User guide

VMS Redundancy
C-8 VMS User Guide
3. From the VMS Server drop-down menu, select the Properties command to
display the VMS Server (VIPERLAB1 in this example) dialog window
shown in figure C-4.
Figure C-4 VMS Server Properties, General Tab
4. Configure the redundancy settings for this server.
The General tab provides redundancy information on the server role and
local status, and current server redundancy settings which can be edited as
required.
Enabled
Clicking in the Enabled box selects/de-selects redundancy operation for this
server. This setting must be enabled for each server that belongs to a redun-
dancy group.
Auto Activate
Clicking in the Auto Activate box selects/de-selects this function. In the event
that the redundant servers go offline temporarily, when the servers return to
online status:
• with Auto Activate selected, the server that was the last active will
automatically reactivate and resume the active role.