Export a writable checkpoint of a replicated file system on the dest side?

Run \\dr-msfs01\c$

Thanks

\\dr-msfs01\c$ is not accessible.

We'll I've figured out how to mount a r/w checkpoint on a different cifs server. That cifs server has to reside on the same vdm as the cifs server which the file system belongs to. This points me in this direction...

Create a new cifs server at the destination side on the vdm which the file system whose checkpoint I want to mount resides on. The only problem with that is since the VDM is also being replicated, it is currently unloaded and I cannot create a cifs server on it. Can I load a destination VDM?

I need to do the same thins and opened a "question" SR with support - they came back and basically said the switch-over method was the only supported way to test CIFS for DR.

Come on EMC! Switch-over does impact production - I tried it using 2 Celerra VSAs. You guys need to publish a tech note on how to access CIFS files at the recovery side w/o impacting production or replicaion for that matter.

(IMNSHO)

Have you made any more progress? I need to do the same thing and based on this thread and my own investigation this doesn't look easy if it's possible at all.


Thanks,
Jerry

Unfortunately it appears it is impossible at the moment and I've given up. I submitted a product enhancement request and talked to my TC. The best I could do is get it up and running on the DR side only after stopping the VDM replication. This was about a 15 step process. However, when trying to roll back to normal I managed to cause the datamover to panic every time.

Hey count me in on this - I'm trying to do something very similar.....

I'm replicating data from a Celerra in site 1 to a Celerra in site 2. We take checkpoints on a daily basis in site 1 and keep them on a rolling basis for 3 weeks. As we've been "rolling" for some time, the savvol has grown enormously in site 1 and I need to clear it down.

Unfortunately, I can't just delete all the checkpoints as they are my only backup history for Monday-Thursday. So I thought if I set up the same checkpoint schedule in site 2 on the replicated FS I'd be OK to delete the ckpts in site 1.

However I am trying to mount a test ckpt of a replicated FS in site 2 and failing miserably. I have no need for the ckpt to be read/write, so my requirements are slightly different to yours above. Have you managed to achieve this yet without crashing the DM?

Did you mount it to the physical Datamover not the VDM?

I have actually tried both - the physical (server_2) and a VDM.
However, I was doing this in Celerra Manager rather than the CLI.

Regards

Everyone needs to submit a product enhancement request for this issue. The more we scream, the more likely we'll get what we want.

Point taken. I just came out of a DR meeting this morning; management asked me to try the same test this summer. I opened a web browser and showed them this thread. That DR test is now suspended!

mistake

What is a mistake?

@gbarretoxx

Very cool. This does indeed work! Are there any issues that I should watch out for considering this is somewhat of a hack/workaround?