ibm-information-center/dist/eclipse/plugins/i5OS.ic.rzaig_5.4.0.1/rzaigconceptsfailover.htm

74 lines
5.6 KiB
HTML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html
PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<meta name="security" content="public" />
<meta name="Robots" content="index,follow" />
<meta http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true r (cz 1 lz 1 nz 1 oz 1 vz 1) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0) "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l gen true r (SS~~000 1))' />
<meta name="DC.Type" content="concept" />
<meta name="DC.Title" content="Failover" />
<meta name="abstract" content="Failover occurs when a server in a cluster automatically switches over to one or more backup servers in the event of a system failure." />
<meta name="description" content="Failover occurs when a server in a cluster automatically switches over to one or more backup servers in the event of a system failure." />
<meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rzaigconceptsevents.htm" />
<meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rzaigtroubleshootexamplefailover.htm" />
<meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rzaigconceptsswitchover.htm" />
<meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rzaigconceptsrecoverydomain.htm" />
<meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rzaigconceptscrg.htm" />
<meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rzaigconceptsfailovermessagequeue.htm" />
<meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rzaigplanhardware.htm" />
<meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2006" />
<meta name="DC.Rights.Owner" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2006" />
<meta name="DC.Format" content="XHTML" />
<meta name="DC.Identifier" content="rzaigconceptsfailover" />
<meta name="DC.Language" content="en-us" />
<!-- All rights reserved. Licensed Materials Property of IBM -->
<!-- US Government Users Restricted Rights -->
<!-- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by -->
<!-- GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. -->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ibmdita.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ic.css" />
<title>Failover</title>
</head>
<body id="rzaigconceptsfailover"><a name="rzaigconceptsfailover"><!-- --></a>
<!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<h1 class="topictitle1">Failover</h1>
<div><p><dfn class="term">Failover</dfn> occurs when a server in a cluster
automatically switches over to one or more backup servers in the event of
a system failure.</p>
<p>Contrast this with a switchover, which happens when you manually switch
access from one server to another. A switchover and a failover function identically
once they have been triggered. The only difference is how the event is triggered.</p>
<p>When a failover occurs, access is switched from the cluster node currently
acting as the primary node in the recovery domain of the cluster resource
group to the cluster node designated as the first backup. See recovery domain
for information about how the switchover order is determined.</p>
<p>When multiple cluster resource groups (CRGs) are involved in a failover
action, the system processes the device CRGs (switchable devices) first, the
data CRGs (switchable data groups) second, and the application CRGs (switchable
applications) last.</p>
<p>The failover message queue receives messages regarding failover activity.
You can use it to control the failover processing of a cluster resource group.</p>
</div>
<div>
<ul class="ullinks">
<li class="ulchildlink"><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" /><strong><a href="rzaigtroubleshootexamplefailover.htm">Example: Failure</a></strong><img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /><br />
Usually, a failover results from a node failure, but there are other reasons that can also generate a failover.</li>
</ul>
<div class="familylinks">
<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" /><a href="rzaigconceptsevents.htm" title="Within a cluster several types events, actions, and services can occur.">Cluster events</a><img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></div>
</div>
<div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
<div><a href="rzaigconceptsrecoverydomain.htm" title="A recovery domain is a subset of cluster nodes that are grouped together in a cluster resource group (CRG) for a common purpose such as performing a recovery action or synchronizing events.">Recovery domain</a></div>
<div><a href="rzaigconceptscrg.htm" title="A cluster resource group (CRG) is an i5/OS system object that is a set or grouping of cluster resources that are used to manage events that occur in a clustered environment. The cluster resource group describes a recovery domain and supplies the name of the cluster resource group exit program which gets called when certain cluster events occur.">Cluster resource group</a></div>
<div><a href="rzaigconceptsfailovermessagequeue.htm" title="The failover message queue receives messages regarding failover activity.">Failover message queue</a></div>
<div><a href="rzaigplanhardware.htm" title="Any iSeries model that is capable of running i5/OS V4R4M0 or later is compatible for using clustering.">Hardware requirements for clusters</a></div>
</div>
<div class="reltasks"><strong>Related tasks</strong><br />
<div><a href="rzaigconceptsswitchover.htm" title="Switchover happens when you manually switch access to a resource from one server to another.">Switchover</a></div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>