The Replicate Now feature enables you to start a replication of any given remote protected path at any time instead of waiting for the next scheduled replication. The replication is exactly as defined for the protected path except that it is started on demand. The snapshot is replicated to all defined destinations for the protected path. The snapshots created by on-demand replication are named with the prefix defined in the protection policy for the protected path.
One restore point per destination can be in progress at a time. If a restore point is started while another is in progress, the new restore point waits to start after the earlier one is completed. If an on-demand replication is triggered while there is a queued pending restore point, the most recent on-demand restore point replaces the pending restore point in the queue (it is dropped, whether it was a scheduled restore point or an on-demand restore point). Similarly, if the time for the next scheduled restore point arrives while there is a pending on-demand restore point in the queue, the scheduled restore point is dropped in favor of the pending on-demand restore point.
Replicating On-Demand from the VAST Web UI
On the source peer, go to the Protected Paths tab of the Data Protection page.
Right-click the protected path that you want to replication and select Replications and then Replicate Now.
A snapshot of the path is replicated. The replication might wait in the queue for some time before starting.