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Add GitLab Geo Planned Failover doc

Michael Kozono requested to merge docs/mk-add-planned-failover-doc into master

What does this MR do?

  • Adds a more graceful way to take down the primary (if the option is available to you, i.e. during a planned failover)
  • Adds a first step in Disaster Recovery to suggest allowing replication to finish if possible
  • Clarifies why and how we disable the primary

Are there points in the code the reviewer needs to double check?

Why was this MR needed?

From https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/4397#note_55649482

Short-term: Is there a way we can make this a doc-only fix by having admins block all access to GitLab (e.g. through proxy/firewall rules) except allow all secondary traffic?

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Does this MR meet the acceptance criteria?

What are the relevant issue numbers?

Closes https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/4397

The long term fix would require https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/19739 to be resolved, and then a Geo documentation update.

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