Grass Valley iControl V.4.43 User Manual
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Backup and Redundancy
Adding a Backup Application Server to a Redundancy Group
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4. If you would like to enable the Auto-failover function for all Main Application Servers, select
the check box in the Auto-failover column’s header row, and then click Apply.
Figure 10-16
Adding a Backup Application Server to a Redundancy Group
To add a Backup Application Server to a Redundancy Group
1. Type the IP address of the new Application Server in the box in the Backup area.
IMPORTANT: No redundancy if Backup Application Server is not configured
Even if the Auto-failover function is enabled on a Main Application Server,
there is still no redundancy until a Backup Application Server belongs to your
Redundancy Group and is in standby mode.
Note: If you would like the Auto-failover function to remain disabled for all Main
Application Servers, clear the check box in the header row of the Auto-failover
column, and then click Apply.
REQUIREMENTS
Make sure you meet the following conditions before beginning this procedure:
• A Redundancy Group already exists. If it does not, create the Redundancy Group
(see
).
• All iControl services are stopped on the intended Backup Application Server
(see
"Stopping iControl Services on the Intended Backup Application Server"
• You have navigated to the Redundancy Configuration Form for one of the Application
Servers already belonging to this Redundancy Group (see