What is the purpose of a protection domain in an inactive state?

A protection domain in an inactive state is primarily responsible for receiving snapshots from a remote cluster. When a protection domain is inactive, it means that it is not actively participating in protecting the data or managing the disaster recovery processes, but it can still receive and store snapshots that come from another site. This functionality allows for maintaining data integrity and having backups available without needing the protection domain to be actively managing those snapshots or completing ongoing replication processes.

When the protection domain is reactivated, these stored snapshots can then be accessed for recovery or other management purposes, making it critical for disaster recovery plans. This ensures that even in an inactive state, valuable data and snapshots are not lost and are still available for future recovery needs.

The other options refer to functionalities that either require an active state or describe processes that the inactive protection domain is not designed to handle, such as monitoring, logging, or directly managing snapshots and recovery operations.