Managing Real-Time Replication components

Restarting the I/O Filter Daemon

To restart the I/O Filter Daemon, restart nakfilter service in vCenter Client. Then refresh the corresponding I/O Filter Daemon in the NAKIVO Backup & Replication UI.

In vCenter:

1. Open the vCenter Client and select the host where the I/O Filter Daemon is running.

2. Go to the Configure tab and open System > Services.

3. Locate the service named nakfilter on the list and click Restart on top of the page.

In NAKIVO Backup & Replication:

1. Open the Nodes tab in the NAKIVO Backup & Replication UI.

2. After restarting the service in vCenter, locate the corresponding I/O Filter Daemon in the Nodes tab and click Refresh.

Managing the Journal Service

To stop, start, or restart the Journal Service, open the system terminal on the Transporter and run the following command depending on the Linux version.

Service	Command	Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, and 24.04	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Journal Service	Check status	systemctl status nkv-journalsvc	/etc/init.d/nkv-journalsvc status	status nkv-journalsvc
	Stop service	systemctl stop nkv-journalsvc	/etc/init.d/nkv-journalsvc stop	stop nkv-journalsvc
	Start service	systemctl start nkv-journalsvc	/etc/init.d/nkv-journalsvc start	start nkv-journalsvc
	Restart service	systemctl restart nkv-journalsvc	/etc/init.d/nkv-journalsvc restart	restart nkv-journalsvc