Users Guide

Restore/Start Disaster Recovery

Use the Restore/Start Disaster Recovery page to restore the Disaster Recovery activated volume for the corresponding datastore.

Prerequisites

Valid restore points must be defined.

Steps

1. Select a datacenter.

2. Select Actions > All Dell Storage Actions > Disaster Recovery > Restore/Restart.

The Restore/Restart Disaster Recovery wizard starts, and the Select SAN array source/destination page opens.

3. From the list, select a source/destination pair. Click Next.

The Restore/Restart Disaster Recovery Warning page opens.

4. (Optional) Select Disaster Recovery options:

• Check Mirror Back Only to skip recreating the replication in the original direction and use the Disaster Recovery site as the

source.

• Check Automatically Deactivate Destination to automatically remove server mappings from the activated volume without

requiring administrator intervention. This option is available only if Disaster Recovery has been activated for the restore point. If

this option is selected, I/O to the activated volume should be halted before performing the restore.

Click Next.

The Available Restore Points page opens showing the datastores that have been specified as restore points.

5. From the list, select a pair of restore points. Click Next.

A page opens that shows the selected restore points.

6. (Optional) To modify the settings, click Edit Settings.

The Edit Activate Disaster Recovery Setting page opens.

7. Modify the settings:

• Click Change next to Server to modify the server.

• Check the Use Original Volumes Folder checkbox to select that option.

• Check the Use Active Snapshot checkbox to select that option.

• Click Change next to Snapshot Profile List to modify the snapshot profile to be applied.

Click OK to save the modified settings.

8. Click Next.

The Ready to Complete page opens.

9. Click Finish.

Related reference

Edit Activate Recovery Settings

Recover/Restart Disaster Recovery Warning

Select Restore Points

Select Source/Destination Pair

Predefine Disaster Recovery

Predefine Disaster Recovery updates the Disaster Recovery settings for the corresponding datastore on the associated Storage Center

volume.

Steps

1. Select a datacenter.

2. Select Actions > All Dell Storage Actions > Disaster Recovery > Predefine.

The Select SAN array source/destination page opens.

3. From the list, select the Storage Center pair that hosts the replications for which you want to update the Disaster Recovery settings.

Then click Next.

A page opens that shows the selected restore points.

Managing Disaster Recovery