OTD Active - Passive High Availability - Workaround to Avoid Downtime Between the Primary to Secondary Switch (Doc ID 2515563.1)

Last updated on JUNE 13, 2023

Applies to:

Goal

Environment considered

Two Solaris boxes of OTD - (OTD 1 and OTD 2) and initially the VIP is associated to OTD 1 box

Scenario
When the OTD1 box goes down, the VIP is associated to OTD2 box and then the OTD2 box becomes the primary

• Now, when OTD1 box starts up, VIP automatically switches back to OTD1 from OTD2 
• At this time the OTD1 has not started up and until it starts , there will be a downtime for the end-user

Queries

1. Is this a normal behavior?
2. What are the different ways to avoid downtime?

Solution

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