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Initiate Switchover

To initiate a switchover

1. Open the Manager and select the desired scenario from the Scenario pane. Verify it is running.
2. Click on the Perform Switchover button, or select from the Tools menu the Perform Switchover option.

   A confirmation message appears.

3. Optionally, select Do no wait until all journals are applied to immediately perform switchover even before all journals are applied. If you do not select this check box, the switchover process gets initiated only after all journals are applied.
4. Click Yes.
5. Depending on your scenario configuration, the Run a Reverse Replication Scenario after the Switchover check box is either selected or cleared. You can change your default configuration only for the switchover you are about to perform, by selecting or clearing the check box. Then, click Yes on the Perform a Switchover confirmation message. This procedure initiates a switchover from the Master server to the Replica server.

   Detailed information about the switchover processes is located in the Events pane during switchover.

6. After the switchover is completed the scenario stops.

   Note: The only case in which the scenario may continue to run after switchover is when automatic reverse replication is defined as Start automatically.

   In the Event pane a message appears, informing you that Switchover completed, and then that the Scenario has stopped.

   Now, the original Master becomes the Replica and the original Replica becomes the Master.

Important! If the Master server crashes or is rebooted during a switchover, the process stops. If this happens, you may need to recover the active server.