# Starting a practice run zonal shift


The steps in this section explain how to start an on-demand practice run zonal shift on the ARC console. To work with zonal shift and zonal autoshift programmatically, see the [ Zonal Shift and Zonal Autoshift API Reference Guide](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/arc-zonal-shift/latest/api/Welcome.html).

You can start a practice run zonal shift after you configure zonal autoshift and create a practice run configuration.

# To start a practice run zonal shift


1. Open the ARC console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/route53recovery/zonalshift/home#/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/route53recovery/zonalshift/home#/). 

1. Under **Zonal autoshift resources**, browse to an individual resource that has zonal autoshift configured.

1. On the **Resource overview** page, choose **Start practice run**.

1. Select an Availability Zone, and then enter a comment for your practice run. The practice run will shift traffic away from the Availability Zone that you selected.

1. Choose **Start**.