Pausing replication to a Secondary
This task temporarily pauses replication between the Primary and Secondary. To pause replication to a specific Secondary in an RDS, specify the Secondary hostname.
For details, see Pausing and resuming replication to a Secondary. This task is distributed, that is, it can be executed from any host in the RDS.
To initiate a Primary pause
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Choose Replication Tasks > Pause Replication > Pause Replication on Primary.
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Select the RVG from the list.
After selecting the RVG, the following screen displays:
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If the RDS contains a single Secondary, the Secondary hostname displays in the Secondary Host entry field by default. If the RDS contains more than one Secondary, press F4 to view the list of available Secondary hosts and then select the Secondary host.
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To get help on determining the appropriate setting, press F1.
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To initiate this task, press enter.
The command status screen displays.
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Press F3 until you return to the main menu.
To initiate a Secondary pause
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Choose Replication Tasks > Pause Replication > Pause Replication on Secondary.
The Pause Replication on Secondary screen displays.
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Repeat step 2 through step 5 in To initiate a Primary pause.
