HP Storage Mirroring Software User Manual

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with those networks, you can choose to use an IP address other than the one
you entered for the target in

Select a target server

.

3. Enable automatic failover—If you want the replica virtual machine to stand in for

the source server when the source is inaccessible, select this checkbox.

Note:

If automatic failover is enabled and a failover condition is met before the
initial mirror has completed, Virtual Recovery Assistant will attempt to failover
to the target virtual machine. To prevent potential issues, all protection jobs
should be configured to use manual failover until the initial mirror is
complete.

4. IP address to monitor for automatic failover—Select the IP address to monitor

for automatic failover.

5. Monitoring interval (seconds)—(Default = 5) Select how often the monitor will

check the source machine availability.

6. Missed intervals—(Default = 5) Select how many monitor replies can be missed

before assuming the source machine has failed.

7. When you have finished setting protection options, click Next. The Protection

Summary pane will appear.

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