Configure protection settings, Failover settings, Failover type – HP Storage Mirroring V4.5 Software User Manual

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Configure protection settings

If you do not need to change the configuration settings, continue with

Validate the Configuration

on page 9-1.
If you have already enabled protection for a connection and need to change the configuration

parameters, you will first need to disable protection as described in

Disable protection

on

page 10-2.
To change the default configuration parameters, click Configure from the main Application Manager

window, or select Actions, Configure Protection from the menu. The Configure Protection window

will appear.
The Configure Protection window has tabs for configuring failover, connection, BlackBerry, and

advanced settings. The following sections describe the options on each of these tabs.

Failover settings

The Failover tab includes options that will be applied during BlackBerry failover.

Failover type

Failover Type indicates what name resolution method will be used to redirect users to the target

BlackBerry server in the event of a source failure. By default, DNS Failover is selected.

DNS failover

DNS Failover is the recommended method for failover. Use this option if you want to failover by

updating the DNS records associated with the source. This will modify all source server A, MX, and

PTR-type DNS resource records to point to the target.
In DNS Failover, the DNS records for the source server are modified to point to the target server’s IP

address. This allows clients to resolve the source BlackBerry server name to the target server’s

network name and IP address at failover time. DNS Failover eliminates duplicate server name and IP

addresses on your network.

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