Configuring Failover

Configuring Failover

The steps to follow in order to run
Managed File Transfer
Gateway on the high availability machine depends on if your production machine is still up-and-running.
  1. If your production machine is down and you want to switch to the high availability machine, perform the following steps:
    1. On the high availability machine, copy the latest backup of the
      Managed File Transfer
      Gateway database from the subdirectory named
      userdata/database/backups
      into the subdirectory named
      /userdata/database/services
      . The database is as up-to-date as the last time the database was backed up on the production machine.
    2. Start the
      Managed File Transfer
      service on the high availability machine.
  2. If your production machine is running and you want to switch to the high availability machine, perform the following steps:
    1. Perform a backup of the
      Managed File Transfer
      Gateway database.
    2. Shut down the
      Managed File Transfer
      Gateway service on the production machine.
    3. Copy the backup of the database from the production machine into the
      /userdata/database/services
      directory on the high availability machine.
    4. Start the
      Managed File Transfer
      Gateway service on the high availability machine.

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