Running the high availability fire drill

Last published : Jun 19, 2026
In the Management Server console, you can run the high availability (HA) fire drill on a service group.
To perform this task, your user group must be assigned the Admin or Operator role on the service group or the Availability perspective. The permission on the service group may be explicitly assigned or inherited from a parent Organization or cluster.
To run the high availability fire drill
  1. In the Management Server console, go to the Availability perspective and selectManage in the left pane.
  2. Expand the Organization or Uncategorized Clusters to locate the cluster.
  3. Expand the cluster and then the Service groups node to locate the service group.
  4. Right-click on the service group and select Fire Drill>Run HA Fire Drill.
  5. In the Fire Drill wizard panel, click Next.
  6. In the Schedule wizard panel, specify the schedule to run the HA fire drill and click Next.
See Schedule panel options.
  1. In the Summary panel, click Finish.
See Summary panel options.
  1. In the Result panel, click OK.
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