Manual failover

You can perform a manual failover at any time from the CCM if the manual failover option is enabled.

The following scenarios describe the required conditions for a manual failover to occur.

Oracle/MSSQL/External PosgreSQL: A manual failover can occur in one of the following scenarios:

• If the the primary Configuration Agent is running:
  • The secondary Configuration Agent responds to life check requests from the primary Configuration Agent.
  • The database server is available for the Primary Configuration Agent.
• If the primary Configuration Agent is not running:
  • The primary Control-M/Server is not running.
  • The database server is available for the Secondary Configuration Agent.

Dedicated BMC PostgreSQL: A manual failover can occur in one of the following scenarios:

• If the the primary Configuration Agent is running:
  • The secondary Configuration Agent responds to life check requests from the primary Configuration Agent.
  • The primary and secondary Configuration Agent has access to the shared directory.
• If the primary Configuration Agent is not running:
  • The primary database server is not running.
  • The secondary Configuration Agent has access to the shared directory.
  • The secondary database server is available for the Secondary Configuration Agent.