Activate Bunker

This option is available from the Bunker RVG right-click menu and is enabled only if the Primary host becomes unavailable. When a disaster occurs at the Primary host, before performing a takeover on the Secondary, you may want to make sure that all the updates on the original Primary are available on the Secondary. You can do this by activating the Bunker RVG, converting the Bunker Secondary to a Bunker Primary and then replaying all the pending updates that did not reach the Secondary. After the replay completes, you can choose to deactivate the Bunker and convert it back to a Bunker Secondary and perform takeover on the up-to-date Secondary or restore the original Primary if it becomes available again.

After the replay of pending updates from the Bunker Primary to the Secondary completes and the Secondary RLINK status is up-to-date, it is ready for takeover.

To activate the Bunker

  1. Select the Activate Bunker option from the Bunker RVG right-click menu. The Bunker Secondary gets converted to a Bunker Primary.

    When a Primary becomes unavailable due to a disaster or is down for some maintenance, the Activate Bunker option is enabled on the Bunker Secondary.

  2. Now select Start Replication on the Secondary host to replay all the pending updates from the Bunker Primary to the Secondary. Check the status of the Secondary using the vxrlink updates command and verify that the status is up-to-date.

To deactivate the Bunker

  1. Stop replication to the Secondary by selecting the Stop Replication option.
  2. Select the Deactivate Bunker option from the Bunker RVG right-click menu. The Bunker Primary is converted back to a Bunker Secondary.

More Information

Updating the Secondary from the Bunker