DELL 34XX User Manual

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Parameter
Description
secondary virtual disks of a remote-replicated pair. 
This parameter has these values:
• enabled – Automatic resynchronization is 
turned on. You do not need to do anything 
further to resynchronize the primary virtual 
disk and the secondary virtual disk.
• disabled – Automatic resynchronization 
is turned off. To resynchronize the primary 
virtual disks and the secondary virtual disk, you 
must run the resume remoteReplication 
command.
writeOrder
This parameter defines write order for data 
transmission between the primary virtual disk and 
the secondary virtual disk. Valid values are 
preserved or notPreserved.
writeMode
This parameter defines how the primary virtual disk 
writes to the secondary virtual disk. Valid values are 
synchronous or asynchronous.
force
The role reversal is forced if the communications 
link between the storage arrays is down and 
promotion or demotion on the local side results in 
a dual-primary condition or a dual-secondary 
condition. To force a role reversal, set this 
parameter to TRUE. The default value is FALSE.
NOTE: Use the force parameter only when 
using the role parameter.
Notes
When you use this command, you can specify one or more optional parameters.
Synchronization priority defines the amount of system resources that are used to synchronize the data 
between the primary virtual disks and the secondary virtual disks of a replication relationship. If you select 
the highest priority level, the data synchronization uses the most system resources to perform the full 
synchronization, which decreases the performance for host data transfers.
The writeOrder parameter applies only to asynchronous write modes and makes them become part of 
a consistency group. Setting the writeOrder parameter to preserved causes the remote-replicated 
pair to transmit data from the primary virtual disk to the secondary virtual disk in the same order as the 
host writes to the primary virtual disk. In the event of a transmission link failure, the data is buffered until a 
full synchronization can occur. This action can require additional system overhead to maintain the 
buffered data, which slows operations. Setting the writeOrder parameter to notPreserved frees the 
system from having to maintain data in a buffer, but it requires forcing a full synchronization to make sure 
that the secondary virtual disk has the same data as the primary virtual disk.
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