Create a Rollback Scenario

You can create a scenario whereby the target LUNs are designated for backup but not made available to administrators or applications. The LUNs can be recovered (rolled back) to a point in time for recovery purposes.

During normal replication, a target LUN is reserved and not accessible by administrators or applications. If there is a disaster at the source location, create a rollback scenario of the LUN. A rollback scenario allows you to recover the data at any historic point‑in‑time that has been stored in the retention period. The rollback process promotes the target LUN as the new source LUN. You can then mount this LUN to a host until the primary location is fully recovered and available.

During the rollback, replication stops and suspends any policies that are associated with the replication pair. When the rollback completes, the changes from the retention log are applied to the target LUN for the replication pair.

Note: LUN rollback is an irreversible process. The data on the target LUN is permanently modified and the retention log data is lost for that LUN. Perform the rollback only if you are certain that the data for the particular rollback period is needed.

Note: Oracle recommends that you create a virtual snapshot of the historical data. The virtual snapshot retains the integrity of the target LUN and permits you to verify the integrity of the data that you want to roll back.

Navigate to Recover > Create Rollback Scenario.
Select the protection plan to which you want to add the rollback scenario from the Select Plan list.
Select the primary server and failover server for the rollback in the Select Protection list.
Click Next.
Verify the rollback options in the Pair Details listing and then click Next.
Verify the rollback plan and rollback scenario details and then click Save.