HP Clustered Gateway Device Management Software manual Policy autofailbacknofailback

Chapter 2: mx Commands 84

The options are:

--application <application>

The application associated with this virtual host. If you do not specify an application, the IP address for the virtual host will be used.

--policy autofailbacknofailback

The failback action that the virtual host will take following failover to a backup node. autofailback will fail back when a higher-ranked node provides equal or greater services than the backup node; nofailback fails back only if a higher-ranked node provides greater services than the backup node. autofailback is the default.

--activity singleactive

Whether, upon server failure, the virtual host will move to an active server if all associated service and device monitors are inactive or down. If active is specified, the failover will occur. If single is specified, the failover will not occur and the virtual host will not be made active anywhere. single is the default.

<vhost> can be either the hostname or the IP address for the virtual host. If you specify the hostname, it can include up to 32 characters.

The order in which you specify the network interfaces determines the ordering for failover. The first network interface is the primary interface; network traffic for the virtual host goes to the server providing this interface. The remaining network interfaces are backups. Each network interface must be located on a different server.

Modify (update) an existing virtual host:

mx vhost update [--application <application>] [--policy autofailbacknofailback] [--activity singleactive] <vhost> ([<network_interface> ...][ALL_SERVERS <network_interface>])

Use this option to change the arguments or the ordering of the network interfaces for failover.

Move a virtual host to another server:

mx vhost move [--policy autofailbacknofailback] [--application <application_name>] <vhost> ([<network_interface> ...][ALL_SERVERS <network_interface>])

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