Failover to Secondary Server when Primary Shuts Down.
HelloI currently have 2 servers setup with FoE in WAN configuration, the servers are working and if I remove the network cables from the Primary server the Secondary Server becomes Active.The problem I...
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View ArticleFailover to Secondary Server when Primary Shuts Down.
HelloI currently have 2 servers setup with FoE in WAN configuration, the servers are working and if I remove the network cables from the Primary server the Secondary Server becomes Active.The problem I...
View ArticleFOE install on secondary erases product key
This is my second install of FOE and every time we've started out with primary and secondary servers properly registered with the correct Microsoft product key. However, during the installation of FOE...
View ArticleFirst time installing FoE, need advice please!
I am about to attempt to install FoE on two pollers and an additional web server for the first time. I know there is documentation, but since SW documentation is not always very thorough, I wanted to...
View ArticleCommand line options for FoE
Is is possible to issue commands using commandline to FoE for switchover, start/stop services, and start/stop replication? This would help us in our patch application automation we are trying to setup.
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We've run into an interesting situation. When switching over to the primary from the secondary we noticed that the DNS isn't being updated on one pair of FoE servers. When using the dnsupdate.exe to...
View ArticleRetry installation on secondary server
Hello,My first attempt at installing FoE failed on the secondary server (I missed the part about not using NIC teaming). I'm doing a P2P install in a WAN configuration. I ended up having to the...
View ArticleFoE on addtional polling engine
Completed an install of FoE on a second polling engine. When I set the secondary server to become active everything went as planned except the polling engine thought it's IP address was that of the...
View ArticleFail Over Engine for a Web front end only?
I was told that their is no Fail Over Engine for an additional Web Server Front End. Is this true?
View ArticleTimetable for NCM 7.1 additional poller + FOE support?
We've upgraded to NCM 7.1, but the additional pollers will not work with the FOE (it complains of licence violation and shuts them down). Does anyone know when NCM 7.1 additional pollers will be...
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