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Revert Remote Copy Groups, Navigate to the Remote Copy Groups screen.

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NOTE: The following procedure assumes that failover has already been performed on one backup system. To switch failover Remote Copy groups: 1. Navigate to the Remote Copy Groups screen. 2. In the left pane, right-click the graphic of the system on which you wish to switch failover and select Switch Failover Groups from . The Remote Copy Switch Failover dialog box appears. 3. Click OK. 4. Click Yes when prompted for confirmation. In the right pane of the Remote Copy Groups screen: • Primary-Rev is displayed under the Backup Role column for the system you switched failover to, indicating that the groups on the backup system are currently acting as the primary groups. Any data is written to the groups on the backup system. • The DR state column displays Failover. Revert Remote Copy Groups You can undo a failover operation by reverting the Remote Copy groups to their normal state. For example, you may wish to revert the groups if you have failed over the groups to the backup system, but the source system has come back online and there has not been any new data written to the backup system. To revert Remote Copy groups: 1. Navigate to the Remote Copy Groups screen. 2. In the right pane, select the Remote Copy group(s) on which you performed failover. 3. Right-click and select Revert Failover Remote Copy Group(s). The Remote Copy Revert Failover dialog box appears. 4. Click OK. 5. Click Yes when prompted for confirmation. In the right pane of the Remote Copy Groups screen: • Primary is displayed under the Source Role column and Secondary is displayed under the Backup Role column indicating that the Remote Copy groups have been restored to their original roles. • The DR state column displays Normal. • A green arrow is displayed under the Replication column indicating the original direction of data replication. Recover Remote Copy Groups If you performed failover on your Remote Copy groups due to a source system failure, you must recover the groups to the source system once the source system is brought back up. To recover Remote Copy groups: 1. Navigate to the Remote Copy Groups screen. 2. In the right pane, select the Remote Copy group(s) on which you performed failover. 3. Right-click and select Recover Remote Copy Group(s). The Remote Copy Recover dialog box appears. 4. Click OK. 5. Click Yes when prompted for confirmation. 208 Configuring and Managing Remote Copy

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NOTE:
The following procedure assumes that failover has already been performed on one
backup system.
To switch failover Remote Copy groups:
1.
Navigate to the Remote Copy Groups screen.
2.
In the left pane, right-click the graphic of the system on which you wish to switch failover and
select
Switch Failover Groups from <original failover system>
.
The
Remote Copy Switch Failover
dialog box appears.
3.
Click
OK
.
4.
Click
Yes
when prompted for confirmation.
In the right pane of the Remote Copy Groups screen:
Primary-Rev
is displayed under the
Backup Role
column for the system you switched failover
to, indicating that the groups on the backup system are currently acting as the primary groups.
Any data is written to the groups on the backup system.
The
DR state
column displays
Failover
.
Revert Remote Copy Groups
You can undo a failover operation by reverting the Remote Copy groups to their normal state. For
example, you may wish to revert the groups if you have failed over the groups to the backup
system, but the source system has come back online and there has not been any new data written
to the backup system.
To revert Remote Copy groups:
1.
Navigate to the Remote Copy Groups screen.
2.
In the right pane, select the Remote Copy group(s) on which you performed failover.
3.
Right-click and select
Revert Failover Remote Copy Group(s)
.
The
Remote Copy Revert Failover
dialog box appears.
4.
Click
OK
.
5.
Click
Yes
when prompted for confirmation.
In the right pane of the Remote Copy Groups screen:
Primary
is displayed under the
Source Role
column and
Secondary
is displayed under the
Backup Role
column indicating that the Remote Copy groups have been restored to their
original roles.
The
DR state
column displays
Normal
.
A green arrow is displayed under the
Replication
column indicating the original direction of
data replication.
Recover Remote Copy Groups
If you performed failover on your Remote Copy groups due to a source system failure, you must
recover the groups to the source system once the source system is brought back up.
To recover Remote Copy groups:
1.
Navigate to the Remote Copy Groups screen.
2.
In the right pane, select the Remote Copy group(s) on which you performed failover.
3.
Right-click and select
Recover Remote Copy Group(s)
.
The
Remote Copy Recover
dialog box appears.
4.
Click
OK
.
5.
Click
Yes
when prompted for confirmation.
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Configuring and Managing Remote Copy