XProtect Management Server Failover FAQ

By default, when a node restarts, it keeps the state from before the restart.

The Management Server service stops every day and you have to start the service manually.

You can view the states of the nodes from the failover web console or create an event in XProtect Management Client.

Yes, you can configure an event in XProtect Management Client when a failover occurs.

XProtect Management Server Failover supports all editions of SQL Server.

You can configure a failover cluster with an existing VMS configuration. Before you start the configuration, backup the existing SQL Server databases and the XProtect system configuration.

All users of Node 1 and Node 2 can see the desktop icon for the XProtect Management Server Failover web console.

Before you start the configuration process again, remove the existing failover cluster configuration, then restart the nodes..

You must remove the failover cluster configuration on both nodes every time you want to:

• Assign a password

• Change a password

• Remove a password

You must use one system configuration password for the VMS installations on both nodes. Once you have applied your password changes, you can configure the failover cluster again.

Before you start, you must stop the nodes from the failover web console. Once you have updated your external SQL Server, you can start the nodes.