HP 3PAR Operating System Software User Manual

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Quick Recovery: Synchronous Long Distance Configurations

Table 14 Quick Recovery Steps for Synchronous Long Distance Configurations

Backup System

Failed/Recovered System

Failover System

Step

setrcopygroup

failover -f -t

<target_name>

1.

Change secondary
volume groups to
primary.

(of failed system)

OR (no data transfer):

setrcopygroup

failover -f -t

-discard

<target_name>

(possible data loss)

Verify that failover tasks
complete successfully.

2.

Verify group reversal.

showrcopy

showrcopy

3.

Back up data.

Recover the failed system.

4.

Prepare to resume normal
operation.

Stop I/O to the reversed
volume groups.

5.

Stop writes.

setrcopygroup

recover -f -t

<target_name>

6.

Reverse the natural
direction of data flow
and synchronize the
systems.

(of recovered system)

showrcopy

showrcopy

showrcopy

7.

Verify synchronization.

showrcopy groups

<group_name>

8.

Verify volume groups are
started.

(Do not continue until
groups are started and
synced.)

(of volume group that should
be started)

setrcopygroup

restore -f -t

<target_name>

9.

Restore the natural
direction of data flow.

(of recovered system)

showrcopy

showrcopy

showrcopy

10.

Verify natural data flow
restored.

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