How to Initiate Cluster Failover

For more information on initiating manual cluster failovers, see sk55081.

Change in the State
of the Cluster Member

Command
in Gaia Clish

Command
in the Expert Mode

Notes

Change the state of the Cluster Member to DOWN

set cluster member admin down

clusterXL_admin down

Does not disable Delta Sync.

Change the state of the Cluster Member to UP

set cluster member admin up

clusterXL_admin up

Does not initiate Full Sync.

See:

Change in the State
of the Cluster Member

Command in the Expert mode

Notes

Change the state of the Cluster Member to DOWN

  1. cphaconf set_pnote -d <Name of Critical Device> -t 0 -s ok register

  2. cphaconf set_pnote -d <Name of Critical Device> -s problem report

Does not disable Delta Sync.

Change the state of the Cluster Member to UP

  1. cphaconf set_pnote -d <Name of Critical Device> -s ok report

  2. cphaconf set_pnote -d <Name of Critical Device> unregister

Does not initiate Full Sync.

See:

Notes:

  • In Load Sharing mode, the cluster distributes the traffic load between the remaining Active members.

  • In High Availability mode, the cluster fails over to a Standby Cluster Member with the highest priority.