3.6.1 HP PolyServe Software for Windows File Serving Administration Guide (T5392-96019, July 2008)

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Chapter4:ConfigureVirtualCIFSServers 29

TimeoutandFailureSeverity:ThissettingworkswiththeVirtualCIFS

Serverpolicy(either

AUTOFAILBACKorNOFAILBACK)todeterminewhat

happenswhenthemonitor’sprobefails.

Thedefaultpolicies(

NOFAILBACKforthevirtualhostand

AUTORECOVERforthemonitor)causetheClusterPulseprocesstofail

overtheVirtualCIFSServertoabackupnode.TheVirtualCIFSServer

remainsonthebackupnodeuntila“healthier”nodebecomesavailable,

atwhichpointtheVirtualCIFSServerwillfailovertothatnode.

YoucanusetheTimeout

andFailureSeverityattributetochangethe

failover/failbackbehavior.Therearethreesettings:

NOFAILOVER,

AUTORECOVER

,andNOAUTORECOVER.

NOFAILOVER.Whenthemonitorprobefails,theVirtualCIFS Serverdoes

notfailovertoabackupnode.Thisoptionisusefulwhenthemonitored

resourceisnotcritical,butisimportan tenoughthatyouwanttokeepa

recordofitshealth.Tousethi soption, youmustalsospecify

IGNOREas

theEventSeverityontheScriptstab.