Disable by deleting some global-active device pairs but retaining the replication group

Ops Center High Availability User Guide
Version
10.9.x
File Size
3.9 MB
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-99ADM003-14

You can disable high availability functions without removing all GAD pairs.

  1. Delete some, but not all, GAD pairs in one of the following ways:
    • On the Replication Groups page, select a replication group, then click Edit to open the Edit Replication Group page. Select the primary volumes to remove, then click Submit.
    • On the Volumes page, select a primary volume, then click Unprotect volume. Repeat for each primary volume to be deleted.
    • On the details page for the server, select a primary volume, then click Unprotect volume. Repeat for each primary volume to be deleted.
    Note: Ops Center Administrator can unprotect volumes with high availability with following conditions:
    • P-VOL STATUS and S-VOL STATUS of all paired volumes in the replication group is PAIR.
    • Status of the corresponding replication in Ops Center Protector is OK.
  2. Detach primary volumes in one of the following ways:
    • On the detail page for the server, select all primary volumes, then click Detach volume.
    • On the Volumes page, select all primary volumes, then click Detach volume.
  3. Delete primary volumes in one of the following ways:
    • On the detail page for the server, select all primary volumes, then click Delete volume.
    • On the Volumes page, select a primary volume, then click Delete volume. Repeat for each primary volume.
  4. (Optional) Remove volume IDs and host group IDs in the secondary virtual storage machine.
    1. Open the Virtual Storage Machines page and select the secondary VSM.
    2. Click Actions > Remove VSM > Remove Undefined Resources from VSM.
    3. Specify the number of volumes, the range of volume IDs, or both, then click the plus sign (+). Click Next.
    4. Specify the number of host group IDs to delete, then click the plus sign (+). Click Submit.