Receive Application Specific Shares

The Receive Application Specific page allows you to enable shares to receive Directory/File Based Replication. See Directory/File Based.

Note: Before you can receive replicated shares, you must specify one or more replication sources. See Adding a Replication Target.

The Directory/File Based page allows you to manage Directory/File Based Replication on the target system. You can configure an application-specific share to receive Directory/File Based Replication data sent from a source system and view replication statistics for the share.

Note: For information about creating application-specific shares, see Adding an Application Specific Share.

To access the Receive Application Specific page, click the Replication menu, and then click the Receive > Application Specific tab.

Tasks

Use the Directory/File Based page to perform the following tasks:

The Shares Eligible to Receive Directory/File Based Data section displays information for all Application Specific shares on the DXi T10 that are eligible to receive Directory/File Based Replication data from a source share. To be eligible to receive Directory/File Based Replication data, a share must have data deduplication enabled at the time it is created.

The Shares Eligible for Replication section displays the following information:

Name The name of the share.
State The state of Directory/File Based Replication for the share (Enabled or Disabled).
Sync ID

The Sync ID used to identify the source share that will send replicated data to the share.
Last Sync Time The last day, date, and time that the selected share was synchronized with its replication source share.

Note: Click the Information button () next to a partition to display detailed information about the share and recent replication activity.

Configuring an application-specific share for Directory/File Based Replication enables the automatic replication of files and directories on the source partition to the target share. Before you configure a share on the source system for Directory/File Based Replication, you must configure a share on the target system to receive the replicated data from the source share.

Note: For information about configuring Directory/File Based Replication on the source system, see Configuring Directory/File or Cartridge Based Replication.

To configure a target share for Directory/File Based Replication:

  1. Select the share and click Edit.

    The Edit <Share name> Settings dialog displays.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • Select the Enable to receive Directory/File Based replication data check box to enable Directory/File Based Replication for the share.
    • Clear the Enable to receive Directory/File Based replication data check box to disable Directory/File Based Replication for the share.

  3. Enter a Sync ID in the box.

    Note: The Sync ID is used to identify the source share that will send replicated data to the target partition. The Sync ID must be identical to the Sync ID of the source share on the source system.

  4. Click Apply.

Use the Unpack Queue to view Directory/File Replication status for data received from the source system.

To view the Unpack Queue, select an Enabled share and click View Unpack Queue.

The Unpack Queue dialog displays the following information:

File/Directory The file or directory to be replicated.
State The replication state of the file or directory.

Click Refresh to update the statistics in the Unpack Queue. Click OK to return to the Directory/File Based page.