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Title
When creating a replication link error is shown: "Replication cannot be set to itself" -
Description
When trying to create a replication link between 2 separate Cores, the error is displayed "Replication cannot be set to itself". Trying to use NetBIOS name and IP for the target Core produce the same result. Name resolution works and IPs are different between Source and Target Cores -
Cause
Matching Core IDs on both core servers -
Resolution
To resolve the issue please perform the following steps:
1. Stop all Core services on the target Core
2. open regedit and navigate to HKLM\Software\Apprecovery\Core\
3. export CoreID key to the file to make a backup and then delete the whole key
4. Start the Core service back and make sure that Id value in the registry is different from the one in backed up .REG file
5. Setup replication link again from the source Core