PowerStore: Adding a new appliance may result in replication sessions to fail (System_Paused) session sync

Summary: Adding a new appliance to a PowerStore cluster may result in replication sessions for the existing remote systems to fail (System_Paused) session sync.

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Symptoms

A new appliance was added to the PowerStore cluster. Later on, replication sessions that are created (for a volume or volume group) on the new appliance fail.

Cause

After a new appliance is added to a cluster, for existing remote systems, remote system connections are not updated with the new appliance's IPs.

As a result, the replication session sync for the resources (volume, volume group) placed on the new appliance fails.

Resolution

This issue is resolved in PowerStoreOS version 4.0.0.0 (or later).

Workaround

To work around this issue with versions earlier than 4.0.0.0, run the remote system Verify-and-Update operation from the PowerStore Manager.

Affected Products

PowerStore
Article Properties
Article Number: 000286188
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 14 Jun 2025
Version:  2
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