Minicom Advanced Systems 5UM7017 Network Hardware User Manual


 
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5. Click . The database constantly replicates to the secondary
unit.
6. The Secondary Unit status changes to Replication is on.
15.4.4 Promoting a secondary unit to a standalone unit
When a primary unit is down or malfunctioning, you can promote the secondary
unit to be a standalone unit.
To do so:
1. At the secondary unit login as an Administrator to the AccessIT web interface.
See Figure 92.
Figure 92 Secondary unit login
2. Press . The unit restarts in Standalone mode.
3. Re-login to the unit.
4. Change the IP address to match the original primary unit’s IP address (The IP
address to which all IP devices are pointing). Do this in the Network tab under
Settings/Unit Maintenance, see section 16.2 on page 106. Note: Before
changing the Secondary unit IP address, switch off or disconnect the original
primary unit from the network to avoid network conflicts.
5. Click . This unit restarts. Users can login and operate
Targets.
15.4.5 Reconfiguring the primary and secondary units
Once the original primary unit has returned, you can set it to be either:
· The primary unit, with the original secondary unit back to its position as
secondary unit
Or
· As a secondary unit to the current primary unit