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How Switchover and Switchback Work

After the HA scenario starts running and the synchronization process is completed, the Replica checks the Master on a regular basis, by default every 30 seconds, to see if it is alive. The following types of monitoring checks are available:

If an error occurs with any part of the set, the entire check is considered to have failed. If all checks fail throughout a configured timeout period (by default, 5 minutes), the Master server is considered to be down. Then, depending on the HA scenario configuration, Arcserve RHA sends you an alert or automatically initiates a switchover.

When you created an HA scenario, you defined how you want the switchover to be initiated.

When you created an HA scenario, you defined how you want the reverse scenario to be initiated.

When the Reverse Replication feature is off, to start reverse replication after a switchover has occurred, click the Run button. The benefit to this feature is, if both the master and replica servers were online and connected during switchover, resynchronization in the reverse direction is not required. Resynchronization involves comparing the data on the master and replica servers to determine which changes to transfer before real-time replication starts; this can take some time. If automatic reverse replication is turned on, and both servers were online during switchover, replication is reversed without the need for resynchronization. This is the one situation in which resynchronization is not required.