Monitor recovery nodes

Each of your primary protected nodes has a corresponding recovery node. The HA Appliance 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 Appliance.

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 Appliance 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 Appliance’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.
	carat is red and points downward	Recovery node is not running.
	carat is yellow and points upward	Recovery node is starting.
	carat is yellow and points downward	Running recovery node is shutting down
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 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.

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