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To be able to perform a dry run or a switchover, you need to define a switchover group first. A switchover group is a selection of migrations that is switched over simultaneously.
Follow the steps below to create a switchover group.
1. From the Switchover module, select the Pending groups screen and click the plus (+) button as shown in the following figure:
Figure 52. Switchover group
2. Enter a logical name for the group. Click the calendar icon to open the scheduler as shown in the following figure:
Figure 53. Create new switchover group
3. Select a date/time and drag the box to set up the switchover time. Click OK.
Figure 54. Select switchover time
4. The Parallelism field can be left at the default value of 64. This determines how many paths will be scheduled simultaneously during the switchover. Click OK to continue as shown in the following figure:
Figure 55. Parallelism in switchover group
5. The new switchover group is added to the Upcoming events list as follows:
Figure 56. Upcoming events
6. Click the add/edit paths icon to add the paths that are to be part of the switchover group as follows:
Figure 57. Add or edit paths option
7. Select the paths to be added and click OK.
Figure 58. Paths to be added to Switchover group
8. The path(s) are listed and dry runs can be set up by clicking the Add/Edit upcoming dry run event icon.
Figure 59. Add or edit paths for group
9. Click and drag the desired dry run times and click OK.
Figure 60. Dry run events