I would like to know if the following scenario will work (or whether it's feasible):
1) Primary goes down.
2) Secondary is changed to standard and then backed up.
3) Backup is then restored to the Primary.
4) Do Backup of primary again.
5) Do onmode -d primary <sec_name> on Primary.
6) Do ontape -p on Secondary.
7) Do onmode -d secondary <pri_name> on Secondary.
8) Logs are then sent to Secondary and HDR starts.
I would like to test this scenario because I know the Secondary contains the most up-to-date transactions ( Rather than relying on the Secondary sending them over the network to the Primary after I restore the latest backup to the Primary - this is the normal Disaster Recovery Process as prescribed by the Informix Admin Guide).
As for my scenario above, do I really need to do steps 4 and 6(i.e. Primary backup and Secondary Restore since I got the latest backup from the Secondary anyway - i.e. will the Secondary complain if I make it into a Secondary again without doing a restore?)
Any opinions appreciated. Thanks.
1) Primary goes down.
2) Secondary is changed to standard and then backed up.
3) Backup is then restored to the Primary.
4) Do Backup of primary again.
5) Do onmode -d primary <sec_name> on Primary.
6) Do ontape -p on Secondary.
7) Do onmode -d secondary <pri_name> on Secondary.
8) Logs are then sent to Secondary and HDR starts.
I would like to test this scenario because I know the Secondary contains the most up-to-date transactions ( Rather than relying on the Secondary sending them over the network to the Primary after I restore the latest backup to the Primary - this is the normal Disaster Recovery Process as prescribed by the Informix Admin Guide).
As for my scenario above, do I really need to do steps 4 and 6(i.e. Primary backup and Secondary Restore since I got the latest backup from the Secondary anyway - i.e. will the Secondary complain if I make it into a Secondary again without doing a restore?)
Any opinions appreciated. Thanks.