The failover web console

Use the failover web console to manage the failover cluster. You can access the failover web console from any computer. Make sure that your network settings allow you to connect to the primary and secondary computers.

How you open the failover web console depends on the computer:

  • On the primary and secondary computers, double-click the icon of the XProtect Management Server Failover web console on your desktop.

  • On all other computers, type the URL of the failover web console in your browser: http://[computername.domainname]:9010 or https://[computername.domainname]:9453.

    [computername.domainname] is the FQDN of the primary or secondary computer.

To log in to the failover web console, you must authenticate with the user name admin and the password you set during the configuration of the failover cluster. If you do not remember your password, see Change the password for authentication.

The failover web console represents the primary and secondary computers as nodes: node1 corresponds to the computer you selected as the primary computer, while node2 corresponds to the computer you selected as the secondary computer.

From the failover web console, you can, for example: