Monitoring : Monitor recovery nodes
  
Monitor recovery nodes
Each of your primary protected nodes has a corresponding recovery node. The HA constructs a recovery node after each periodic backup.
The recovery node is then ready to be started as a replacement for the primary if the protected node fails. Even after you have started a recovery node, backups continue on the HA.
If the RN has been started and is running in production mode, it effectively becomes a PN; the RN, not the PN, is being backed up by the HA Appliance.
In the event that a protected node fails, you need to start the corresponding HA recovery node. Similarly, if there’s an HA recovery node failure or HA failure, you need to start the recovery node on the DR Appliance. In both cases, you’ll want to monitor the progress of these recovery nodes. Of course, in the event of a disaster, you’ll receive alerts.
To view the status of a recovery node:
1. Log on to either the HA’s onQ Portal or the DR Appliance’s onQ Portal.
2. Go to DASHBOARD tab > RECOVERY NODES page.
You see a list of all the recovery nodes and their current status.
3. Locate the recovery node(s).
Each row in the list represents the recovery node corresponding to a protected node:
 
Recovery Node
 
Hostname of the protected node to which this recovery node belongs.
Auto RN Creation
no check mark
Recovery node creation policy is set to On Demand.
check mark appears
Recovery node creation policy is set to Ready‑to‑Run.
Space Required
Disk space required to run the recovery node.
Power State
carat is green and points upward
Recovery node is running and protection is on. Tooltip indicates RN VM Running.
An agent‑less PN is backed up using a PN proxy and the Power State of that PN proxy is detected using the power state of the VM on the ESX Server.
carat is red and points downward
Recovery node is not running.
Tooltip indicates one of the following:
• RN VM exists but Not Running – the RN was stopped but not removed and thus the virtual machine exists but is not running.
• RN VM Not Running – the RN virtual machine was removed or never created.
carat is yellow and points upward
Recovery node is starting.
carat is yellow and points downward
Running recovery node is shutting down
hourglass on a yellow background
 
Startup dependencies are being evaluated.
Test Mode
no check mark appears
Backup is running in production mode.
check mark appears
Backup is running in test mode.
Startup Time
 
When (date and time) the running recovery node was started.
CPU Utilization
field is blank
Recovery node is not running.
field is not blank
Recovery node is running.
Percentage of the onQ Appliance’s allotted CPU used by this recovery node.
Console
Recovery node is running.
The icon launches the recovery node’s operating system’s console.
Appliance CPU Load
Percentage of onQ’s CPU usage.
RN Disk Space Available
Total amount of disk space available for RNs.
See also Monitor disk space and memory usage.
RN Disk Space Allocated
Total amount of disk space allocated for RNs.
See also Monitor disk space and memory usage.
RN Disk Space Used
Total amount of disk space used by RNs.
See also Monitor disk space and memory usage.
RN Memory Available
Total amount of memory available to RNs.
See also Monitor disk space and memory usage.