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Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide User Manual

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Provide redundancy using a secondary server

Select or clear this check box, depending on whether you want to set up redundancy for
the data server.

Computer running the secondary server

Type the name of the computer where the secondary data server is running. To find and
select a computer, click the Browse button.

Switch back options

To prevent FactoryTalk View SE from switching back to the primary data server when it
becomes available, select the option, Continue using the secondary server even when
the primary becomes available again
.

To make FactoryTalk View SE switch back to the primary data server when it becomes
available, select the option, Switch over to the primary server when it becomes
available again
.

In a local application, there is no Redundancy tab in the RSLinx Enterprise Server Properties
dialog box. Local applications do not support data server redundancy.

When changing the redundancy setting (from non-redundant to redundant or vice-versa), for the
changes to take effect, you must restart the computers hosting the redundant pair, and restart the
computer hosting the FactoryTalk Network Directory Server