Hi

I am currently running RP4VM v5.0 and need to perform testing on 30 VMs replicated to DR site for a period of 24 hours at the DR site.

There is currently over 90% free in a 1 TB journal at the DR site. I have set up 7 CGs and using “Test Copy” to bring up the VMs in a dedicated Test network.

My issue is the journal capacity and the image Access Log capacity continues to fill up for all CGs and when the Image Access Log capacity reaches over 85% the test VMs in the CG are powered off and the Image Access Log (IAL) capacity is reset to 0%. This takes less than an hour for one CG. Noted for each CG in the "Recovery Activities" window in the plug-in.

What is the best way to prevent this happening or alternatively is there a better way to do the testing?

Options

a/ pause replication while testing via CLI

b/ increase the default size of the IAL ( default 20%) – do not know where or how to change the default

c/ increase journal size at DR  (add additional vmdks to the journal)

d/ other option

Hope someone has done this or can advise