Converting the Primary to a Secondary
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Converting the Primary to a Secondary

Use this option to convert the original Primary to a Secondary after performing a takeover without fast-failback logging. After the takeover operation is performed, an existing Secondary takes the role of the new Primary. If the original Primary comes up, use the Make Secondary option to change the role of a Primary to a Secondary. Thus, when the original Primary becomes available again, it can be made a Secondary to the new Primary.

Veritas recommends that you perform the Start Replication operation with the Synchronize Automatically option on the converted Secondary to bring the RDS to a consistent state after Make Secondary operation.

Note:

Although the Make Secondary option is available on the original Primary as well as the new Primary, make sure that you perform this operation only on the original Primary.

To convert the Primary to a Secondary

  1. Select the Make Secondary option from the Primary RVG right-click menu. The Make Secondary dialog box appears.
  2. The IP address or host name of all the original Secondary hosts is displayed in the box. Select the host name or IP address of the host name that you intend to use as the new Primary, from the list that appears when you click the list option.
  3. Click OK to make the original Primary a Secondary.

    If the RVGPrimary resource is configured for the selected Primary RVG, then Volume Replicator does not allow the Make Secondary operation to succeed as this can cause the resource to get into a faulted state.

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