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Hi,
I have setup replication between 2 PS4000.
I wanted to test accessing a replica. I have promoted a replica to a volume, enabled the relevant access by IP.
In vSphere, I have re-scanned under storage controllers and the path to this volume is there. However it shows as "Active" not "Active (I/O) liek the rest of the data stores,so I am unable to add the volume.
I guess this could be a vSphere question but thought I would try here first.
Any ideas what Im doing wrong?
Thanks
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Posted February 9th, 2014 14:00
Are you trying to access the replica-volume from the same server(s) that are accessing the original volume?
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Posted February 9th, 2014 14:00
Check if esxi detect the volume as a snapshot because it doesnt mount them automaticly for that reason. If so a resignature is needed.
Regards,
Joerg
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Posted February 9th, 2014 15:00
Try a "esxcfg-volume -l"
Regards,
Joerg
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Posted February 14th, 2014 05:00
Thanks.. I was being a little bit silly here. Ive got that working now.
Is it possible to promote a replica and attach to same server even if the current volume is still online? To be able to restore an indivual VM etc?
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Posted February 14th, 2014 08:00
ah, excellent. Thanks for your help
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Posted February 14th, 2014 08:00
If you want to restore individual VMs, I highly recommend setting up Equallogic's Virtual Storage Manager instead of doing it manually. You can download it from the Equallogic site and it integrates with vCenter. It allows setting up replication and snapshots from within vCenter and then allows you to restore individual VMs if needed.