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XProtect Management Server Failover

Change the behavior of a node after a restart

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By default, if a node restarts, it keeps its previous state. You can change that behavior and make a node to always start or stop after a restart.

  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.

    Note

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

  2. To log in to the failover web console, you must authenticate with the username 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.

  3. Select the arrow next to a node and select Admin > Configure boot start.

  4. From the Module start at boot time window, select:

    • enabled - the node starts automatically after restart and comes into SECOND state.

    • disabled - the node comes into STOP state after a restart. You can start the node manually from the failover web console.

Important

To revert to the default behavior and restore the node to keep the state before the restart, you need to remove the existing failover configuration and reconfigure the failover cluster.