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How can I validate or test the Failover node? If it is working?

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I need to test the failover and prove to my documentation that it works.

failover-node prtg-8 tester

Created on Nov 2, 2011 11:03:50 PM



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Hallo,

in general both the master and the failover should collect data.

To check if the failover takes over the master role you need to

stop the master node, then the fail over node should take over.

Created on Nov 3, 2011 3:19:05 PM by Aurelio Lombardi [Paessler Support]




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