Starting A Drobodr Manually - Drobo 5N2 User Manual

1.9.2.4 Starting a DroboDR Manually

The following steps assume you have already set up two Drobo devices on your network for data
replication. See Setting Up Your Drobo Device to Use DroboDR
All synchronizations are set and managed from the source Drobo device only. After the initial
synchronization, which may take the longest, DroboDR simply updates the destination with only the
changes from the source for rapid, efficient data replication.
To start synchronization manually, when one is not in progress, do the following.
Note:
You need to be logged in as the administrator on the appropriate Drobo device to
perform this action.
1. In Drobo Dashboard, on the All Drobos page, select the Drobo NAS device that is designated as
the source.
2. Click the DroboDR option on the Navigation menu. The DroboDR page opens.
3. Click the Start DroboDR Now button.
Note:
If this button is disabled, then it could be that this is the target system, DroboDR is
disabled or the disk pack is not viable. To enable this Drobo device as the source again,
see Configuring the Source Drobo device.
The DroboDR button becomes disabled (grays out) while the source authenticates the target. If
authentication is successful, the synchronization starts, DroboDR in Progress appears at the top of
the page, and the button now reads: Stop Current DroboDR Now.
When the synchronization is finished, the button returns to: Start DroboDR Now.
Notes:
If authentication fails, then the Start DroboDR Now button returns after it was disabled.
You will then need to view the Detailed Log to see why it failed. For details, see
Viewing the Detailed Log.
Reasons authentication can fail include: the target password did not match the source, the IP
address of the target did not match the one entered on the SetupDroboDR page for the
source, or the target could be disconnected from the network or turned off.
You can stop a synchronization in progress by clicking the Stop Current DroboDR Now button
on the DroboDR page.
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