Q1:
Is it ok to create protection domains on two different clusters with the same name with remote sites enabled on both clusters but PD is only setup with local snapshots only?
Answer:
It is possible to have a protection domain with the same name as the remote site protection domain as long as they are not configured to sync with each other and it is only a local protection domain. It is also possible to configure "active" schedules for that protection domain and retain the snapshots in the local cluster.
Q2:
Can a Protection Domain be renamed once configured and has entities and snapshots associated with it?
Answer:
There is a workaround available which is to create a new Protection Domain with this procedure:
- Create a new Protection Domain with the desired name and schedule.
- Remove all protected VMs from the old Protection Domain. Make a note of existing consistency groups.
- Add the VMs to the newly created Protection Domain, reconfigure consistency groups as they were in the old Protection Domain.
- Ensure that replication is working for the newly created Protection Domain.
- Delete the old Protection Domain.
To know more about Protection Domain please read this article: Data Protection Concepts
Also see below articles and video with more information about Protection Domains :
.NEXT Data Protection Concepts