Administrator Guide
Predene Disaster Recovery Settings for a Single Restore Point
If you need to make sure a recovery site has access to a replicated volume when DR is activated, predene DR settings for the
corresponding restore point.
1 Click the Replications & Live Volumes view.
2 Click the Restore Points tab.
3 Right-click the restore point, then select Predene Disaster Recovery. The Predene Disaster Recovery dialog box appears.
4 In the Name eld, type the name for the recovery volume.
5 Select the server to which the recovery volume will be mapped.
a Next to the Server label, click Change. The Select Server dialog box appears.
b Select the server, then click OK.
6 Modify the remaining recovery volume settings as needed. These attributes are described in the online help.
7 Click OK.
Test Activating Disaster Recovery
Testing DR activation for a replication restore point creates a test-activated view volume and maps it to the appropriate server without
interrupting service for the original volume. This allows you to make sure that your DR plan is viable.
• Periodically test-activate DR for restore points to ensure their the restore point is viable.
• DR activation settings specied for test activation are retained for future DR activation and test activation.
• Live Volume restore points cannot be tested.
Test DR Activation for Multiple Restore Points
If a pair of Storage Centers host multiple replications, all of the corresponding restore points can be tested simultaneously.
Prerequisites
• The restore points must be associated with replications. Live Volume restore points cannot be tested.
• The destination volume for each replication must be present on the remote Storage Center. If the destination volume for a replication
restore point is missing, it cannot be tested.
• A server must be present at the DR site to perform test activation.
Steps
1 Click the Replications & Live Volumes view.
2 Click the Restore Points tab, then click Test Activate Disaster Recovery. The Test Activate Disaster Recovery wizard appears.
3 Select the source/destination Storage Center pair for which you want to test-activate DR, then click Next. The wizard advances to
the next page.
4 In the Available Restore Points pane, select the restore points that you want to test, then click Next. The wizard advances to the
next page.
5 Congure DR test-activation settings for each restore point.
a Select the restore point that you want to modify, then click Edit Settings. The Test Activate Disaster Recovery dialog box
appears.
If the restore point corresponds to a synchronous replication, the dialog box displays additional information about the state of the
replication:
• The Sync Data Status eld displays the synchronization status for the replication at the time the restore point was validated.
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