volume select replication demote

This command performs two operations:

Demotes a recovery volume to an inbound replica set, returning it to its original state.
Demotes a replicated volume to a failback replica set.

For failback purposes, after demoting a volume to a failback replica set, you can replicate any recovery volume changes, demote the recovery volume to an inbound replica set, and then promote the failback replica set to the original volume, returning to the original replication configuration.

You must set a volume offline before you demote it.

Format

volume select vol_name replication demote|demote partner_name

Variables

vol_name	Name of a volume.
partner_name	Group name of a partner. Required only if you are demoting a volume to a failback replica set.

Examples

The following commands set the recovery volume vol5.1 offline and demote it to an inbound replica set:

> volume select vol5.1 offline

> volume select vol5.1 replication demote

1553:125:member1:MgmtExec: 1-May-2007 10:34:10.180126:snapshotRestore.cc:789:INFO:8.2.9:Volume successfully restored from snapshot 'vol1.1-2007-04-05-09:36:14.13'. A new snapshot 'vol1.1-2007-05-01-10:34:10.109' was created from volume prior to being restored.

1558:130:member1:MgmtExec: 1-May-2007 10:34:10.410131:volumeSecondaryDemote.cc:1590:INFO:7.2.38:Recovery volume 'vol1.1' has been successfully demoted to a replica set.

The following commands set a volume offline and demote it to a failback replica set:

> volume select data45 offline

> volume select data45 replication demote group2

Demoting a volume to a failback replica set enables you to replicate the recovery volume to the primary group. Do you want to demote the volume? (y/n) [n] y