Forcefailover

The forcefailover option enables the client to immediately fail over to the secondary server.

You can use the forcefailover option to immediately connect to the secondary server, even if the primary server is still online. For example, you can use this option to verify that the backup-archive client is failing over to the expected secondary server.

Do not edit this option during normal operations.

Supported Clients

This option is valid for all clients.

Options File

Mac OS X operating systemsOracle Solaris operating systemsLinux operating systemsAIX operating systemsPlace this option in the client-system options file (dsm.sys).

Windows operating systemsPlace this option in the client options file (dsm.opt).

Syntax

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Parameters

Yes
Specifies that the client immediately connects to the secondary server.
No
Specifies that the client fails over to the secondary server during the next logon if the primary server is unavailable. This value is the default.

Examples

Options file:
FORCEFAILOVER yes
Command line:
-FORCEFAILOVER=yes