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Pause and Resume Virtual Standby Jobs from the Nodes

Virtual conversion is the process where Virtual Standby converts CA ARCserve D2D recovery points from source nodes to virtual machine data files named recovery point snapshots. In the event a source node fails, Virtual Standby uses the recovery point snapshots to power on a virtual machine for the source node.

As a best practice, allow the virtual conversion process to operate continuously. However, if you want to pause the virtual conversion process on local and remote Virtual Standby servers temporarily, you can do so from the Virtual Standby server. After you correct the problems on the source node, you can resume the virtual conversion process.

When you pause Virtual Standby jobs (conversion jobs), the pause operation does not pause the conversion job that is currently in progress. The pause operation applies to only the job that is expected to run at the end of the next CA ARCserve D2D backup job. As a result, the next conversion job does not start until you explicitly resume the (paused) conversion job.

Note: Optionally, you can pause and resume virtual standby jobs from the Virtual Standby server. For more information, see Pause and Resume Virtual Standby Jobs from the Virtual Standby Server.

Follow these steps:

  1. Open Virtual Standby and click Nodes on the Navigation bar to open the Node screen.
  2. From the Groups list, click All Nodes, or click the group that contains the CA ARCserve D2D node that you want to log in to to display all nodes associated with the specified group.
  3. Browse to and click the node that you want to pause or resume and click Login D2D from the pop-up menu to open CA ARCserve D2D.
  4. Click the Virtual Standby tab to open the Virtual Standby Summary screen.
  5. (Optional) If you logged in to a monitoring server, expand All or Source Running from the Servers list, and click the node whose virtual standby job you want to pause or resume.

    Note: When the virtual standby conversion job is running, Pause Virtual Standby appears in the Virtual Standby task list. When the Virtual Standby conversion job is not running, Resume Virtual Standby appears in the Virtual Standby task list.

  6. Do one of the following:

Click Resume Virtual Standby to resume conversion jobs.