Creating the fire drill service group
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Creating the fire drill service group

This section describes how to use the Cluster Manager (Java Console) to create the fire drill service group and change the failover attribute to false so that the fire drill service group does not failover to another node during a test.

To create the fire drill service group

  1. Open the Veritas Cluster Manager (Java Console). (Start > All Programs > Symantec > Veritas Cluster Manager - Java Console)

    On Windows 2012 operating systems, use the Apps menu.

  2. Log on to the cluster and click OK.
  3. Click the Service Group tab in the left pane and click the Resources tab in the right pane.
  4. Right-click the cluster in the left pane and click Add Service Group.

  5. In the Add Service Group dialog box, provide information about the new service group.

    • In Service Group name, enter a name for the fire drill service group

    • Select systems from the Available Systems box and click the arrows to add them to the Systems for Service Group box.

    • Click OK.

To disable the AutoFailOver attribute

  1. Click the Service Group tab in the left pane and select the fire drill service group.
  2. Click the Properties tab in the right pane.
  3. Click the Show all attributes button.
  4. Double-click the AutoFailOver attribute.
  5. In the Edit Attribute dialog box, clear the AutoFailOver check box.
  6. Click OK to close the Edit Attribute dialog box.
  7. Click the Save and Close Configuration icon in the tool bar.
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