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When automatic failover is enabled, the Manager Service automatically starts on all Manager Service
hosts, including backups. The automatic failover feature allows the hosts to transparently monitor each
other and fail over when necessary, but the Windows service must be running on all hosts.
Note You are not required to use automatic failover. You may disable it and continue to manually start
and stop the Windows service to control which host serves as primary or backup. If you take the manual
failover approach, you must only start the service on one host at a time. With automatic failover disabled,
simultaneously running the service on multiple IaaS servers makes vRealize Automation unusable.
Do not attempt to selectively enable or disable automatic failover. Automatic failover must always be
synchronized as on or off, across every Manager Service host in an IaaS deployment.
Upgrading from vRealize Automation 7.1, 7.2 to 7.3 or 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 to 7.3.1
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