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The following table identifies how the visual indicators change as the status of failover changes.
Updating shares manually
Share information can be manually updated from the Failover Control Center window. To manually update the share
information, highlight a source machine in the
Monitored Machines
tree and click the
Update Shares
button.
Testing failover
The failover process, including script processing, can be tested at any time. To force unavailability, disconnect the network
cable from a monitored machine, wait for the
Time to Fail
counter to decrease to zero and failover begins. To avoid the
countdown delay, highlight the monitored machine name in the Failover Control Center window and select
Failover
.
Time to Fail
Countdown
Status Bar
Colored Bullets
Desktop Icon
Tray
Source is Online
The Time to Fail counter
is counting down and
resetting each time a
response is received
from the source machine.
The status bar
indicates that the
target machine is
monitoring the
source machine.
The bullets are
green.
a
a. When the
Time to Fail
value has decreased by 25% of the entire timeout period, the bullet changes from green
to yellow, indicating that the target has not received a response from the source. The yellow bullet is a caution signal.
If a response from the source is received, the countdown resets and the bullets change back to green. If the
countdown reaches zero without the target receiving a response from the source, failover begins.
The Windows
desktop icon tray
contains a failover
icon with red and
green computers.
Source Fails and
Failover is
Initiated
The Time to Fail
countdown value is 0.
The status bar
displays the source
machine and IP
address currently
being assumed by
the target.
The bullets are red.
The Windows
desktop icon tray
contains a failover
icon with red and
green computers.
Failover is
Complete
The Time to Fail counter
is replaced with failed
message.
The status bar
indicates that
monitoring has
continued.
The bullets are red.
The Windows
desktop icon tray
contains a failover
icon with a red
computer.