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mrbigbillyb
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October 28th, 2015 09:00
VNX Replication Testing
I have a File System replicated between two VNX 5700s remote from each other. The customer wants to test the destination file system as Read/Write, without interfering with the source data, and when the testing is done, discard any changes to the destination file system and resume replication. If I simply stop replication, will that automatically set the destination file system to read/write? Or do I have to do a Failover?
Thanks,
to add to what Karl mentioned is that you will not be able to use the same CIFS server if you use read-write snapshot scenario. On DR VNX you will need to create a CIFS server on physical datamover and create a CIFS share using Windows MMC.
umichklewis
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Posted October 29th, 2015 04:00
To activate the replicated filesystem read-write, you would need to do a Failover. However, there are easier ways to perform what is essentially a DR Test. You'll see other posts about it here in the forums, but you could take a read-write snapshot of the destination filesystem, export it via CIFS or NFS, then perform your testing without interrupting the replication session.
Let us know if that helps!