problem setting up volume replication

[Gr-R]

hi guys, i have followed the guide provided by open-e for setting up volume replication but am having a problem

i have two sans, x.x.x.145 (san1) and x.x.x.146 (san2) i have set them up as per the guide however on san1 in replication tasks I cannot see any volumes in the destination source dropdown box.

What could be causing this?

thanks in advance

tim

A few things to check:

valid dns
valid gateway
can you ping the other Appliance from the console?

can you try enabling the WAN check box, and see if shows up then.

[To-M]

1) Check that the volume sizes are the same size.

2) Check that they are both either Block IO or File IO as they have to be the same

3) Check that the Destination is not still running the iSCSI initializing (better to use Block IO).

4) Can you ping from the Console tools to the Destination IP?

[timshotter]

thanks guys for your fast repsonse.

Both drives are File I/O and 256gb each san1 is set to source in replication and san2 to destination

i can ping from the console fine.

any more ideas?

[Gr-R]

thanks guys for your fast repsonse.

Both drives are File I/O and 256gb each san1 is set to source in replication and san2 to destination

i can ping from the console fine.

any more ideas?

can you try enabling the WAN check box, and see if shows up then.
it may sound strange... but try it and let me know.

[To-M]

Try to delete the destination volume and re-create it again.

[timshotter]

last night i deleted the destination volume group and recreated it still no joy, i also tried ticking wan and making up an 8 character key but again to no avail.

below is the configuration, i can ping both boxes from eachothers consoles

san1
bonded nic 4+5
x.x.x.145
255.255.255.0
auto
x.x.x.x.9
vol group DataStorage_1
logical volume 256gb LvDataStorage_100, File I/O replication and initialisation on
logical volume 256gb LvDataStorage_101, NAS
target0 LUN0 LvDataStorage_100
Vol Replication both set as source, mirror IP x.x.x.147
nothing showing in dropdown box

san2
bonded nic 4+5
x.x.x.147
255.255.255.0
auto
x.x.x.x.9
vol group DataStorage_2
logical volume 256gb LvDataStorage_200, File I/O replication and initialisation on
target0 LUN0 LvDataStorage_200
Vol Replication set as destination, mirror IP x.x.x.145

[Gr-R]

last night i deleted the destination volume group and recreated it still no joy, i also tried ticking wan and making up an 8 character key but again to no avail.

below is the configuration, i can ping both boxes from eachothers consoles

san1
bonded nic 4+5
x.x.x.145
255.255.255.0
auto
x.x.x.x.9
vol group DataStorage_1
logical volume 256gb LvDataStorage_100, File I/O replication and initialisation on
logical volume 256gb LvDataStorage_101, NAS
target0 LUN0 LvDataStorage_100
Vol Replication both set as source, mirror IP x.x.x.147
nothing showing in dropdown box

san2
bonded nic 4+5
x.x.x.147
255.255.255.0
auto
x.x.x.x.9
vol group DataStorage_2
logical volume 256gb LvDataStorage_200, File I/O replication and initialisation on
target0 LUN0 LvDataStorage_200
Vol Replication set as destination, mirror IP x.x.x.145

upload the logs via support, and we can take a look.
Or better yet, toss up some screenshots of the setup, here on the forum.