A RecoverPoint administrator performs a Consistency Group failover to a remote copy.

When a Consistency Group failover is performed to a remote copy in a Dell RecoverPoint system, the point-in-time images stored in the copy Journal are deleted after the copy becomes the new production.This is because the copy Journal’s role is to maintain a record of changes for recovery purposes, and once the copy is promoted to production, its Journal is reset to start recording new changes from that point forward1.

The process involves the following steps:

Failover Initiated: The administrator initiates a failover to the remote copy.

Copy Becomes Production: The remote copy is promoted to the production role.

Journal Reset: The point-in-time images in the copy Journal are deleted as part of the promotion process.

New Production Journal: A new production Journal is started to record changes from the new production copy moving forward.

This ensures that the RecoverPoint system can continue to protect the data with a fresh start for the new production environment1.