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Troubleshooting and Maintenance
This topic provides an overview of the basic troubleshooting and maintenance information that is available to help you
better understand the current state of your DR Series system. The following list of information sources can aid you in
understanding the current state of and maintaining your system:
• System alert and system event messages, for more information, see DR Series System Alert and Event Messages ,
which provides a tables that list the system alerts and system events.
• Diagnostics service, for more information, see About the Diagnostics Service .
• Maintenance mode, for more information, see About the DR Series Maintenance Mode .
• Scheduling system operations, for more information, see Scheduling DR Series System Operations .
• Scheduling Replication operations, for more information, see Creating a Replication Schedule .
• Scheduling Cleaner operations, for more information, see Creating a Cleaner Schedule .
Troubleshooting Error Conditions
To troubleshoot error conditions that disrupt your normal DR Series system operations, complete the following:
1. Generate a DR Series system diagnostics log file bundle if one has not already been automatically created.
For more information, see
Generating a Diagnostics Log File .
2. Check the system alert and system event messages to determine the current status of your DR Series system.
For more information, see
DR Series System Alert and Event Messages , Monitoring System Alerts , and Monitoring
System Events .
3. Verify if the DR Series system has recovered or whether it has entered into Maintenance mode.
For more information, see
About the DR Series System Maintenance Mode .
4. If you cannot resolve the issue using the information in this DR Series system documentation, then read Before
Contacting Dell Support , and seek assistance from Dell Support.
DR Series System Alert and Event Messages
The DR Series system provides a variety of system alert and system event message types that describe the current state
of the system. You can review these messages, and see if there are any actions you can perform to resolve any reported
issue.
Dell recommends that you refer to the material in this and other related topics:
• Before any attempt is made to troubleshoot your DR Series system.
• Before contacting Dell Support for technical assistance.
You may be able to resolve any basic issues using the information presented in the DR Series system documentation.
Some alert and event messages are purely informational, and provide general system status. Other alert and event
messages display specific status or component information or suggest a specific task you can perform to resolve an
issue or to verify that a condition exists.
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