For planned failovers, most of the failover steps are executed from the source cluster.

• From the source cluster:

  • Stop all applications that access the replicated files. This step is recommended, but not required.

  • Use the Replication> episodic job sync job_name command to execute the job and make sure files on the source cluster and destination cluster are synchronized.

  • Use the Replication> episodic job failover force=yes/no job_name current_cluster_link command to move control of the job from the source cluster to the destination cluster.

• From the destination cluster:

  • Use the Replication> episodic job enable job_name command to enable the job or run a sync on the destination cluster.

  • Use the Replication> episodic job sync job_name command to ensure that the episodic replication job is in a well-defined state and incremental episodic replication can be resumed.