{"id":2516,"date":"2023-05-10T13:36:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T21:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jetstreamsoft.com\/portal\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=2516"},"modified":"2025-02-13T20:19:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T04:19:25","slug":"backpressure-duration-and-bitmap-mode-alarm","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/jetstreamsoft.com\/portal\/jetstream-knowledge-base\/backpressure-duration-and-bitmap-mode-alarm\/","title":{"rendered":"(Alarm) BackPressure Duration and Bitmap Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-info wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon\">This article applies to all JSDR software versions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Alarms are sent by the MSA if either of the following conditions occur:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"304\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/jetstreamsoft.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2518\" style=\"width:385px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jetstreamsoft.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-2.png 304w, https:\/\/jetstreamsoft.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-2-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/jetstreamsoft.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-2-50x10.png 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Backpressure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Backpressure On Frequency&#8221; is measured as the percentage of operating time application write operations&nbsp;were slowed to accommodate data replication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Backpressure Alarm<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">An alarm notification will be triggered if application write Backpressure has been applied for a period exceeding 5 consecutive minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cause of Backpressure<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Backpressure occurs when the replication incoming data rate exceeds the outgoing data rate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-alert wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon\"><strong>Note<\/strong>: To monitor backpressure, the network statistics of protected VMs and DRVAs can be verified from the vCenter level to isolate any issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bitmap<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Bitmap On Frequency&#8221; is measured as the percentage of operating time data could not efficiently reach the DRVA causing newly written data to be captured by the IO Filters in bitmaps for replication at a later point in time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bitmap Alarm <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">An alarm notification will be triggered if a domain stays in bitmap mode&nbsp;for a period exceeding 5 consecutive minutes.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cause of Bitmap Mode<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Bitmap mode occurs when:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">There is a network disruption between the DRVA and the object store.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">When the replication log is full and cannot be written to.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-alert wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon\"><strong>Note<\/strong>: DRVA network statistics can be checked from the vCenter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alarms are sent by the MSA if either of the following conditions occur: Backpressure &#8220;Backpressure On Frequency&#8221; is measured as the percentage of operating time application write operations&nbsp;were slowed to accommodate data replication. Backpressure Alarm Cause of Backpressure Bitmap &#8220;Bitmap On Frequency&#8221; is measured as the percentage of operating time data could not efficiently reach [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[92],"ht-kb-tag":[249],"class_list":["post-2516","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-troubleshooting","ht_kb_tag-alarm-jetstream"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetstreamsoft.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/2516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetstreamsoft.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetstreamsoft.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetstreamsoft.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetstreamsoft.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2516"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jetstreamsoft.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/2516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6645,"href":"https:\/\/jetstreamsoft.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/2516\/revisions\/6645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetstreamsoft.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetstreamsoft.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=2516"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetstreamsoft.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=2516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}