GUI: Replication Status Values and How to Update Them

SR Information: SR1593040, SR1638690

Product / Software Version: All DXi platforms with 2.2.1 software.

Problem Description: A replication job was aborted, had failed or was unable to complete and the replication status on the GUI displayed "Failed".

Overview

There may be times where a replication job was starts and, for whatever reason, was aborted, failed or unable to complete and the status will remain that way and the home page will show replication as "Failed". The home page will show whatever the current status of any of the replication sets. This topic describes where the DXi GUI gets it’s replication status, what each value means, and how to change it, if necessary.

Identifying Replication Status on the GUI

The Replication section on the Home page displays replication status. The example below shows a Failed status.

The following example shows a replication status of Partial.

If you navigate to the Replication > Send page in the GUI you can view the current status of replication jobs. The next section contains examples and screenshots of what you would see in the GUI and CLI

Status Values

The following list displays each replication status value and its definition:

1 = In Progress (x%)
2 = Success
3 = Failed
4 = Partial
5 = Queued
6 = Waiting (x%)
7 = Warning

Examples of path to the status file:

/snfs/replication/source/srchost/partitions/VTL/1

[root@RED-DXi0v221 1]# pwd

/snfs/replication/source/srchost/shares/tbrtest/1

[root@RED-DXi0v221 1]# ll

total 256

-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 72 Oct 15 09:32 properties

-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 52 Oct 15 09:32 status

-rw-rw-r-- 2 root root 33 Oct 15 09:32 tag

-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 40 Oct 15 09:32 update

Below are status examples from NAS share 'tbrtest' from path /snfs/replication/source/srchost/shares/tbrtest/1: