# Performing Reprotection

#### Scenarios

Once the failover is started, data synchronization stops. After the failover is complete, the protection group is in the Protection disabled state. To restart data synchronization, perform steps provided in this section.

#### Prerequisites

- The protection group has replication pairs.
- The protection group is in the Failover complete or Re-enabling protection failed.
- The DR site server is stopped.

#### Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click Service List and choose Storage > Storage Disaster Recovery Service.

   The Storage Disaster Recovery Service page is displayed.

3. In the pane of the desired protection group, click Protected Instances.
4. In the upper right corner of the page, click More and choose Reprotect from the drop-down list.

   The Reprotect dialog box is displayed.

5. Check whether all the DR site servers in this protection group are stopped.

   - If yes, go to step 6.
   - If no, select the servers to be stopped and click Stop.
6. On the Reprotect dialog box, click Reprotect.

   During the reprotection, do not start the DR site servers in the protection group. Otherwise, the reprotection may fail.

Parent topic: Managing Protection Groups