systems is down or unreachable, the partnership is deleted only on the system that is running. Once the other system comes back up, the partnership must be deleted on that system too.

1.Click the System tab on the left.

2.Click the Data Protection tab on the top.

3.In the Cluster Partnerships pane, click the row of the partnership you want to delete.

4.Click Delete.

The Delete dialog box appears.

5.Click OK.

Replicating NAS Volumes

You can perform manual and scheduled replication operations, and pause, resume, delete, and monitor replication.

Adding Replication for a NAS Volume

Adding a replication creates a replication relationship between a source NAS volume and a target NAS volume. After adding a replication, you can set up a replication policy to run according to a set schedule or on demand.

NOTE: Create a target NAS volume on the target FluidFS cluster that is the same size or larger than the source NAS volume.

1.Click the NAS Volumes tab on the left.

2.Click the All NAS Volumes tab on the top.

3.In the All NAS Volumes pane, click in the row of the volume you want to replicate.

4.Click View Details.

5.Click the Replication tab on the top.

6.In the Replication Partnership pane, click .

7.Click Connect.

The Connect to Partner of Replication dialog box appears.

8.In the Destination cluster drop down, select a FluidFS cluster.

9.Click the […] button to the right of the Destination NAS volume field. The NAS volume browser opens.

10.Select the destination volume and click OK.

11.In the Connect to Partner of Replication dialog, click OK.

A warning stating that ALL changes on the destination NAS volume will be lost is displayed.

12.Click the Ignore the above warning check box, then click OK.

The replication partnership is displayed in the Replication Partnership pane.

Deleting Replication for a NAS Volume

Deleting replication for a NAS volume is similar to disabling replication for a NAS volume in that it does not disrupt replication operations for other NAS volumes or the replication partnership between the source and target FluidFS clusters. After deleting replication, the target NAS volume becomes a standalone, writable NAS volume. You can delete replication from either the source or target FluidFS cluster.

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Dell NX3500, NX3610 Replicating NAS Volumes, Adding Replication for a NAS Volume, Deleting Replication for a NAS Volume

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