Replication Plug-in for Containers Installation and User Guide

Version: 3.18.x
Audience: anonymous
Part Number: MK-92ADPTR155-10
Published: 2026-07-07

Overview
Pre-installation requirements
Supported software versions
Installing and configuring Replication Plug-in for Containers
Configuring the storage system
Configuring Storage Plug-in for Containers
Creating the PersistentVolumeClaim
Configuring Replication Plug-in for Containers
Installing DR operator
Replicating storage volumes using default copy groups
Creating a manifest file for Replication CR
Creating a Replication CR object
Verifying the status of Replication CR
Performing replication operations on copy pairs
Splitting a TrueCopy pair or Universal Replicator pair
Resynchronizing a TrueCopy pair or Universal Replicator pair
Managing failover for TrueCopy or Universal Replicator pairs
Resynchronizing a TrueCopy pair or Universal Replicator pair after a failover
Verifying the replicated data
Replicating storage volumes using custom copy groups
Creating replication group CR object for custom copy group
Creating replication CR object for custom copy group
Performing replication operations on copy groups
Splitting a copy group for TrueCopy or Universal Replicator pair
Resynchronizing a copy group for TrueCopy or Universal Replicator pair
Managing failover of a TrueCopy or Universal Replicator copy group
Resynchronizing a TrueCopy or Universal Replicator copy group after a failover
Expanding volumes
Performing failover and failback
Running your applications in the secondary site
Performing failback to the primary site
Running applications without primary site recovery
Deleting Replication and Replication Group CR
Deleting replication CR and the related objects
Deleting replication CRs without connection to a remote site
Managing Disaster Recovery operations using the DR Operator
Creating and managing Disaster Recovery Policy for a TrueCopy pair or a Universal Replicator pair
Splitting a TrueCopy pair or Universal Replicator pair using the DR Operator
Performing a failover of a TrueCopy pair or Universal Replicator pair using the DR Operator
Swapping and Resynchronizing a TrueCopy pair or Universal Replicator pair using the DR Operator
Performing a failback of a TrueCopy or Universal Replicator pair using the DR Operator
Deleting DR policy CR
Uninstalling DR Operator
Uninstalling Replication Plug-in for Containers
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting Replication CR issues
Collecting information for troubleshooting
Collecting logs for Replication Plug-in for Containers
Collecting storage system information
Information needed in case of contacting support
Restarting Replication Plug-in for Containers
Appendix
Recovering and cleaning up the primary site
Performing failback after cleaning up the primary site
Replication CR Status
Storage information of Replication CR
Understanding Replication CR Workflow
Timezone settings
Using the resource partitioning feature of Storage Plug-in for Containers

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