In a non-scheduled mode, you can test Assured Recovery either automatically or manually. When you are using the automatic method, all you need to do is initiate the AR test by a click of a button. Then, Arcserve RHA automatically performs all the test steps according to the AR configuration setting. Once the test is completed, the regular replication is resumed. There is only one difference between this method and a scheduled AR test. In a non-scheduled automatic mode, you initiate the test whenever you need, without using the Scheduler.
When you are using the manual method, you also need to initiate the AR test by a click of a button. However, unlike the automatic method, Arcserve RHA will suspend the test after the first standard step - starting the database service. This will occur even when all standard steps are configured as Automatic.
Note: If the Start DB property is set to Off, and there is no user-defined script that replaces it, the only thing that Arcserve RHA will do is suspend the application of changes to the Replica in preparation for the manual AR test.
Once the replication is suspended, you can perform tests or actions directly on the Replica without the need to later resynchronize the Master and Replica. You can use this option for manually testing applications or data on the Replica, or for performing tasks on the Replica instead of the Master, such as report generation, in order to reduce the Master workload.
When you finish the manual testing or operation, you need to manually stop the AR test suspension. This is done again by a click of a button. If other steps and actions were configured in the AR test, such as stopping the database services, they will be performed after you clicked the button for stopping the test and before the test will be declared as finished. When the test is considered finished, the replication will resume automatically.
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