Failback procedure if no new backups were taken after failover to the DR site

Procedure

  1. Stop the DR system by running:
    apstop
    The following confirmation appears.
    [root@dr-e1n1 home]# apstop
    Successfully deactivated system
    
  2. Confirm that the system state is Inactive by running:
    ap state -d
    The expected output:
    [root@dr-e1n1 home]# ap state -d
    System state is 'Inactive'
    Application state is 'Unknown'
    Platform management state is 'Inactive'
    
  3. Unmount the ext_mnt file system on the DR system by running:
    mmunmount ext_mnt -a
  4. Confirm that the ext_mnt file system is unmounted on the DR system by running:
    mmlsmount all -L
    The following confirmation appears.
    [root@dr-e1n1 home]# mmlsmount all -L
    
    File system ext_mnt is not mounted.
    
    File system ips is mounted on 5 nodes:
      9.0.32.17       e1n2
      9.0.32.48       e8n1
      9.0.32.16       e1n1
      9.0.32.18       e1n3
      9.0.32.47       e7n1
    
    File system platform is mounted on 5 nodes:
      9.0.32.18       e1n3
      9.0.32.47       e7n1
      9.0.32.17       e1n2
      9.0.32.48       e8n1
      9.0.32.16       e1n1
    
  5. Export the GPFS file system that was created on prod and copied to DR system by running:
    mmexportfs ext_mnt -o /home/ext_san.config_dr
    This is to remove the file system from the OS so that it can be imported again later.
    [root@dr-e1n1 home]# mmexportfs ext_mnt -o /home/ext_san.config_dr
    
    mmexportfs: Processing file system ext_mnt ...
    mmexportfs: Propagating the cluster configuration data to all
      affected nodes.  This is an asynchronous process.
    
  6. Start the DR system by running:
    apstart
    Starting the DR system is to make sure it is ready for the next failover.
    [root@dr-e1n1 home]# apstart
    Successfully activated platform, appliance activation request sent
    
  7. Run the following command and watch until the system state is Active.
    ap state -d
    The expected output:
    [root@dr-e1n1 home]# ap state -d
    System state is 'Ready'
    Application state is 'Ready'
    Platform management state is 'Active'
    With this step, the failback is complete. You can activate replication going from prod to DR and resume production from the production site.