Cascading Failover in a Continentalclusters

Introduction.........................................................................................................................................

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Overview ........................................................................................................................................

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Purpose ..........................................................................................................................................

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Terminology ....................................................................................................................................

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Audience ........................................................................................................................................

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Configuration......................................................................................................................................

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Cluster and Storage Requirements......................................................................................................

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Volume Group Setup ........................................................................................................................

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Data Initialization.............................................................................................................................

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Refreshing data on the Recovery Site..................................................................................................

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Package Setup ....................................................................................................................................

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Primary Cluster Package Setup ..........................................................................................................

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Recovery Cluster Package Setup ........................................................................................................

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Steps for Failure and Recovery Scenarios ...............................................................................................

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Failure of Primary Site within Primary Cluster.......................................................................................

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Failback from the Secondary Site to the Primary Site ............................................................................

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Failure of Secondary Site within the Primary Cluster ...........................................................................

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Failover from Primary Cluster to Recovery Cluster...............................................................................

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Failback from the Recovery Cluster to the Secondary Site within the Primary Cluster...............................

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Failback from the Recovery Site Directly to the Primary Site in the Primary Cluster ..................................

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For more information..........................................................................................................................

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