Switching Operations to the Recovery Site (CLI)

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After a failure occurs at the production site, perform a reverse replication at the recovery site, and then redirect client operations to the recovery site.

From the replication target, enter shares replication.
```
host-offsite:> shares replication
```
Enter sources to list the source appliances that are associated with this target.
```
host-offsite:shares default replication> sources
```
Look for the package replicated by the source appliance.
In this example, source-001 is the source appliance number, and host-prod is the source appliance name. kmm2 is the local project name in replication package number package-001.
```
source-001 host-prod
 PROJECT                     STATE         LAST UPDATE
package-000 <unknown>         idle          unknown
package-001 kmm2              idle          Wed May 01 2015 20:06:27 GMT+0000(UTC)
```

Enter select and the source appliance number.

host-offsite:shares default replication sources> select source-001

Enter select and the replication package number.

host-offsite:shares default replication source-001> select package-001

Enter pkgreverse.
```
host-prod:shares replication source-005 package-000> pkgreverse
```
The pkgreverse command preserves the properties of the original replication action, including schedules.
(Optional) Set a new project name and enable the action using the following commands:
```
host-prod:shares replication source-000 package-000 pkgreverse> set new_project_name=new-kmm2
              new_project_name = new-kmm2
host-prod:shares replication source-000 package-000 pkgreverse> set enable_action_upon_reversal=true
   enable_action_upon_reversal = true
```
Note - The project name must be unique on the appliance where the reverse operation is performed. If a project with the same name exists on the target at the recovery site, the reverse operation will fail.

Enter show to confirm the properties, and then enter commit:

host-prod:shares replication source-000 package-000 pkgreverse> show
Properties:
              new_project_name = new-kmm2
   enable_action_upon_reversal = true

host-prod:shares replication source-000 package-000 pkgreverse> commit
This action will move the contents of this package to a new local project
configured to replicate back to the source. Any data or metadata changes made
on the source since the last successful update will be lost when the new
project is replicated back to the source. If replication actions on the source
are not disabled, future updates to this package will fail.

Transfer client activity to the IP address of the appliance at the recovery site.
Depending on the protocol used, map (SMB clients) or remount (NFS clients) the shares using the IP address or name of the appliance at the recovery site.

Next Steps

Updating the Production Site (CLI)