Change Active/Passive Status
About this task
To switch from activity the main virtual machine (VM) to the failover one, follow the steps below.
Procedure
- Change the startup type of MS services by navigating to the SOTI Connect Watchdog application (Program Files/SOTI/Connect/Soti.Iot.Watchdog).
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Right-Click and select Run as Administrator.
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Stop the following services:
- Logging Service
- File Store Service
- SOTICONNECTMS
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Using Windows Services, set the startup type of the main VM to
Manual for the Logging Service, File Store Service
and SOTICONNECTMS (right-click on the service, select Properties, and
select Manual from the Startup Type dropdown).
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Using Network Load Balancing Manager, stop the main VM, then start the failover
VM (right-click the VM and select
).
- Open Watchdog on the failover VM and start the services listed in step 3.
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Using Windows Services, set the startup type of the failover VM to
Automatic for the Logging Service, File Store Service
and MS (right-click on the service, select Properties, and select
Automatic from the Startup Type dropdown).