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.

Important: Memory Machine does not support capturing and restoring snapshots on hosts with different OS versions. This includes replicating or exporting a snapshot to a different host as well as upgrading the OS on a host between capturing and restoring a snapshot.

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.