Test Recovery Start Fails: Pod is already promoted

Troubleshooting for VMware Solutions

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If the pod is already promoted, the SRA will report an error during the test and fail the operation:

With the below error:

Failed to sync data on replica devices. SRA command 'syncOnce' failed. The target pod <pod name> of the operation is already promoted. Make sure the target pod is demoted before running a planned migration or disaster recovery.

Demote the target pod and retry the test recovery.