Creating and Using Scenarios › Scenario Properties

Scenario Properties

If you wish to change a scenario configured through the Wizard or configure additional settings, you can use the Properties pane to modify the scenario.

The Properties pane and its tabs are context-sensitive and change whenever you select a different node from a scenario folder. You must stop a scenario before configuring its properties. Certain values cannot be modified once set; they are noted.

For full details on configuring scenario properties and their descriptions, see the Arcserve RHA Administration Guide.

Properties are organized into tabs on the Arcserve RHA Manager Framework pane. The tabs displayed are based upon server type, Arcserve RHA solution, and scenario status.

Settings on the Root Directories tab

Select a Master Server from the Scenario Pane. Double-click its Directories folder to add or remove Master Root Directories. Select or clear checkboxes next to folders, as desired, to include or exclude them. You may also edit directory names.

Select a Replica Server from the Scenario Pane. For each Master Root directory, you must specify a Replica Root directory. Double-click the Directories folder for the Replica server. Select or clear checkboxes next to folders, as desired, to hold the corresponding Master directory.

Directories with Oracle database files are automatically included by Oracle auto-discovery in the scenario at the scenario configuration step (see the topic, Create Oracle HA Scenarios). There is no need to add these directories manually. If you want to include additional directories in the scenario, you can add them using the Root Directories tab. We strongly recommend not including directories with Oracle binaries, DLLs and other Oracle instance directories that are not part of the database.

Settings on the Properties Tab

Scenario Properties

These settings establish default behavior for the entire scenario.

• General properties -- cannot be changed once created
• Replication properties -- choose the replication mode (Online or Scheduled), synchronization values (File or Block, Ignore Files of Same Size/Type) and optional settings (Replicate NTFS Compress Attribute, Replicate NTFS ACL, Synchronize Windows Shares, Prevent Automatic Re-sync upon Error)
• Event notification properties -- specify a script to run or choose email notification
• Report Handling -- specify report settings, email distribution or script execution

Master and Replica Properties

These settings establish server properties on both Master and Replica. Some settings vary by server type.

• Host connection properties -- Enter the IP address, Port number and Fully Qualified Name of the Master and Replica
• Replication properties -- These properties differ for Master and Replica. See the Administration Guide for more information.
• Spool properties -- Set the size, minimum disk free size and directory path. See Spool Directory Settings for more information.
• Event notification properties -- specify a script to run or choose email notification
• Report properties -- choose synchronization or replication reports, specify distribution or script execution
• (Replica) Recovery properties -- set delay or data rewind properties

Settings on the HA Properties Tab

These settings control how switchover and switchback are performed

• Switchover properties -- choose automatic or manual switchover, and reverse replication settings
• Hosts properties -- specify the Master and Replica Fully Qualified Name
• Network Traffic Redirection properties -- choose Move IP, Redirect DNS, or User-defined scripts
• Is Alive properties -- set the heartbeat frequency and check method
• DB Management properties -- instructs Arcserve RHA to manage shares or services on a database server
• Action upon Success properties -- defines custom scripts and arguments for use