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Create cross-zone replication relationships for Azure NetApp Files | Microsoft Docs
This article shows you how to create and manage cross-zone replication relationships for Azure NetApp Files.
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Create cross-zone replication relationships for Azure NetApp Files

Cross-zone replication enables you to replicate volumes across availability zones within the same region. It enables you to fail over your critical application if a region-wide outage or disaster happens.

For information about availability zones, see Use availability zones zonal placement for application high availability with Azure NetApp Files and Manage availability zone volume placement for Azure NetApp Files.

Requirements

Before you begin, you should review the requirements and considerations for cross-zone replication.

[!INCLUDE Azure NetApp Files cross-zone-replication supported regions]

Create the source volume with an availability zone

This process requires that your account is subscribed to the availability zone volume placement feature.

  1. Select Volumes from your capacity pool. Then select + Add volume to create a volume.

    For details about volume creation, refer to:

  2. In the Create a Volume page, under the Basic tab, select the Availability Zone pulldown menu to specify an availability zone where Azure NetApp Files resources are present.

    [!IMPORTANT] Logical availability zones for the subscription without Azure NetApp Files presence are marked (Unavailable) and are greyed out.

    :::image type="content" source="./media/create-cross-zone-replication/create-volume-availability-zone.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the 'Create a Zone' menu requires you to select an availability zone." lightbox="./media/create-cross-zone-replication/create-volume-availability-zone.png":::

  3. Follow the steps indicated in the interface to create the volume. The Review + Create page shows the selected availability zone you specified.

    :::image type="content" source="./media/create-cross-zone-replication/zone-replication-review-create.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the need to confirm selection of correct availability zone in the Review and Create page." lightbox="./media/create-cross-zone-replication/zone-replication-review-create.png":::

  4. After you create the volume, the Volume Overview page includes availability zone information for the volume.

    :::image type="content" source="./media/create-cross-zone-replication/zone-replication-volume-overview.png" alt-text="The selected availability zone will display when you create the volume." lightbox="./media/create-cross-zone-replication/zone-replication-volume-overview.png":::

Create the data replication volume in another availability zone of the same region

  1. Locate the volume source ID.

  2. Create the data replication volume (the destination volume) in another availability zone, but in the same region as the source volume. In the Basics tab of the Create a new protection volume page, select an available availability zone.

Important

Logical availability zones for the subscription without Azure NetApp Files presence are marked (Unavailable) and are greyed out. :::image type="content" source="./media/create-cross-zone-replication/zone-replication-create-new-volume.png" alt-text="Select an availability zone for the cross-zone replication volume." lightbox="./media/create-cross-zone-replication/zone-replication-create-new-volume.png":::

Complete cross-zone replication configuration

Follow the same workflow as cross-region replication to complete cross-zone replication configuration:

  1. Authorize replication from the source volume.
  2. Display health and monitor status of replication relationship.
  3. Manage disaster recovery