From 86e9c04abddfb5268dca1fc918861e99b0517632 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Wiesen Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2020 10:39:01 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add cleanup step after failover --- .../initiating-a-failover-to-your-replica-appliance.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/admin/enterprise-management/initiating-a-failover-to-your-replica-appliance.md b/content/admin/enterprise-management/initiating-a-failover-to-your-replica-appliance.md index 5205e4961763..c6e448199172 100644 --- a/content/admin/enterprise-management/initiating-a-failover-to-your-replica-appliance.md +++ b/content/admin/enterprise-management/initiating-a-failover-to-your-replica-appliance.md @@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ The time required to failover depends on how long it takes to manually promote t 5. Update the DNS record to point to the IP address of the replica. Traffic is directed to the replica after the TTL period elapses. If you are using a load balancer, ensure it is configured to send traffic to the replica. 6. Notify users that they can resume normal operations. 7. If desired, set up replication from the new primary to existing appliances and the previous primary. For more information, see "[About high availability configuration](/enterprise/{{ currentVersion }}/admin/guides/installation/about-high-availability-configuration/#utilities-for-replication-management)." +8. Appliances you do not intend to setup replication to that were part of the high availability configuration prior the failover, need to be removed from the high availability configuration by UUID. + - On the former appliances, get their UUID via `cat /data/user/common/uuid`. + ```shell + $ cat /data/user/common/uuid + ``` + - On the new primary, remove the UUIDs via `ghe-repl-teardown`. Please replace `` with a UUID you retrieved in the previous step. + ```shell + $ ghe-repl-teardown -u + ``` ### Further reading From 9d8f2b86af230a047d5ee4f29d95275f0194e5db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Wiesen Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2020 13:05:13 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update content/admin/enterprise-management/initiating-a-failover-to-your-replica-appliance.md Co-authored-by: Felicity Chapman --- .../initiating-a-failover-to-your-replica-appliance.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/admin/enterprise-management/initiating-a-failover-to-your-replica-appliance.md b/content/admin/enterprise-management/initiating-a-failover-to-your-replica-appliance.md index c6e448199172..de93a1dba3d7 100644 --- a/content/admin/enterprise-management/initiating-a-failover-to-your-replica-appliance.md +++ b/content/admin/enterprise-management/initiating-a-failover-to-your-replica-appliance.md @@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ The time required to failover depends on how long it takes to manually promote t ```shell $ cat /data/user/common/uuid ``` - - On the new primary, remove the UUIDs via `ghe-repl-teardown`. Please replace `` with a UUID you retrieved in the previous step. + - On the new primary, remove the UUIDs using `ghe-repl-teardown`. Please replace *`UUID`* with a UUID you retrieved in the previous step. ```shell - $ ghe-repl-teardown -u + $ ghe-repl-teardown -u UUNID ``` ### Further reading