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You can specify a new application name, select an existing application

name, or leave this field blank. However, if you do not assign a name,

Matrix Server will use the IP address of the Virtual CIFS Server as the

application name.

Policy: The policy determines the failback action that the Virtual CIFS

Server will take following a failover to a backup node.

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AUTOFAILBACK. This policy is intended to return the Virtual CIFS

Server to its original configuration, or as close to it as possible. After

the Virtual CIFS Server fails over to a backup node, the ClusterPulse

process watches the health of the nodes that are higher in the list of

servers configured for that Virtual CIFS Server. When the health of

one of these nodes is equal to or greater than the backup node where the

Virtual CIFS Server currently resides, the Virtual CIFS Server will

automatically attempt to fail over to that node.

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NOFAILBACK. This policy is intended to minimize failovers and is the

default. The Virtual CIFS Server remains active on the backup node

until a “healthier” node becomes available, at which point the Virtual

CIFS Server fails over to that node. (On a “healthier” node, more of

the services associated with the Virtual CIFS Server will be up than on

the node currently hosting the Virtual CIFS Server.)

Network Interfaces Available/Members: Move the interfaces on which

the Virtual CIFS Server should be configured from the Network Interfaces

Available column to the Members column. The first interface that you

select is the primary interface. The other interfaces that you select are

backups. You can use the up and down arrows to reorder the interfaces

on the Members column.

When you click OK, the Virtual CIFS Server appears on the Servers,

Virtual Hosts, and Applications tabs on the PolyServe Management

Console. The following example of the Servers view shows a Virtual CIFS

Server configured on two nodes; one node is the primary and the other is

a backup.