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Fire drill — testing the configuration


  Caution   To avoid potential loss of service or data, it is recommended that you do not use these procedures on a live system.


After validating that the consistency of the volumes and disk groups at your sites, you should validate the procedures that you will use in the event of the various possible types of failure. A fire drill allows you to test that a site can be brought up cleanly during recovery from a disaster scenario such as site failure.