A RecoverPoint administrator performs a Consistency Group failover to a remote copy. What happens to the point-in-time images stored in the copy Journal after the copy becomes production?

When a failover operation is performed in a RecoverPoint Consistency Group, the roles of the production and copy sites are reversed. The copy volumes become the new production volumes. The journal associated with the former copy, which contained the historical point-in-time (PiT) images, is no longer relevant for the new replication topology. To establish reverse protection (protecting the new production site back to the original site), the system clears the journal at the new production site. The PiT images are deleted, and the journal volume is repurposed to support the new replication state.

A. Consolidation is a routine background process to merge older images to save space, not the specific action taken immediately after a failover.
B. Replicating old images to the new copy journal is illogical, as the new journal must track new writes from the new production site.
D. Production volumes do not have a journal for storing PiT images; journals are fundamentally associated with the copy volumes to enable recovery.

1. Dell EMC RecoverPoint Administrator's Guide (Version 5.3.x): In the chapter "Protecting virtual machines," the section on "Failover" describes the state transition. When a copy is promoted to production (becomes active), the system prepares for reverse protection. This process involves clearing the journal at the new production site because its historical data pertains to the old, now-defunct replication stream. The journal is effectively reset. (Reference is to the functional description of the failover process and subsequent state changes).

2. Dell EMC RecoverPoint Concepts and Architecture Guide: The guide explains the role of the journal as a repository of write history for a copy. Upon failover, the copy becomes the source (production). The historical data in its journal becomes obsolete for the new replication direction. The architecture dictates that for reverse protection to begin, the journal must be cleared to start tracking new changes for the new copy. (Reference is to the architectural principles of journal management during role reversal).