HP Storage Mirroring V4.5 Software - Manual (Page 134)

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Initiating manual failover
To initiate a manual failover, select Actions, Failover, or click the Failover button on the Monitoring
tab. The Initiate Failover box will appear.
1. Select either Immediate Failover (to begin failover immediately and not wait for the queues to
empty), or Graceful failover (to wait for the target queue to empty before failing over).
2. The queues could contain any messages or data recently sent to the target from the source. If
the queues aren’t empty when the prompt delay is reached, you will be asked whether you want
to continue waiting, or to failover immediately.
3. If you have previously taken snapshots, the Initiate Failover box will include options for failing
over either live data or data previously collected from a snapshot.
a. If you want to use the most recently replicated data on the target, select Use live data.
NOTE: When failing over a protected File or SharePoint server, the Graceful Failover option
is not available.
To test failover for a protected File server, the source must either be shut down or
disconnected from the network.