Performing a VFR manual failover


Performing a VFR manual failover
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If you need to failover a replication job onto another cluster system, the replication job must first be stopped on the system on which it is currently running, and then started on the new system after configuration is updated indicating the new cluster node.

To perform a manual failover

Stop the replication job on the source system currently running the replication job using the following command:
```
# vfradmin stopjob name mntpt
```
where name is the name of the replication job you want to stop and mntpt is the mount point of the system on which the replication job is currently running.
Change the configuration to specify that the replication job can be started on the new clustered system:
```
# vfradmin setjobhost name mntpt host
```
where name is the name of the replication job you want to modify, mnpt is the mount point on the source system, and host is the new host name.

The host is the new system name that is returned by the uname -n command. When a newly created replication job is started for the first time, the host name is set automatically.
If the source address for the replication job is not the virtual IP address available on the new host, change the IP address using the following command:
```
# vfradmin setjobsrcaddr name mntpt src_addr
```
where name is name of the replication job you want to modify, mntpt is the mount point on the source system, and src_addr is the new source address.
Start the replication job on the new clustered system using the following command:
```
# vfradmin startjob name mntpt
```
where name is the name of the replication job you want to start and mntpt is the mount point on the source system.