(Workflow) Fail over a PN to an RN
When you start an RN, whether agent‑based or agent‑less, you are indirectly shutting down the PN and PN proxy (VM) respectively and disabling backups for that PN.
To fail over a PN to an RN on the HA Appliance:
1. Log on to the HA’s onQ Portal.
If the RN is agent‑less, the
Backup Mode switches from
Agentless to
Recovery Node.
3. If applicable, restore the Oracle database:
4. Fix the PN’s server.
To fail over an agent‑less PN to an RN on the DR Appliance:
If you start an agent-less PN’s RN in production mode on the DR Appliance, you must perform the following steps so that the HA Appliance can back up the RN in production mode on the DR Appliance. This procedure enables onQ to back up the RN on the HA Appliance as a standard agent‑based PN.
1. Start the RN in production mode on the DR Appliance.
2. RDP to the RN, then, from a browser window, launch the HA Appliance’s onQ Portal.
3. Click the Protect Me button to install the onQ Monitor service on the RN.
In the
Modify a Protected Node page, switch the RN’s
Backup Mode from
Agentless to
Recovery Node, then
SAVE the configuration.