Configuring, editing, or deleting a practice run configuration - Amazon Application Recovery Controller (ARC)
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Configuring, editing, or deleting a practice run configuration

The steps in this section explain how to edit or delete a practice run configuration on the Amazon Application Recovery Controller (ARC) console. To work with zonal autoshift programmatically, including changes to practice run configurations, see the Zonal Shift and Zonal Autoshift API Reference Guide.

If you delete a practice run configuration in the console, zonal autoshift is disabled. Before you can delete a practice run configuration with an API operation, you must disable zonal autoshift. You can configure a practice run without enabling zonal autoshift. However, for zonal autoshift to be enabled for a resource, you are required to have a practice run configured for the resource.

To configure a practice run

  1. Open the ARC console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/route53recovery/home#/dashboard.

  2. Under Multi-AZ, choose Zonal autoshift.

  3. Choose Configure zonal autoshift.

  4. Choose a resource to configure for zonal autoshift.

  5. Choose to disable zonal autoshift if you don't want Amazon to start an autoshift for a resource when there's an Amazon event. You can continue with the wizard to configure a practice run configuration without enabling autoshifts, if you choose.

  6. Choose options for practice runs for the resource. For alarms, you can do the following:

    • (Required) Specify an outcome alarm to monitor practice runs for this resource.

    • (Optional) Specify a blocking alarm for practice runs for this resource.

    For more information, see the Alarms that you specify for practice runs section in Best practices when you configure zonal autoshift.

  7. Optionally, specify blocked dates and blocked windows. Choose dates or windows (days and times) to block ARC from starting practice runs for this resource. All dates and times are in UTC.

  8. Select the check box to confirm that you have read the acknowledgement note.

  9. Choose Create.

To edit a practice run configuration

  1. Open the ARC console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/route53recovery/home#/dashboard.

  2. Under Multi-AZ, choose Zonal autoshift.

  3. Under Resource zonal autoshift configurations, choose a resource.

  4. In the Actions menu, choose Edit practice run configuration.

  5. Make changes to the practice run configuration, to do one or more of the following:

    • For alarms, you can do the following:

      • For the blocking alarm, you can add an alarm, delete the alarm, or specify a different blocking alarm.

      • For the outcome alarm that monitors practice runs, you can specify a different CloudWatch alarm to use. Outcome alarms are required, so you can't delete the outcome alarm.

    • For blocked dates and blocked windows, you can add new dates or days and times, or you can remove or update existing dates or days and times. All dates and times are in UTC.

  6. Choose Save.

To delete a practice run configuration

  1. Open the ARC console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/route53recovery/home#/dashboard.

  2. Under Multi-AZ, choose Zonal autoshift.

  3. Under Resource zonal autoshift configurations, choose a resource.

  4. In the Actions menu, choose Delete practice run configuration.

  5. On the confirmation modal dialog, type Delete, and then choose Delete.

    Note that deleting a practice run configuration in the console also disables zonal autoshift for the resource. Zonal autoshift requires a practice run to be configured for the resource.