Recovery

Introduction

Disaster Recovery doesn’t end with configuration. When a failover becomes necessary—whether due to testing, planned maintenance, or an actual disruption—it’s critical to follow a structured recovery process.

This section provides comprehensive instructions for executing a failover using the Eyeglass DR Assistant and verifying your environment post-failover to ensure services are restored properly.

Execute Failover

Initiating a failover is an important step in Disaster Recovery. Whether planned or unplanned, it requires attention and coordination to avoid data loss and service disruption.

The following guide walks you through using Eyeglass DR Assistant to execute a failover.for validation and support.

Execute Failover

Learn how to run a failover using the Eyeglass DR Assistant. Covers pre-checks, configuration, execution, monitoring, and log retrieval.

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Post Failover Steps

Once a failover is complete, additional validation is needed to ensure your cluster, shares, DNS, and SmartConnect settings are aligned with the new environment.

This guide offers step-by-step verification procedures for Access Zone, SyncIQ Policy, and DFS failovers, along with instructions for quota and SMB/NFS checks.

Post Failover Steps

Verify that failover was successful by checking DNS, SPNs, quotas, and file system access. Includes steps for all failover types.

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Readiness

Validate cluster readiness before initiating a failover. Covers DR Dashboard, status indicators, and readiness validations.

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