Changing automatic failover and failback settings

To change the automatic failover and failback settings for a replication link:

1.In the top-level menu in the HCP System Management Console, mouse over Services to display a secondary menu.

2.In the secondary menu, click on Replication.

3.On the Replication page, click on the name of the link you want to modify.

4.In the panel that opens, click on the Link tab.

5.In the replication Link panel, click on the Failover tab.

6.In the Failover panel, click on Automatic Failover Settings.

7.In the Automatic Failover Settings section:

oFor an active/active link or an inbound active/passive link, in the Local System section:

To enable automatic failover to the current system, select the Fail over automatically option. Then, in the Automatically fail over link after loss of connectivity for field, type the number of minutes HCP should wait before automatically failing over the link after a loss of connectivity to the other system involved in the link. Valid values are integers in the seven through 9,999.

To disable automatic failover to the current system, deselect the Fail over automatically option.

For active/passive links only, to enable automatic failback to the other system involved in the link, select the Complete recovery automatically option. Then, in the Automatically complete recovery when synchronization is less than field, type the number of minutes the up-to-date-as-of time for the link must be less than before HCP should automatically fail back the link. Valid values are integers in the one through 9,999.

For active/passive links only, to disable automatic failback to the other system involved in the link, deselect the Complete recovery automatically option.

oFor an active/active link or an outbound active/passive link, in the Remote System section:

To enable automatic failover to the other system involved in the link, select the Fail over automatically option. Then, in the Automatically fail over link after loss of connectivity for field, type the number of minutes HCP should wait before automatically failing over the link after a loss of connectivity to the current system. Valid values are integers in the seven through 9,999.

To disable automatic failover to the other system involved in the link, deselect the Fail over automatically option.

For active/passive links only, to enable automatic failback to the current system, select the Complete recovery automatically option. Then, in the Automatically complete recovery when synchronization is less than field, type the number of minutes the up-to-date-as-of time for the link must be less than before HCP should automatically fail back the link. Valid values are integers in the one through 9,999.

For active/passive links only, to disable automatic failback to the current system, deselect the Complete recovery automatically option.

8.Click on the Update Settings button.

For information on how automatic failover and failback work, see Failover and failback.

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