Fail Back question

I chose latest image.

Did you choose the latest PiT snapshot in the journal at the original Prod to fail back too?

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Yes, one cluster at the DR site, the other at our Production site.

When I failed back, what option was I supposed to choose from the GUI. When I failed over from Prod to DR, I chose Test a copy and failover. That seemed to work fine as we were able to bring up the SQL database and the DBAs added more files. Then I just chose "failover" from the GUI screen and I chose latest image. When I did this, I got a message that journal entries would be destroyed.

Was I supposed to choose Test a copy and Recover Production when failing back from the DR site to Production?

I am going to try this again.

Is this a two cluster RP system?

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When you choose failover you are guided through the mandatory option of being able to select the PiT snapshot. The default option is the latest image. Now when you move forward to the Start Failover step you can choose to untick the start replication option and then select Save & Close. This automatically diverts you to the Manage Recovery screen. What you can do from here is to take advantage of the option to test the database on the original Prod side that you’re failing back to before initiating actual failover by going back to the Manage Recovery screen and selecting Back to Wizard to relevant actions.

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So when I am asked if I am ok with the Journal being erased, I answer yes? How are any changes made to the DR database that need to be included in production after fail back get copies over then?

Thanks in advance!

Benita

Correct, answer yes.

The changes are kept on the replica volumes and these are replicated back to what was Prod. RP performs a short init to determine which blocks have changed in order to replicate them from the new Prod to the old Prod.

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Rich