Administrator Guide

Schedule a replication from the Replications topic
1. In the Replications topic, select a replication set from the Replication Sets table.
2. Select Action > Replicate.
The Replicate panel opens.
3. Select the Schedule check box.
4. Type a name for the replication schedule task. The name is case sensitive and can have a maximum of 32 bytes. It cannot
already exist in the system or include the following: " , < \
5. If you want to create a replication of the last snapshot of the primary volume, select the Last Snapshot check box.
At the time of the replication, the snapshot must exist. This snapshot may have been created either manually or by
scheduling the snapshot. If no snapshot exists for the volume when the scheduled replication begins, event 362 is logged
and the replication fails.
NOTE: This option is unavailable when replicating volume groups.
6. Specify a date and a time in the future to be the first instance when the scheduled task will run, and to be the starting point
for any specified recurrence.
● To set the Date value, enter the current date in the format YYYY-MM-DD.
● To set the Time value, enter two-digit values for the hour and minutes and select either AM, PM, or 24H (24-hour
clock). The minimum interval is one hour.
7. If you want the task to run more than once, select the Repeat check box.
● Specify how often the task should repeat. Enter a number and select the appropriate time unit. Replications can recur no
less than 30 minutes apart.
● Either make sure the End check box is cleared, which allows the schedule to run indefinitely, or select the check box
to specify when the schedule ends. To then specify an end date and time, select the On option, and specify when the
schedule should stop running. Or, select the After option, and specify the number of replications that can occur before
the schedule stops running.
● Either make sure the Time Constraint check box is cleared, which allows the schedule to run at any time, or select the
check box to specify a time range within which the schedule should run.
● Either make sure the Date Constraint check box is cleared, which allows the schedule to run on any day, or select the
check box to specify the days when the schedule should run.
8. Click OK. The schedule is created.
Stopping a replication
You can stop a replication on the primary system of a replication set. For the stop to succeed, the replication set state must
be either Ready or Suspended. Attempting to stop a replication for a replication set that is in a Ready or Unsynchronized
state fails with an error message.
NOTE:
If you stop a running replication, the replication set returns to the state it had before replication started: either
Ready or Unsynchronized. If you stop a suspended replication, the state of the replication remains Suspended.
NOTE: If you stop the initial replication for a replication set, the snapshot space allocated for that replication in the primary
pool and the secondary pool will not be freed. To free that space, either re-run the initial replication or delete the replication
set.
Stop a replication
NOTE:
If CHAP is enabled on one system within a peer connection, be sure that CHAP is configured properly on the
corresponding peer system before initiating this operation. For more information about configuring CHAP, see CHAP and
replication.
1. In the Replications topic, select a replication set that is currently being replicated in the Replication Sets table.
2. Select Action > Abort Replication.
3. Click OK. The replication is terminated.
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