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Can you view information about remote links?
Can you create a replication set?
Can you replicate a volume?
Answer Possible reasons Actions
Yes System functioning properly. No action required.
No Communication link is down • Verify controller enclosure cabling (see Table 22).
• Review event logs for indicators of a specific fault in a host
or replication data path component.
In the footer, click the events panel and select Show Event
List. This will open the Event Log Viewer panel.
• Verify valid IP address of the network port on the remote
system.
• Click in the Volumes topic, then click on a volume name in
the volumes list. Click the Replication Sets tab to display
replications and associated metadata.
• Alternatively, click in the Replications topic to display
replications and associated metadata.
Table 23 Diagnostics for replication setup: Viewing information about remote links (v3)
Answer Possible reasons Actions
Yes System functioning properly. No action required.
No On controller enclosures with iSCSI
host interface ports, replication set
creation fails due to use of CHAP.
If using CHAP (Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol),
see the topics about configuring CHAP and working in
replications within the Storage Management Guide.
No Unable to create the secondary
volume (the destination volume in the
virtual disk group to which you will
replicate data from the primary
volume)?
1
• Review event logs (in the footer, click the events panel and
select Show Event List) for indicators of a specific fault in a
replication data path component. Follow any
Recommended Actions.
• Verify valid specification of the secondary volume
according to either of the following criteria:
• A conflicting volume does not already exist
• Creation of the new volume in the disk group
No Communication link is down. • See actions described in Can you view information about
remote links? on page 95.
1
After ensuring valid licensing, valid cabling connections, and network availability, create the replication set using
the Replications topic, select Action > Create Replication Set.
Table 24 Diagnostics for replication setup: Creating a replication set (v3)
Answer Possible reasons Actions
Yes System functioning properly. No action required.
No The replication feature is not licensed
on each controller enclosure used for
replication.
See actions described in Can you successfully use the
replication feature? on page 94.
Table 25 Diagnostics for replication setup: Replicating a volume (v3)
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