Changing a Secondary Mirrored Logical Drive to a Primary Logical Drive

Use the Change Role to Primary option to perform a between the two paired in . This option promotes a selected to become the of the mirrored pair. If the associated primary logical drive can be contacted, the primary logical drive is automatically demoted to be the secondary logical drive.

Use this option in this situation:

When the secondary logical drive becomes a primary logical drive, any hosts that are accessing the logical drive are now be able to write to the logical drive.

If a communication problem between the secondary site and the primary site prevents the demotion of the primary logical drive, an error message appears. However, you are given the opportunity to proceed with the promotion of the secondary logical drive. This promotion leads to a .


Note:

This option is available only if the Enhanced Remote Mirroring has been activated.

  1. In the Logical pane, select the secondary logical drive, and select Logical Drive >> Enhanced Remote Mirroring >> Change >> Role to Primary .
  2. Click Yes.
    The secondary logical drive is promoted to be the primary logical drive in the remote logical drive mirror. If the of the primary logical drive can be contacted, the primary logical drive is automatically demoted to be the secondary logical drive in the remote logical drive mirror.

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