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2.

Use the disk management function to unmount the primary volume connected to the database
server.

3.

Stop SQL Server on the backup server.

4.

Select the replica associated with the volume in step 2 from the Replica History and click Unmount
Replica.

5.

Select the copy group, start the Change Pair Status Wizard, and select create.

6.

Select the copy group, start the Change Pair Status Wizard, and select swap.

7.

In the Replica History tab of the SQL Server subwindow, select the replica created before the
failure occurred and click Delete Replicas.

8.

Use the disk management function to mount the primary volume connected to the database server.

9.

Start SQL Server on the database server.

Revealing secondary volumes prior to a remote restore operation

Prior to a restore operation to a remote site, if the secondary volumes are concealed, you must first
reveal them as described here.

1.

Start the Windows Command Prompt on the backup server.

2.

Change directory to the following folder:

Application-Agent-installation-destination\DRM\bin\

3.

Execute the following command:

drmappcat

4.

Obtain the appropriate backup ID from the displayed list by comparing the

END-TIME

for the

backup ID and the creation time displayed in the Replica History tab. Here is an example of the
command output:

NOTE:

If some replicas have identical creation times, run the command again with the following
additional arguments:

drmappcat -hostname database-server-name

Where

database-server-name

is the name of a particular database server. This

command filters out the replicas for other hosts.

5.

Execute the following command to reveal the volumes:

drmdevctl backup-ID -attach

Where

backup-ID

is the value obtained in the previous step.

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