Update Disaster Recovery Protection Group Role

Learn how to update the role of a Disaster Recovery (DR) Protection Group.

  1. Navigate to the resource page for the DR Protection Group.
  2. In the DR Protection Group Information pane, identify the current Role of the DR Protection Group and click the Edit link next to the role.
  3. Click Change to primary or Change to standby to change the role of the DR Protection Group.
  4. When you change the role of a DR Protection Group, the role of its peer is also automatically updated. DR plans stored at the primary group move into an Inactive state, and DR plans stored at the standby group move into an Active state.
Note

To update the role of a DR Protection Group, you must associate it with another peer DR Protection Group. You cannot update the role of a DR Protection Group with a role of Not Configured (not associated with a peer).