Refreshing Resource Information

Context

• Periodical polling using eReplication

  eReplication periodically refreshes resource information. Table 1 lists the update periods of various types of resources.

  Table 1 Refresh periods of various types of resources

  Resource Item	Refresh Period (Minute)
  Storage device	720
  Host	720
  FusionCompute	30
  vCenter server	30

• Manual refreshing

  Table 2 describes the changed list of the storage devices, hosts or VMs and the related operation.

  Table 2 changed list description

  Network Element	Changed Item
  Storage device	Host, host group, initiator, mapping view, file system, logical port, remote replication, consistency group in a remote replication, clone, HyperMetro, HyperVault change. For example, executing adding or deleting operation, the status changed.
  VM	Add or delete the VMs, or move the VMs to the other storage. The LUNs used by datastore change. The VMs change, for example, add or delete disks on the VMs, the network card change. NOTE: If the storage devices change, you need to refresh the storage devices.
  Host	The initiator, application or storage information change.

Procedure

1. On the menu bar, select Resources.
2. In the navigation tree, select the site where the network elements (storage devices, hosts, or VMs) reside and click Refresh.

   In the upper right corner of the main page, click, in Background Task, you can view details about the refreshing.

   

   In the cluster, if the host information has changed in the host group, you can refresh the host group to refresh all the hosts information. in the shortcut area, select the host group reside and click Refresh in the operation area.

3. On the menu bar, select Protection.
4. Click the refreshed protected group, click Refresh on the Operation list to refresh information of the protected group.

   In the upper right corner of the main page, click, in Background Task, you can view details about the refreshing.