Configuring Failover Options

To configure specific services for Failover:

Select the service monitoring criteria:
- Use ALL selected services. Selecting this option tells Failover that unless all of the services selected go down, the primary WhatsUp Gold machine continues to perform network polling duties. In the event that all of the selected services go down, the primary WhatsUp Gold machine is considered to be in a failed state and the secondary WhatsUp gold machine takes over network polling duties.
- Use ANY selected services. Selecting this option tells Failover that if any one of the selected services goes down, the primary WhatsUp Gold machine is considered to be in a failed state and the secondary WhatsUp Gold machine takes over network polling duties.
Select the service(s) you want to apply to Failover.
Configure Advanced Failover Options described below, if desired.
Click OK.

To configure advanced Failover options:

Click Advanced on the Failover Service Configuration dialog to launch the Failover Advanced Configuration interface.
Configure the following:
- Failure duration (minutes). Enter the amount of time in minutes that the Primary WhatsUp machine should be considered in a failed state before Failover switches network polling duties to the Secondary machine.
- Status Query Interval (minutes): Specify the amount of time in minutes that indicates how often the Primary and Secondary WhatsUp Gold machines ping one another for a heartbeat status.
- Primary Credentials. Select the set of Windows credentials the secondary machine will use to communicate with the primary WhatsUp Gold machine. If you do not see the appropriate credentials, browse (...) to the Windows Credentials Library to configure a set of Windows credentials.
- Secondary Credentials. Select the set of Windows credentials the primary machine will use to communicate with the secondary WhatsUp Gold machine. If you do not see the appropriate credentials, browse (...) to the Windows Credentials Library to configure a set of Windows credentials.
Click OK.

Important: When the WhatsUp Gold primary site comes back online, you must manually click Set Active in the Failover Console to reactivate the WhatsUp Gold primary site.