Performing a Manual Switchover

Administrators can manually switch the parent/child roles of the two members in an HA cluster. After a successful switchover, the original parent member becomes the child member and goes into passive mode. The original child member becomes the parent member and goes into active mode.

• Note: Administrators can only perform a manual switchover if the Weighted Priority Election process is disabled. To perform a switchover with Weighted Priority Election mode enabled, administrators must modify the weight of each member to trigger an HA switchover. See Modifying Cluster Settings for details on changing the weight value for a cluster member.

To perform a manual switchover with Weighted Priority Election mode disabled:

• Note: If IWSVA is performing a synchronization, either a manually or a scheduled synchronization, the Synchronized Status shows “Syncing …”, and manual switchovers are prevented. This applies to switchovers when the Weight Priority Election mode is disabled (by switching roles) or if attempting to change the weight value of a node with the Weighted Priority Election mode enabled. Automatic failovers still occur even if synchronization is in progress, reverting to the policies and deployment settings that existed after the most recent successful synchronization.

1. Go to Administration > IWSVA Configuration > Cluster Management in the parent node Web console.

2. In the Cluster member section, click Switch Roles.

3. Click OK in the confirmation to switch roles and be re-logged into the new parent node.