About this Guide

This guide contains all of the necessary information for configuring and running Arcserve RHA. It describes and provides instructions on how to perform the following procedures:

synchronizing
replicating and recovering data
monitoring procedures
generating reports
switching over from the production server to the Replica standby server, and switching back
protecting the Control Service

Important! This guide applies to replication, high availability and assured recovery products. Throughout this document, the term, Arcserve RHA refers to all products, unless otherwise specified.

This guide focuses on the generic File Server replication and high availability solutions, but it also provides information about other application and database servers and high availability solutions.

For more detailed instructions involving scenarios tailored to specific applications such as Microsoft Exchange or SQL Servers, see the appropriate Operation Guide. You can find the most up-to-date Operation Guides for each application on the Arcserve Support site. For more information about viewing application-specific Operation Guides, see Related Documentation.