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When the issues on the server that host the primary Cisco Prime Infrastructure server have been resolved, failback 

can be manually initiated. Once this is done, the screen is displayed on the secondary Cisco Prime Infrastructure 

server. When you initiate failback, the Cisco Prime Infrastructure database on the secondary Cisco Prime 

Infrastructure server and any other files that have changed since the secondary Cisco Prime Infrastructure server 

took over Cisco Prime Infrastructure operation are synchronized between the secondary and the primary Cisco 

Prime Infrastructure servers.  

Figure 80.    Health Monitor Details in Fallback 

 

Automatic failover is a much simpler process. The configuration steps are the same except that automatic failover 

is selected. Once automatic failover is configured, the network administrator does not need to interact with the 

secondary HM for the failover operation to take place. Only during failback is human intervention required.  

This is the recommended mode of Failover in Cisco Prime Infrastructure High Availability deployment. When the 

secondary Cisco Prime Infrastructure server is configured with manual failover mode, the network administrator is 

notified through an email that the primary Cisco Prime Infrastructure server has experienced a down condition. The 

Health Monitor (HM) on the secondary Cisco Prime Infrastructure server detects the failure condition of the primary 

Cisco Prime Infrastructure server. Because manual failover has been configured, the network administrator needs 

to manually trigger the secondary Cisco Prime Infrastructure server to take over Cisco Prime Infrastructure 

functionality from the primary Cisco Prime Infrastructure server. This is done if you log in to the secondary HM. 

Even though the secondary Cisco Prime Infrastructure server is not running,

 

you can connect to the secondary HM 

using the following syntax: 

https://<Secondary_PI_IP_Address>:8082/

. 

The secondary HM displays messages in regard to events that are seen. Because manual failover has been 

configured, the secondary HM waits for the network administrator to invoke the failover process. Once manual 

failover has been chosen, the message is displayed as The Secondary Cisco Prime Infrastructure Server 

Starts. Once the failover process has been completed, which means that the Cisco Prime Infrastructure database 

replication process is completed and the secondary Cisco Prime Infrastructure JVM process has started, then the 

secondary Cisco Prime Infrastructure server is the active Cisco Prime Infrastructure server.