A running workflow tries to continue to run during failover regardless of the workflow recovery strategy that you specify. If the currently running task is a Command task or a Mapping task at the point of failover, the workflow recovery strategy determines the workflow behavior.

If you specify an automatic recovery strategy for the workflow, the workflow reruns the Mapping task or the Command task from the start of the task. If you do not specify an automatic recovery strategy, the workflow is canceled and you must manually recover the workflow on the active node.

You can configure automatic recovery for a workflow that runs on a Data Integration Service grid. If the master service process shuts down unexpectedly, the master role fails over to another service process. The current master can automatically recover any workflow instance that was running during the failover and that you configured for automatic recovery.