I would like to make sure that my ideas for execution are the safest method. I need to test my newly created DR replicas by running from the VMs on that side for a bit. I also need to organize the primary SAN while we are operating off of the DR SAN. I
plan to do a final replication on a Saturday. At that point I will simply shutdown the primary VMs and then start up the VMs on the DR site. I would do a planned failover, but as stated, I want to re-organize my primary SAN. While we are running off of the
DR site, I am going to create uniform sized volumes on the primary SAN. Of course, this will require the removal of replication,the VMs on the primary side as well as the removal of the cluster disks from Hyper V before removing the volumes themselves. Now
at this point i will add the disks to Hyper V and setup a replica broker to replicate back to the primary. Does this sound logical? Or am I making things more complicated than they have to be?
Brian Gilmore Lead IT Technician Don-Nan Pump & Supply