumes tab, select the Live Volume, then click Revert to Replication.
The Revert to Replication dialog box opens.
3. Click OK.
Pause a Live Volume
Pausing a Live Volume temporarily prevents volume data from being copied from the primary volume to the secondary volume.
Steps
1. Click the Replications & Live Volumes view.
2. On the Live Volumes tab, select the Live Volume, then click Pause. The Pausing Live Volume dialog box opens.
3. Click OK.
Resume a Paused Live Volume
Resume a Live Volume to allow volume data to be copied to the secondary Storage Center.
Steps
1. Click the Replications & Live Volumes view.
2. On the Replications tab, select the paused replication, then click Resume. The Resuming Replication dialog box opens.
3. Click OK.
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Storage Center Replications and Live Volumes