Database MIRRORING in SharePoint 2010 - What to do in absence of Witness server

Hi,
Our environment is divided in 2 DC's, DC1 has our database cluster(2 nodes) and the DC2 has our mirroring server.
Now as part of DR test, DC1 will be shut down. So our Mirrored server in DC2 should cater all requests. To achieve this, I have set "Failover Server" for our content DBs, service application DBs from Central Admin > Manage Content DB/Service
Application. I will set failover server for Config DB using Powershell. However I DONOT have "witness server" in place.
Now here are the things which I need help on:
1. Once I set "Failover Server" for content DB in Central Admin, where can I see these changes? I mean where is that config file where this change is set?
2. As we do not have a Witness Server, what all steps will be followed manually to achieve this failover?

You do not need to use a SQL Alias when implementing mirroring, or failing over to the mirror.
You simply need to update each database's FailoverServer value, e.g.:
$db = Get-SPDatabase | where {$_.Name -eq "SharePoint_Config"}
$db.FailoverServer = "SQLMirroringPartner"$db.Update()
All databases should have this parameter and can be handled in this way (some databases, such as Usage and Sync, aren't recommended to be mirrored as they hold transient information).
To failover, you will manually initiate bringing the secondary online via SQL Server Management Studio.
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