RC-E User Manual
Management Client (RC-E Manager)
Failover Tab (Recording Server Properties)
A failover server is a spare recording server which can take over if a regular recording server becomes unavailable;
see also About Failover Servers (see "Manage Failover Servers" on page 192).
If your organization uses failover servers, use the
Failover
tab to select which groups of failover servers should take
over from a regular recording server if the recording server in question becomes unavailable.
To access the
Failover
tab, select the required recording server in the overview pane (see "Panes Overview" on page
36), then select the
Failover
tab in the properties pane (see "Panes Overview" on page 36).
Selecting Required Failover Groups
Benefits of Using Failover Groups
Grouping has a clear benefit: When you specify which failover servers should be able to take over from a
recording server, you do not select a particular failover server; rather you select a failover group. If the
selected group contains more than one failover server, this gives you the security of being able to have more
than just one failover server ready to take over if the recording server becomes unavailable. For information
about configuring failover groups, see Manage Failover Servers (on page 192).
Primary and Secondary Failover Group
For each recording server, you are able to select a primary and an optional secondary failover group. If the
recording server becomes unavailable, a failover server from the primary failover group will take over. If you
have also selected a secondary failover group, a failover server from the secondary group will take over in
case all failover servers in the primary failover group are busy. This way, you only risk not having a failover
solution in the rare case when all failover servers in the primary as well as in the secondary failover group are
busy.
How to Select Required Failover Groups
1. Select the required failover group from the Primary failover group list.
2.
If you also want a secondary failover group for the recording server, repeat the process in the Secondary
failover group list.
You cannot select the same failover group for use as both primary and secondary failover group.
Failover Service Communication Port
By default, TCP port 11000 is used for communication between recording servers and failover servers. Such
communication is primarily about the configuration of the recording server from which the failover server should take
over.
If required, you can change the port number. Note that if you change the port number, you must restart the Recording
Server service (see "Management Server Service and Recording Server Service" on page 198) on the recording
server in question.
Info Tab (Recording Server Properties)
You are able to verify or edit the name and description of a selected recording server on the
Info
tab. To access the
Info
tab, select the required recording server in the overview pane (see "Panes Overview" on page 36), then select the
Info
tab in the properties pane (see "Panes Overview" on page 36).
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