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Perform Assured Recovery Test Automatically

To perform Assured Recovery test automatically

1. On the Manager, verify that the AR scenario is running.
2. To start the AR testing, on the Scenario pane select the Replica you want to test. Then, click the Replica Integrity Testing button on the Standard toolbar, or right-click the Replica and select Replica Integrity Testing from the shortcut menu.

   The Replica Integrity Testing for Assured Recovery dialog opens.

   In this dialog, the configuration you set for the AR test is displayed.

3. To start the automatic AR test using the existing configuration, click OK.

   Notes:

   • To change the test configuration before running the test, click Cancel, and refer to Setting Assured Recovery Properties.
   • To manually perform the AR test, select the Manual testing check box, click OK, and refer to Perform Assured Recovery Test Manually.
4. After you initiate the AR testing, the Replica Integrity Testing for Assured Recovery dialog is closed. Then, before the test begins to run, Arcserve RHA verifies that no synchronization, AR test or replication suspension tasks are currently in progress on any of the hosts that participate in the current scenario.
5. Once the verification stage ends, the AR test begins.

   The steps of the test are displayed as messages in the Event pane.

6. After the test is finished, the Replica is automatically restored to precisely the same state it was when the replication was suspended. This is done through the underlying rewind technology. Then, the changes that were accumulated in the spool are applied, and the replication is resumed and continues normally.
7. By default, once AR test is performed, an Assured Recovery Report is generated.

   Notes:

   • If the Assured Recovery Report was not generated, on the Replica Properties list under the Reports group, check the value of the Generate Assured Recovery Report property.
   • To view the report, refer to Viewing a Report.

   All the tasks that were performed during the test are listed in the AR Report, along with their activation time and status.