LO76114: CLUSTER FAILOVER DOES NOT WORK AS EXPECTED IF DATA DIRECTORY CONTENT IS COPIED FROM OTHER MACHINE.

APAR status

• Closed as fixed if next.

Error description

• There are two machines used at the steps below. Notes client
  needs to be installed as multi-user installation at each of the
  client machine. The name of Window users needs to be the same
  at each of the client machines. For example, if the Windows
  user name is "test user1" at the first machine, the same name
  "test user1" needs to be used at the second machine.
  
  This is done so under an assumption that Notes client at the
  second machine works exaactly the same as at the first machine
  by coping all of Notes client's data content from the fist
  machine to the second machine.
  
  If you use Window 7 for the first client machine, the second
  machine's OS also needs to be Windows 7 as well. If the first
  machine's OS is Windows XP, the second machine's OS needs to be
  XP as well.
  
  I assume that you have set up a Domino cluster where two Domino
  servers belong to. The first server is ServerA and the second
  server is ServerB. A user that you use for testing is
  registered so that his home server is ServerA and ServerB has a
  replica of the user's mail file.
  
  
  *** Steps ***
  Server_Availability_Threshold=100 is set at ServerB's notes.ini
  so that it prevents users from accessing the server if ServerA
  is available.
  
  1. Run both ServerA and ServerB.
  2. Install Notes client (multi-user install) to the first
  client machine.
  3. Setup the Notes client at the first client machine. Client
  machine connects to ServerA and finishes its setup. Notes
  workspace only lists a replica of the user's mail file at
  ServerA. Cluster.ncf lists both ServerA and ServerB.
  4. Exit Notes client.
  5. Install Notes client (multi-user install) to the second
  client machine.
  6. Copy the content of Notes client's data directory of the
  first client machine to the second machine. (All local path
  location in notes.ini is applicable at the second machine as
  the directory structure is the same.)
  7. Shut down ServerA. ServerB is now the only server that is
  running at this point.
  8. Launch Notes client at the second client machine.
  9. Select the mail database icon and try to open the mail file.
  The customer expects that Notes client fails over to a replica
  at Server B but it does not occur.
  
  
  Notes client can open databases at server B if you explictly
  opens them.
  

Local fix

• Failover starts working with doing both of the next operation.
  1. Edit location document and set information for the secondary
  server.
  2. Pressing ctrl + O and connect to ServerB.
  
  Once you succeeds in connecting to ServerB (you do not need to
  open a replica at ServerB), failover starts working.
  

Problem summary

• This APAR is closed as FIN. We have deferred the fix to a
   future release.
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• This APAR is associated with SPR# ASHH99BBYL.
  This APAR is closed as FIN. We have deferred the fix to a
   future release.
  

APAR Information

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Fix information

Applicable component levels

• R853 PSN

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