A replication peer is another cluster configured as a destination for synchronous or asynchronous replication.
Viewing Replication Peers via VAST Web UI
From the left navigation menu, select Data Protection and then Replication Peers.
For each replication peer, the following information can be displayed:
Tip
To display or hide fields, click
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to open a dropdown where you can select or unselect fields. Field
Description
ID
The ID of the replication peer.
Name
The name of the replication peer.
Remote Peer Name
The name of the remote peer cluster.
State
The state of the replication peer. Possible values:
Connected. The connection with the remote peer is alive.
Not Connected. There is no connection with the remote peer.
Delete_pending. The peer is being deleted.
Error. There is an error establishing connection with the remote peer either because the configured target cluster is not found or because the configured target cluster is the same as the source cluster, which is not supported.
Remote VIP
The remote virtual IP.
Remote Virtual IP Ranges
The range of virtual IPs in the replication virtual IP pool on the remote peer.
For example: 172.16.10.[10-11]
Local Virtual IP Pool
The replication virtual IP pool configured on the local cluster.
Remote Space Left
The logical capacity remaining available on the remote peer.
Last Heart Beat
The time of the last successful message sent, arrived and acknowledged by the peer.
Remote Version
The software version running on the remote peer.
Local
Yes. The replication peer was configured on the local cluster.
No. The replication peer was configured on the remote peer and mirrored to the local cluster.
Health
An indication of whether the state is OK or not:
OK. if State is Connected.
Error, if State is other than Connected.
Secure Mode
Indicates whether replication to this peer will be encrypted over the wire with mTLS (Secure) or not (None).
Modifying a Replication Peer via VAST Web UI
To modify the configuration of a peer, open the Actions menu for the peer and select Edit. Make your changes and then click Update.
Removing a Replication Peer via VAST Web UI
A replication peer may not be deleted if it is being used by a protection policy.
To remove a peer, open the Actions menu for the peer and select Remove. Click Yes to confirm the removal.
Managing Replication Peers via VAST CLI
To manage replication peers via the VAST CLI, use the following commands.
Task | Command |
|---|---|
Display replication peers | |
Display details of a specific replication peer | |
Create a replication peer | |
Modify a replication peer | |
Delete a replication peer |