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XProtect Management Server Failover

Step II: Continue the configuration on Node 1

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After you have prepared Node 2, you are ready to configure Node 1.

Before you run the failover configuration wizard, start the following IIS application pools and VMS services on Node 1. See Start or stop an Internet Information Services (IIS) application pool and Start or stop a VMS service.

On Node 1:

  1. In the notification area, right-click the Management Server Manager tray icon and select Configure failover management server.

  2. In the Failover management server wizard, select Configure the primary computer.

    To exclude SQL Server from the failover cluster, select Use an external SQL Server.

    Important

    If you select to use external SQL Server, XProtect Management Server Failover will not replicate the data on the SQL Server databases. To keep your SQL Server databases safe, you must configure a backup solution yourself.

  3. If you have prepared Node 2, select Confirm to continue.

  4. On the Select connection protocol page, select the same connection protocol you selected on Node 2.

  5. On the Connect to the secondary computer page, specify the required system information.

    Name

    Description

    Secondary computer’s FQDN (recommended), host name, or IPv4 address

    Specify the address of Node 2 depending on your environment:

    • For AD domains, specify the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of Node 2.

    • For workgroup environment, specify the host name (recommended) or IP address of Node 2.

    Failover license

    If you have purchased an XProtect Management Server Failover license, you can add it now on this node.

    Important

    If you do not add a license within three days, the Management Server service will stop.

    Important

    You must add the same XProtect Management Server Failover license on both nodes.

    Virtual IPv4 address

    The remote servers will communicate with this IPv4 address instead of the management server address. Specify an available IPv4 address in your network to replace the actual address of the management server.

    Security code (for HTTPS only)

    To establish a secure connection between the nodes, specify the security code you got from Node 2.

    If you have not added a license, a message informs you that the management server becomes unavailable after three days.

  6. On the Set a password for authentication page, enter the password that you set on Node 2 in step 5.

    The wizard configures the failover cluster. The wizard configures the failover cluster. The time may vary depending on the system load, connection speed and the size of the SQL Server databases that are replicated.

  7. (For HTTPS only) On the Select destination folder for the server certificate page, specify a destination folder. If you do not select a destination folder, the wizard will export the certificate to C:\Users\{user}\Documents.

    The wizard saves the certificate to the selected folder.

When the configuration of Node 1 succeeds, go to Node 2 to finish the configuration. See Step III: Finish the configuration on Node 2.