To prepare the fire drill configuration

1. Open the Solutions Configuration Center (From Start > All Programs > Veritas > Veritas Cluster Server > Solutions Configuration Center or, on Windows 2012 operating systems, from the Apps menu).
2. In the Welcome panel, review the information and click Next.
3. In the System Selection panel, specify a system in the primary site cluster and click Next.

   See System Selection panel details.

4. In the Service Group Selection panel, select the service group that you want to use for the fire drill and click Next.

   See Service Group Selection panel details.

5. In the Secondary System Selection panel, select the cluster and the system to be used for the fire drill at the secondary site, and then click Next.

   See Secondary System Selection panel details.

6. If the Fire Drill Prerequisites panel is displayed, review the information and ensure that all prerequisites are met. Click Next.

   See Prerequisites for a fire drill.

   Otherwise, if a fire drill service group already exists on this system for the specified service group, one of the following panels is displayed:

   If the Run Fire Drill option or Delete Fire Drill options are shown, a fire drill service group has already been prepared.	You can run the fire drill with no further preparation. Click Run Fire Drill and follow the procedure for running a fire drill. See Running a fire drill.
   If the Fire Drill Restoration panel is displayed, the fire drill service group remains online from a previous fire drill.	Follow the procedure for restoring the fire drill configuration to a prepared state. This must be done before running a new fire drill. See Restoring the fire drill system to a prepared state.
   If the Re-create Fire Drill Service Group panel is displayed, a fire drill service group has already been prepared but is not up to date.	You can choose to re-create the fire drill configuration to bring it up to date. See Re-creating a fire drill configuration that has changed. Or you can clear the check box to re-create the configuration and run the fire drill on the existing configuration.

7. If the Fire Drill Service Group Settings panel is displayed, assign the virtual IP address and virtual name (Lanman name) to be used for the fire drill service group that will be created on the secondary site.

   See Fire Drill Service Group Settings panel details.

8. The wizard selects the appropriate panel to display next, depending on the replication method. Fill in any required information on the panel that is displayed.

   Volume Replicator replication	Disk Selection panel See Disk Selection panel details.
   Hitachi TrueCopy replication	Horcm Files Path Selection panel See Hitachi TrueCopy Path Information panel details. HTCSnap Resource Configuration panel See HTCSnap Resource Configuration panel details.
   EMC SRDF replication	SRDFSnap Resource Configuration panel See SRDFSnap Resource Configuration panel details.

   Click Next.

9. In the Fire Drill Preparation panel, the wizard shows the status of the preparation tasks.

   See Fire Drill Preparation panel details.

   When preparation is complete, click Next.

10. The Summary panel displays the message that preparation is complete.

    To run the fire drill now, click Next. Continue with the procedure to run the fire drill.

    See Running a fire drill.

    To run the fire drill later, click Finish. The fire drill preparation remains in place.