4.0.0 HP PolyServe Software for Windows File Serving administration guide (T5392-96047, March 2010)

• 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.
• 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.
To add a Virtual CIFS Server from the command-line, use this command:
mx vfs add [--policy autofailback|nofailback] [--application
<application name>] <ip> <name> ALL_SERVERS <primary network interface>|
<network interface> ...
See the HP PolyServe Matrix Server command reference guide for more information
about using this command.
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