Controlling And Monitoring Failover; Forcing Failover - Cisco 7604 Configuration Manual

Controlling and Monitoring Failover

Use FTP to send another file between the same two hosts.
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If the test was not successful, enter the show failover command to check the failover status.
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Step 5 When you are finished, you can restore the unit or failover group to active status by enter the following
command:
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Controlling and Monitoring Failover
This section describes how to control and monitor failover. This section includes the following topics:
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Forcing Failover

To force the standby unit or failover group to become active, enter one of the following commands:
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hostname(config)# no failover active group group_id
For Active/Standby failover, enter the following command on the active unit:
hostname(config)# failover active
For Active/Active failover, enter the following command on the unit where the failover group
containing the interface connecting your hosts is active:
hostname(config)# failover active group group_id
Forcing Failover, page 14-40
Disabling Failover, page 14-41
Disabling Configuration Synchronization, page 14-41
Restoring a Failed Unit or Failover Group, page 14-41
Monitoring Failover, page 14-42
For Active/Standby failover:
Enter the following command on the standby unit:
hostname# failover active
Or enter the following command on the active unit:
hostname# no failover active
For Active/Active failover:
Enter the following command in the system execution space of the unit where failover group is in
the standby state:
hostname# failover active group group_id
Or, enter the following command in the system execution space of the unit where the failover group
is in the active state:
hostname# no failover active group group_id
Chapter 14 Configuring Failover
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