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April 20th, 2023 07:00
Lack of NAS Failover Test
I am the only one that finds it absolutely ridiculous that NAS replication can't be tested at all? Not only is a fail-over test not possible, but we can't even clone out the replicas to check them?! This makes NAS replication worthless if I can't verify that it's reliable.
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DELL_ChrisHolloway
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April 20th, 2023 07:00
What code level are you running? Cloning a destination NAS server for DR testing was added in v3.0 code. See:
https://infohub.delltechnologies.com/l/dell-powerstore-replication-technologies/replication-operations-2
JamesMcGui
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April 20th, 2023 08:00
Holy cow!!! Thank you so much for pointing this out. I had a support ticket open a while back since I moved to 3.2.0.1 and they said it wasn't possible, and a feature request would be put in for me. There was zero mention of this being possible!
I will mention, where the guide says "destination NAS server and clicks MORE ACTIONS > Clone." It should be "destination NAS server and clicks REPURPOSE > Clone NAS Server".
I'll give it a shot and report back / accept as solution!
JamesMcGui
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April 26th, 2023 08:00
Just ran through our DR Drill with the method you suggested. It worked really well! Only hiccup is you can't modify hosts access to a cloned NAS server. Bit of a hassles in the moment, but minor. So happy you showed me this documentation! Thanks again.