- NAME
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- gcloud beta compute disks start-async-replication - start asynchronous replication on a Compute Engine persistent disk
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud beta compute disks start-async-replicationDISK_NAME--secondary-disk=SECONDARY_DISK(--region=REGION|--zone=ZONE) (--secondary-disk-region=SECONDARY_DISK_REGION|--secondary-disk-zone=SECONDARY_DISK_ZONE) [--secondary-disk-project=SECONDARY_DISK_PROJECT] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(BETA)gcloud beta compute disks start-async-replicationstarts async replication on a Compute Engine persistent disk. This command must be invoked on the primary disk and--secondary-diskmust be provided. - EXAMPLES
- Start replication from the primary disk 'my-disk-1' in zone us-east1-a to the
secondary disk 'my-disk-2' in zone us-west1-a:
gcloud beta compute disks start-async-replication my-disk-1 --zone = us-east1-a --secondary-disk = my-disk-2 --secondary-disk-zone = us-west1-a - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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DISK_NAME - Name of the disk to operate on.
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- REQUIRED FLAGS
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--secondary-disk=SECONDARY_DISK - Secondary disk for asynchronous replication. This flag is required when starting replication.
- Exactly one of these must be specified:
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--region=REGION - Region of the disk to operate on. If not specified, you might be prompted to
select a region (interactive mode only).
To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the
property:compute/regiongcloud config set compute/region REGIONA list of regions can be fetched by running:
gcloud compute regions listTo unset the property, run:
gcloud config unset compute/regionAlternatively, the region can be stored in the environment variable
.CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_REGION -
--zone=ZONE - Zone of the disk to operate on. If not specified and the
property isn't set, you might be prompted to select a zone (interactive mode only).compute/zoneTo avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the
property:compute/zonegcloud config set compute/zone ZONEA list of zones can be fetched by running:
gcloud compute zones listTo unset the property, run:
gcloud config unset compute/zoneAlternatively, the zone can be stored in the environment variable
.CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE
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- Exactly one of these must be specified:
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--secondary-disk-region=SECONDARY_DISK_REGION - Region of the secondary disk for asynchronous replication. Overrides the default
compute/regionproperty value for this command invocation. -
--secondary-disk-zone=SECONDARY_DISK_ZONE - Zone of the secondary disk for asynchronous replication. Overrides the default
compute/zoneproperty value for this command invocation.
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- SECONDARY DISK FLAGS
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--secondary-disk-project=SECONDARY_DISK_PROJECT - Project of the secondary disk for asynchronous replication.
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- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
- These flags are available to all commands:
--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.Run
$ gcloud helpfor details. - NOTES
- This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. These
variants are also available:
gcloud compute disks start-async-replicationgcloud alpha compute disks start-async-replicationgcloud preview compute disks start-async-replication
gcloud beta compute disks start-async-replication
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

