A replication action describes the project or share to be replicated, the replication target, the replication schedule, and data transfer properties such as enabling or disabling encryption of the network link.
If you are setting up remote replication for the first time, it may be useful to replicate a minimal amount of data to ensure the sync completes successfully. You can either replicate an empty project or choose not to replicate the snapshots in the project/shares.
If you are replicating a large data set and bandwidth is limited due to distance between source and target appliances, you can export the replication as described in Configuring Offline Replication (CLI).
host_source:shares PROJECT1/SHARE1 replication> action
host_source:shares PROJECT1/SHARE1 action (uncommitted)> get
Properties:
target = (unset)
pool = (unset)
enabled = true
continuous = false
include_snaps = true
max_bandwidth = unlimited
use_ssl = true
See Replication Action Properties for a description of CLI properties.
host_source:shares PROJECT1/SHARE1 action (uncommitted)> set target=repl_sys
target = repl_sys (uncommitted)
host_source:shares PROJECT1/SHARE1 action (uncommitted)> set pool=pool-0
pool = pool-0 (uncommitted)
host_source:shares PROJECT1/SHARE1 action (uncommitted)> set include_snaps=false
include_snaps = false (uncommitted)
host_source:shares PROJECT1/SHARE1 action (uncommitted)> set use_ssl=false
use_ssl = false (uncommitted)
host_source:shares PROJECT1/SHARE1 action-000> schedule
host_source:shares PROJECT1/SHARE1 action-000 schedule (uncommitted)> set frequency=day
frequency = day (uncommitted)
host_source:shares PROJECT1/SHARE1 action-000 schedule (uncommitted)> set hour=23
hour = 23 (uncommitted)
host_source:shares PROJECT1/SHARE1 action-000 schedule (uncommitted)> set minute=05
minute = 05 (uncommitted)
host_source:shares PROJECT1/SHARE1 action (uncommitted)> commit
host_source:shares PROJECT1/SHARE1 replication> ls
Properties:
inherited = false
Actions:
TARGET STATUS NEXT
action-000 repl_sys idle manual
host_source:shares PROJECT1/SHARE1 action-000> ls
Properties:
id = a751dc0f-abcd-1234-6789-f5e8315eaffa
target = repl_sys
enabled = true
continuous = false
include_snaps = false
max_bandwidth = unlimited
use_ssl = false
compression = on
export_path =
state = idle
state_description = Idle (no update pending)
export_pending = false
offline = false
next_update = Wed Sep 01 2016 23:05:00 GMT+0000 (UTC)
last_sync = Wed Sep 01 2016 10:24:05 GMT+0000 (UTC)
last_try = Wed Sep 01 2016 10:24:05 GMT+0000 (UTC)
last_result = success
The ID is used later to select the correct replication action node.
host_source:shares PROJECT1/SHARE1 replication>last get id
id =
fb1bb3fd-3361-42e1-e4a1-b06c426172fb