You can quiesce a protection relationship to temporarily prevent data transfers from occurring. You might quiesce a relationship when you want to create a Snapshot copy of a SnapMirror destination volume that contains a database, and you want to ensure that its contents are stable during the Snapshot copy.
Before you begin
- You must have the Application Administrator or Storage Administrator role.
- You must have set up Workflow Automation.
About this task
The quiesce action does not display in the following instances:
- If RBAC settings do not allow this action, for example, if you have only operator privileges
- When the volume ID is unknown, for example, when you have an intercluster relationship and the destination cluster has not yet been discovered
- When you have not paired Workflow Automation and Unified Manager
Procedure
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In the Protection tab of the Volume / Health details page, right-click the relationship in the topology view for the protection relationship that you want to quiesce.
- Select Quiesce from the menu.
- Click Yes to continue.
The status of the quiesce job is displayed at the top of the Volume / Health details page, along with a link to the job details.
- Click the View details link to go to the Job details page for additional details and job progress.
- Optional: Click the Back arrow on your browser to return to the Volume / Health details page.
The quiesce job is finished when all job tasks are successfully completed.