Replication Network stuck at "Activating"

[Mark_Shoger]

I just had to recreate a replication set for an EV cluster (GCO only, no local HA) on SFHA/Win. I used the "Setup RDS" wizard and it created the primary without error and then the secondary.

Now the secondary is sitting in "Activating" status and doesn't appear to be doing anything.

Did I miss something or is there a guide available for manually creating RDS? I'm an EV guy trying to fill a departed SFHA guy's shoes...

Mark

[Michael_Black]

Try running "vxprint -VPl" on both sides. Make sure that the IP address and hostnames match each other. Also make sure that you can ping the "remote_host" from the other site (try this both ways).

[Michael_Black]

Note: That's VPl with a lower case L (not a 1).

[Mark_Shoger]

I ran the vxprint on both sides (they can ping each other) here's the output:

--------------Primary------------------

C:\>vxprint -VPl

Diskgroup = BasicGroup

Diskgroup = evdg

Rvg        : RVG_evdg_0

state      : state=ACTIVE kernel=ENABLED

assoc      : datavols=\Device\HarddiskDmVolumes\evdg\MSMQ,\Device\HarddiskDmVolu

mes\evdg\regrep,\Device\HarddiskDmVolumes\evdg\EVIndex,\Device\HarddiskDmVolumes

\evdg\EVStore

             srl=\Device\HarddiskDmVolumes\evdg\SRL

             rlinks=rlk_dams-alt-uea02_17797

att        : rlinks=rlk_dams-alt-uea02_17797

checkpoint :

flags      : primary enabled attached autosync resync_paused clustered

Rlink      : rlk_dams-alt-uea02_17797

info       : timeout=500 packet_size=1400

             latency_high_mark=10000 latency_low_mark=9950

             bandwidth_limit=none

state      : state=ACTIVE

             synchronous=override latencyprot=off srlprot=autodcm

assoc      : rvg=RVG_evdg_0

             remote_host=172.16.2.83

             remote_dg=evdg

             remote_rlink=rlk_dams-lab-uea02_31554

             local_host=172.16.1.83

protocol   : UDP/IP

flags      : write attached inconsistent cant_sync disconnected autosync resync_

paused

--------------Secondary----------------

C:\>vxprint -VPl

Diskgroup = BasicGroup

Diskgroup = evdg

Rvg        : RVG_evdg_0

state      : state=ACTIVE kernel=ENABLED

assoc      : datavols=\Device\HarddiskDmVolumes\evdg\EVIndex,\Device\HarddiskDmV

olumes\evdg\EVStore,\Device\HarddiskDmVolumes\evdg\regrep,\Device\HarddiskDmVolu

mes\evdg\MSMQ

             srl=\Device\HarddiskDmVolumes\evdg\SRL

             rlinks=rlk_dams-lab-uea02_31554

att        : rlinks=rlk_dams-lab-uea02_31554

checkpoint :

flags      : secondary enabled attached read write clustered

Rlink      : rlk_dams-lab-uea02_31554

info       : timeout=0 packet_size=1400

             latency_high_mark=10000 latency_low_mark=9950

             bandwidth_limit=none

state      : state=ACTIVE

             synchronous=override latencyprot=off srlprot=autodcm

assoc      : rvg=RVG_evdg_0

             remote_host=172.16.1.83

             remote_dg=evdg

             remote_rlink=rlk_dams-alt-uea02_17797

             local_host=172.16.2.83

protocol   : UDP/IP

flags      : write attached inconsistent cant_sync disconnected

[Mark_Shoger · Accepted solution]

VLAN issues with routing between subnets were to blame. Fixed this and replication immediately went Active.