partner select

Enables you to select a replication partner and perform the following tasks:

Format

partner select partner_name subcommand | parameter

Variable

partner_name

Group name of a partner.

Subcommands 

failback-replicaset

Manages a failback replica set in the group, enabling you to promote a failback replica set, move it to another pool, cancel an operation, or show details.

inbound-pause

Pauses (temporarily suspends) replication from the partner to the group.

inbound-repcol

Manages the partner replica collections stored in the group, including deleting replica collections and displaying replicas in a collection.

inbound-repcolset

Manages the partner replica collection sets stored in the group, including deleting replica collection sets and displaying the replica collections in a replica collection set.

inbound-replicaset

Manages the partner replica sets stored in the group, including displaying, deleting, and cloning replicas and promoting replica sets.

inbound-resume

Resumes suspended replication from the partner to the group.

outbound-pause

Pauses (temporarily suspends) all replication from the group to the partner.

outbound-repcol

Manages the group replica collections stored on the partner, including deleting replica collections and displaying replicas in a collection.

outbound-repcolset

Manages the group replica collection sets stored on the partner, including deleting replica collection sets and displaying replica collections in a replica collection set.

outbound-replicaset

Manages the group replica sets stored on the partner, including displaying and deleting replicas.

outbound-resume

Resumes suspended replication from the group to the partner.

show [-poolinfo]

Displays partner configuration information. With -poolinfo, displays the name of the pool in which space is delegated for this partner.

Parameters 

contact name

Name of the person responsible for the partner, up to 64 alphanumeric characters. If the name variable contains spaces, surround it with quotation marks (for example, "M Chen").

description text

Description of the partner, up to 64 alphanumeric characters. If the text variable contains spaces, surround it with quotation marks.

email email_address

E-mail address, up to 32 alphanumeric characters, for the person responsible for the partner.

inbound-password password

Password for partner authentication, up to 255 alphanumeric characters. If not specified, the password is generated automatically.

Be sure the partner group administrator makes the reciprocal change to the outbound-password password parameter.

ipaddress ip_address

Group IP address of the partner. Be sure this matches the actual IP address of the partner group.

mobile mobile_number

Mobile phone number, up to 32 alphanumeric characters, for the person responsible for the partner.

outbound-password password

Password for group authentication, up to 255 alphanumeric characters.

Be sure the partner group administrator makes the reciprocal change to the inbound-password password parameter.

phone phone_number

Telephone number, up to 32 alphanumeric characters, for the person responsible for the partner.

space-delegated size[GB]

Delegated space for storing partner replicas. Size is assumed to be megabytes (MB) unless you explicitly specify gigabytes (GB). You can specify size with any of the following suffixes: m, mb, MB, g, gb, or GB.

Delegated space is immediately consumed from free pool space.

Example

The following command modifies the partner’s inbound password:

> partner select group10 inbound-password goforit