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- Identify unavailability of the primary DPOD server.
- Launch a passive DPOD server using the same IP address as the primary one (usually on a different physical hardware).
6. The passive DPOD server is not running when business is as usual, since disks replication is required and it has the same IP address as the primary DPOD server.
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- The customer has DataPower appliances deployed using either an Active/Passive or Active/Stand-by configuration. All DataPower appliances in any of these configurations have unique IP addresses.
- DPOD server is installed once and is configured to monitor all DataPower appliances (active, standby and passive). HANAN - WHY ONCE? WE HAVE ACTIVE AND PASSIVE. IF THIS IS TRUELY ONCE THEN THE PHRASING SHOULD BE DIFFERENT AND TELL THE CUSTOMER TO BRING UP THE SAME SERVERS ON A DIFFERENT VM RACK
- All DPOD network services (NTP, SMTP, LDAP etc.) have the same IP addresses even after failover (otherwise a post configuration script is required to be run by the DR software).
- The customer has storage replication capabilities to replicate DPOD disks based on the disks’ replication policy described above.
- The customer has a 3rd party software tool or scripts that can:
- Identify unavailability of the primary DPOD server.
- Launch a passive DPOD server using a different IP address than the primary oneone (usually on a different physical hardware).
6. The passive DPOD server is not running when business is as usual, since disks replication is required.
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