Switching hub connections

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When you select a secondary hub connection, you can switch between your primary and secondary hub connections.

Before you begin

To select a secondary hub connection, see Selecting a secondary hub connection.

About this task

You can manually switch between your primary and secondary hub connection, which is described in the following procedure.

In the event of one of the connections being unavailable, you can automatically switch between primary and secondary hub connections. A hub connectivity check runs when the Hub Check option is enabled in your User Preferences. The Hub Check option is enabled by default. If the hub connectivity check fails, an attempt is made to auto-switch your hub connection to your chosen secondary connection. If the switch is successful you see a notification similar to the one shown in Figure 2. For more information about the Hub Check option, see User Preferences.
Note: Mechanisms are not provided to make your secondary hub connection a backup or failover of your primary hub connection. For more information about multi-hub support, see Multi-hub support.

Procedure

  1. Use one of the following methods to switch hub connections.
    • Go to the Hub Connectivity Administration workspace and select the SWITCH icon.
      Tip: To go to Hub Connectivity Administration workspace, select Tools > Current Hub Information from the menu bar or move your cursor over HUB in the drawer and press Enter.
      Figure 1. Hub Connectivity Administration Existing Multi-Hub Configuration workspace.

      Hub Connectivity Administration Existing Multi-Hub Configuration workspace.
    • Select Tools > Switch between hubs from the menu bar.
    • From the action or command line, enter the SWITCH command.
    Tip: The Existing Multi-Hub Configuration panel and the Tools > Switch between hubs options are only available if you previously selected a secondary hub connection.
    If the switch is successful, the Hub Connectivity Alert workspace displays a Multi-Hub Switch Notification to confirm that your hub connections are switched.
    Figure 2. Hub Connectivity Alert Multi-Hub Switch Notification workspace

    Hub Connectivity Alert Multi-Hub Switch Notification workspace.
  2. Select OK.
    Your session goes to the first workspace name specified in your logon profile, by default the Enterprise Summary (KOBSTART) workspace.
    Tip:
    If you attempt to switch to a hub connection that is not available, you see a Hub Connectivity Alert Multi-Hub Switch Warning and the switch does not occur.
    Figure 3. Hub Connectivity Alert Multi-Hub Switch Warning workspace.

    Hub Connectivity Alert Multi-Hub Switch Warning workspace.
    If either your primary or secondary hub connections are unavailable, select NEXT on the Hub Connectivity Alert workspace to view other possible hub connections that may be available.