Dell DR2000v DR Series System Administrator Guide - Page 72
Deleting Replication Relationships, Starting and Stopping Replication
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CAUTION: Exercise care when configuring the direction of replication for source and target containers. For example, target containers can have their contents deleted if they contain existing data. NOTE: Because you cannot modify an existing defined role (source or target replica) for a replication relationship, if necessary, you must delete the existing replication relationship, and then recreate a new relationship with the specific source and target roles that you want. 1. Select Storage→ Replication. The Replication page is displayed, which lists all current replication entries 2. Select the replication relationship that you want to modify, and click Edit in the options bar. The Edit Replication dialog is displayed. 3. Modify the settings/values for the Source, Replica, or Cacscaded Replica containers as needed. a. To modify the bandwidth rate, next to Bandwidth Speed Rate, select the bandwidth as Default or specify a rate. Bandwidth is the replication bandwidth limit that you can set as Kibibytes per second (KiBps), Mebibytes per second (MiBps), Gibibytes per second (GiBps), or as an unlimited bandwidth (default). The minimum allowed replication bandwidth setting that you can configure is 192 KiBps. b. To modify the encryption setting, select one of the following Encryption values for the Source Container > Replica Container or Replica > Cascaded Replica Container as needed: None, 128-bit, or 256-bit. c. To modify a remote container's IP address/host name settings, under Replica Container or Cascaded Replica Container, modify the user logon credentials of the remote system as needed. 4. Click Save Replication. The Successfully updated replication dialog is displayed when updates have been saved. Deleting Replication Relationships To delete an existing replication relationship, complete the following: 1. Select Storage → Replication. The Replication page is displayed. 2. Select the replication relationship that you want to delete, and click Delete in the options bar. The Delete Replication dialog is displayed. 3. Select the relationships you want to delete for the Source Container > Replica Container and/or the Replica Container > Cascaded Replica Container, and then click OK in the Delete replication dialog (or click Cancel to display the Replication page). The Successfully deleted replication dialog is displayed when successful. NOTE: If the deletion fails, you can use the Force option to force removal of the relationship. Starting and Stopping Replication To start or stop replication in an existing replication relationship, complete the following: NOTE: For more information about setting up a Replication schedule, see Creating a Replication Schedule. 1. Select Storage → Replication. The Replication page is displayed. 2. Click Select to select the replication relationship for which you want to stop (see step 3) or start (see step 4) the replication process. 3. To stop the scheduled replication process, click Stop, and click OK to stop replication (or click Cancel to display the Replication page). The Successfully stopped replication dialog is displayed. 72