Hardware manual

Group Administration Data recovery
13–16
Manually performing the replicate to partner operation
The Replicate to Partner operation consolidates multiple tasks. You can perform each task in the operation
individually.
Requirement: Yo
u must promote the inbound replica set to a recovery volume, before performing the individual
Replicate to Partner tasks. See Promoting an inbound replica set to a recovery volume.
1. On the primary group:
a. Set the original volume of
fline. See Setting a volume offline or online on pag
e 9-13.
b. Cancel any in-progress replication. See Cancelling a volume replication on pa
ge 12-31.
c. Set any snapshots for the volu
me offline. See Setting a snapshot online or offline on page 11-11.
d. Demote the volume to a
failback replica set:
Click
Volumes, then expand Volumes, then select the volume, and then click Demote to replica
set
.
2. On the secondary group:
a. Configure the recovery volume to replicate to the primary group. See Configuring a vol
ume for replication
on page 12-25.
b. Create a replica. See Creating a replica on pa
ge 12-28.
You can use manual replication if a large amount of data must be
transferred. See the Manual Transfer
Utility Installation and User Guide.
Manually performing the failback to primary operation
The Failback to Primary operation consolidates multiple tasks. You can perform each task in the operation
individually.
1. Perform the Replicate to Partner operation. See Re
plicating a recovery volume to the primary group on page
13-9 or Manually performing the replicate to partner operation.
2. On the secondary group:
a. Disable any replication or snapshot sche
dules for the recovery volume.
b. Set the recovery volume offline. See Setting a volume offline or online o
n page 9-13.
c. Create a final replica. See Creating a replica on page 1
2-28.
You can use manual replication if a large amount of data must be
transferred. See the Manual Transfer
Utility Installation and User Guide.
d. Demote the recovery volume to the original inbound replica set:
Click
Volumes, then expand Volumes, then select the volume, and then click Demote to replica
set
.