Replicating a Snapshot

Click a snapshot in the Applications Console to replicate a snapshot to a different host.

About this task

Replication copies a snapshot's data from PMEM on a source host to PMEM on a target host. The snapshot's metadata is copied to the target host's Memory Machine data directory. See Snapshot Replication.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the Applications Console.
  2. Click the Snapshots Tab.
    • In the Snapshot Timeline, click a snapshot node
    • In your chosen entry in the Snapshot List, click the All dropdown
  3. Click Replicate.
  4. In the Replicate Snapshot Dialog, choose a host from the Host to replicate to Dialog.
  5. Click Replicate.

Results

A replication job is created and queued. The job might not start immediately and might take some time to complete depending on the size of the snapshot and server workload. See Viewing Jobs.