When performing general maintenance on your Core, it is recommended you pause replication; however, this can often be difficult if you have multiple Target and Source Cores.
To resolve this issue, you can use PowerShell to pause replication on your Cores.
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#import AppAssure PowerShell Module
$import-module appassurepowershellmodule
#Set the type of operation to execute (Suspend or Resume replication)
$optype = read-host “Enter [S]uspend or [R]esume replication, any other key to exit”
$values = “S”, “s”, “R”, “r”
#if the choice is valid, go ahead
if ($values -contains $optype)
{
#set a counter to present results more clearly
$i = 1
#Get the UUIDs of the Replication Cores
$replpath = “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\apprecovery\core\Replication\RemoteCores”
$masters = Get-childitem -path (“Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Registry::” + $replpath +”\Masters”)
$targets = Get-childitem -path (“Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Registry::” + $replpath +”\Slaves”)
#Report how many Source and/or Target Cores have been found
write-host “Found $(if ($masters){($masters | measure-object name).count} else {0}) Master Cores in Replication”
write-host “Found $(if($targets){($targets | measure-object name).count} else {0}) Target Cores in Replication”
#Enumerate the Targets, Stop Replication for each of them and report the result
if ($targets)
{
foreach ($target in $targets)
{
$t_core = get-itemproperty -path (“Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Registry::” + $target.name)
Write-host “$($i). Changing replication status on Target Core $($t_core.HostName)”; $i++
if ($optype -eq “S” -or $optype -eq “s”) {suspend-replication -outgoing $t_core.HostName}
else {resume-replication -outgoing $t_core.HostName}
}
}
#Enumerate the Sources, Stop Replication for each of them and report the result
if($masters)
{
foreach ($master in $masters)
{
$m_core = get-itemproperty -path (“Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Registry::” + $master.name)
Write-host “$($i). Changing replication status on Source Core $($m_core.HostName)”; i++
if ($optype -eq “S” -or $optype -eq “s”) {suspend-replication -incoming $m_core.HostName}
else {resume-replication -incoming $m_core.HostName}
}
}
}
else {Write-host “Exiting”}
