Replication Source is Busy

Description

Replication between the NAS source volume and the NAS

 

destination volume fails because the file system of the source NAS

 

volume is busy replicating other NAS volumes.

Cause

Replication task fails because the file system of the source NAS

 

volume is busy replicating other NAS volumes.

Workaround

The replication continues automatically when the file system

 

releases part of the resources. The administrators should verify that

 

the replication is automatically continues after a period of time

 

(an hour).

 

 

Replication Source is Down

Description

Replication between the NAS source volume and the NAS

 

destination volume fails because the file system of source NAS

 

volume is down.

Cause

The file system of the source NAS volume is down.

Workaround

Administrators should check if the PowerVault NX3500 is down in

 

the source system, by checking the monitoring section of the NAS

 

Manager. If the PowerVault NX3500 is down, the administrators

 

should start the system on the source cluster. The replication

 

continues automatically when the file system starts.

 

 

Replication Source is Not Optimal

Description

Replication between the source and the destination NAS volumes

 

fails because the file system of the source NAS volume is not optimal.

Cause

Replication fails since the file system of the source is not optimal.

Workaround

The administrator should check the system status of source

 

system, using the monitoring section in the NAS Manager, to

 

understand why the file system is not optimal.

 

 

Troubleshooting

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