Swap the state of the nodes

By default, after a failback, the failed node is stopped. If you decide to start the node, it comes into SECOND state.

To swap the state of the nodes:

  1. On a computer that has access to the failover cluster, open a browser and specify the URL of the failover web console using this format: http://[computername.domainname]:9010 or https://[computername.domainname]:9453.

    The [computername.domainname] is the FQDN of either Node 1 or Node 2.

    On Node 1 and Node 2, double-click the icon of the XProtect Management Server Failover web console on your desktop.

  2. 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.

  1. Select the arrow next to the node in PRIM state and select Swap. A window appears. Select Confirm to swap the states of the nodes.

    The Management Server, Log Server, Event Server, and the SQL Server services stop, and there is no data replication. Once the roles are swapped, and the services start on the other node. The data replication between the nodes is restored.