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Chapter 1 Introducing Veritas Volume Replicator
Chapter 2 Understanding how VVR works
How data flows in VVR asynchronous mode
How data flows in VVR synchronous mode
How data flows in an RDS containing multiple Secondary hosts
Replication in a shared disk group environment
Understanding how VVR logs writes to the SRL
Chapter 3 Understanding replication settings for a Secondary
Chapter 4 Setting up replication
Best practices for setting up replication
Creating a Replicated Data Set
Synchronizing the Secondary and starting replication
Methods to synchronize the Secondary
Using the automatic synchronization feature
Using the full synchronization feature
Using block-level backup and checkpoint
Starting replication when the data volumes are zero initialized
Examples for setting up a simple Volume Replicator configuration
Creating a Replicated Data Set for the examples
Example 1—Setting up replication using automatic synchronization
Example 2—Setting up replication using full synchronization
Example 3—Setting up replication using block-level backup and checkpointing
Example 4—Setting up replication using Disk Group Split and Join
Example 5—Setting up replication using differences-based synchronization
Example 6—Setting up replication when data volumes are initialized with zeroes
Chapter 5 Displaying configuration information
Displaying RVG and RDS information
Displaying information about data volumes and volume sets
Displaying data volumes in a Replicated Data Set
Displaying a list of data volumes
Displaying information about all failed data volumes
Displaying information about Secondaries
Displaying a list of checkpoints
Displaying statistics with the vrstat display commands
Displaying the consolidated statistics
Displaying the RLINK information for all the hosts in the RDS
Displaying information about all the data volumes for all the hosts in the RDS
Displaying information about the SRL volumes for all the hosts in the RDS
Displaying information about the memory tunable parameters for all the hosts in the RDS
Collecting consolidated statistics of the VVR components
Chapter 6 Administering Veritas Volume Replicator
Associating a volume to a Replicated Data Set
Associating a volume set to an RDS
Associating a Data Change Map to a data volume
Changing the replication settings
Pausing and resuming replication to a Secondary
Stopping replication to a Secondary
Administering the Replicated Data Set
Using the instant snapshot feature
Instant space-optimized snapshots
Instant plex-breakoff snapshots
Chapter 7 Using VVR for off-host processing
In-Band Control Messaging overview
In-Band Control Messaging explained
Chapter 8 Transferring the Primary role
Important notes for migrating the Primary role
Example 1—Migrating from a healthy Primary
Example 2—Migrating the Primary role in a setup with multiple Secondaries
Chapter 9 Replicating to a bunker
Introduction to bunker replication
Requirements for bunker replication
Changing replication settings for the bunker Secondary
Administering bunker replication
Using a bunker for disaster recovery
Chapter 10 Administering VVR using VVR VEA
Setting up replication using VVR VEA
Overview of setting up replication
Setting up replication using the create RDS wizard
Setting up replication using individual tasks
Starting replication when data volumes are initialized with zeroes
Adding a bunker Secondary to the RDS
Viewing replication information
Increasing the size of the SRL
Changing the replication settings
Pausing replication to a Secondary
Resuming replication to a Secondary
Administering the Replicated Data Set
Taking over from an original Primary
Failing back to the original Primary
Failing back using fast-failback synchronization
Example—Failing back to the original Primary using fast failback
Chapter 11 Troubleshooting VVR
Recovery from RLINK connect problems
Recovery from configuration errors
Recovering from Primary data volume error
Primary SRL volume error cleanup and restart
Primary SRL volume error at reboot
Primary SRL volume overflow recovery
Primary SRL header error cleanup and recovery
Secondary data volume error cleanup and recovery
Secondary SRL volume error cleanup and recovery
Appendix A VVR command reference
Appendix B Messages
Appendix C Using the In-band Control Messaging
utility vxibc and the IBC programming API
In-band Control Messaging overview
Using the IBC messaging command-line utility
Registering an application name
Displaying the registered application name for an RVG
Unregistering an application name
Receiving and processing an IBC message using a single command
Sending and processing an IBC message using a single command
Appendix D Veritas Volume Replicator object states
Appendix E VVR task reference
Appendix F Accessibility and VVR VEA