Fire Drill Configurations

Gold

Runs the fire drill on a snapshot of the target array.

Involves the following steps:

• Suspend replication to get a consistent snapshot.
• Take a snapshot of the target array on a BCV device.
• Modify the disk name and the disk group name in the snapshot.
• Bring the fire drill service group online using the snapshot data.



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Note    For the Gold configuration, you must use VERITAS Volume Manager to import and deport the storage.

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For non-replicated devices:

• You must use VERITAS Volume Manager
• You must use the Gold configuration without the option to run in the Bronze mode.

Silver

Runs the fire drill on the target array after taking a snapshot.

Involves the following steps:

• Suspend replication to get a consistent snapshot.
• Take a snapshot of the target array on a BCV device.
• Bring the fire drill service group online using the data on the target array.

Bronze

Runs the fire drill on the target array. No snapshots are taken.

Involves the following steps:

• Suspend replication to get a consistent snapshot.
• Bring the fire drill service group online using the data on the 'target array.