Managing failover through the management console – HP Storage Mirroring Software User Manual

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Managing Failover Through the Management Console

After you have configured a source/target connection by following the steps in

Establishing a new connection

on page 6-7,

you can configure failover by selecting the Failover tab from the Connection Manager.

The

Failover

tab will display the source machine IP addresses that are available for monitoring.

To enable monitoring between this source and target, select the

Enable Monitoring

check box.

Select an IP address to monitor by marking the check box to the left of the IP address. Double-click the IP address to
open the Monitor Information dialog box with the selected IP address displayed at the top.

Select the

Target Server Adapter that Source Server Address will Failover To

. This is the network card that will

assume the source’s network traffic in the event of a source machine failure.

Specify the

Monitor Interval

. This setting identifies the number of seconds between the monitor requests sent from the

target to the source to determine if the source machine is online.

Specify the

Missed Packets

. This setting is the number of monitor replies sent from the source to the target that can be

missed before assuming the source machine has failed.

Click

to return to the Connection Manager

Failover

tab.

Repeat steps 4-8 to configure monitor settings for other source machine IP addresses.

10.

The monitored IP addresses now contain a check mark and monitor information. To edit the monitor settings,
double-click an IP address. Make any necessary changes and click

to return to this screen. To remove the monitor,

clear the check box to the left of the IP address.