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Group Administration Data recovery
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3. In the Promote Replica Set – Volume Options dialog box:
• Choose whether to set the volume online or offline.
• Choose whether to retain the iSCSI targ
et name of the original volume. This can facilitate initiator access
to the volume.
• Deselect the
Keep ability to demote to replica set option.
Then, click
Next.
4. In the Promote Replica Set – Volume Settings dialog box:
• Enter a new volume name, up to 63 alphanumeric characters (inc
luding periods, hyphens, and colons). A
volume name should be unique in a group.
• Enter an optional description.
• Select the storage pool.
Then, click
Next.
5. In the Promote Replica Set – iSCSI Access dialog box:
• Access controls for the recovery volume. Specify a
CHAP user name, IP address, or iSCSI initiator name.
See About iSCSI target access controls on
page 8-1.
• Permission, either read-only or read-write.
• Whether to allow initiators with different iSCSI qualified
names (IQNs)
access to the volume. See
Multi-host access to targets on page 8
-6.
Then, click
Next.
6. If the information in the Promote Replica Set – Summary dialog box is satisfactory, click
Finish. Click Back
to make changes.
The replica set disappears from the list of inbo
und replicas, and the new volume appears in the list of volumes.
Handling a failed operation
The Replicate to Partner operation and the Failback to Primary operation consolidate multiple tasks, as
documented in Manually performing the replicate to partner operation on pag
e 13-16 and Manually performing
the failback to primary operation.
To check the status of a Replicate to Partner operation and the Failback
to Primary operation:
1. Open the Alarms panel and click the
Failback Operations tab.
2. Expand the recovery volume to display the status of each task
in the operation.
If an individual task fails during a Replicate to Partner or Failback to Pr
imary operation, correct the problem.
After correcting the problem, in the Failback Operations panel, right-click the faile
d operation and select Retry
task
. The operation continues automatically.