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2. The active unit performs an automatic reconfiguration to update its database.
3. This reconfiguration causes a failover so the passive unit becomes the active unit.
4. When the update is completed, the newly active unit also downloads the files for the update
and performs a reconfiguration.
5. This second reconfiguration causes another failover so the passive unit reverts back to being
active again.
These steps result in both Clavister Security Gateways in a cluster having updated databases and
with the original active/passive roles. For more information about HA clusters refer to Chapter 11,
High Availability.
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