Administrator Guide

• When you disable replication on a volume, the delegated space on the secondary group that is storing the replicas becomes an
unmanaged space. You cannot manage this space from the primary group. If you do not need the replicas, log in to the
secondary group and delete the replica set.
• You cannot disable replication on a template volume if any attached thin clones have replication enabled.
To disable replication for one volume:
1. Click Volumes.
2. Expand Volumes and then select the volume name.
3. Click Disable volume replication.
4. When prompted, click Yes to conrm that you want to disable replication on the volume.
To disable replication for a volume collection:
1. Click Volumes.
2. Expand Volume Collections and then select the collection name.
3. Click Disable collection replication.
4. When prompted, click Yes to conrm that you want to disable replication on the volume collection.
Cancel Volume Replication
You can cancel an in-progress volume replication.
NOTE: To temporarily stop volume replication instead of canceling it, pause the replication.
1. Click Volumes.
2. Expand Volumes and then select a volume that is in the process of creating a replica.
3. Click Cancel replica creation in the Activities panel.
Replicate Volume Collections
Volume collections enable you to perform an operation on multiple volumes at the same time.
If you replicate a volume collection, the resulting set of replicas is called a replica collection. When complete, a replica collection
contains one replica for each volume in the collection. A replica collection set is the set of all the replica collections for a volume
collection.
The following prerequisites and considerations apply when replicating volume collections:
• Congure the individual volumes in the collection for replication to a partner.
• Congure the volume collection to replicate to the same partner.
• If the volume is large, consider using the Manual Transfer Utility (MTU) to perform the initial upload of data to the partner.
• You should always monitor replication activity to make sure that the replication operations complete as expected.
To replicate a volume collection:
1. Click Volumes.
2. Expand Volume Collections and then select the collection.
3. Click Create replica to open the Create Replica Collection dialog box.
4. (Optional) Select Perform manual replication.
5. Click Yesto start the replication.
NOTE: If replication operations are taking longer than expected, make sure that you have adequate network
bandwidth between the groups, in addition to full IP routing. A slow network link can cause long replication times.
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