topic Re: Manual failover question in Firewall and Security Management https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Manual-failover-question/m-p/140526#M21579 <P>Most common method is via CLI using: "clusterXL_admin down|up"&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/R81/WebAdminGuides/EN/CP_R81_ClusterXL_AdminGuide/Topics-CXLG/How-to-initiate-cluster-failover.htm" target="_blank">https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/R81/WebAdminGuides/EN/CP_R81_ClusterXL_AdminGuide/Topics-CXLG/How-to-initiate-cluster-failover.htm</A></P> <P>Refer also&nbsp;<SPAN>sk55081.</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN>Changing the priority in smartconsole is a less common method.</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 04 Feb 2022 15:08:49 GMT Chris_Atkinson 2022-02-04T15:08:49Z Manual failover question https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Manual-failover-question/m-p/140523#M21577 <P>What is the process of manually trigger a failover in a cluser XL of two 7000 appliances?</P><P>I recall there was a way by increasing priority of the standby unit but don't have the detail on how to do it.</P><P>We are using SmartConsole 81.10.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks</P> Fri, 04 Feb 2022 14:37:30 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Manual-failover-question/m-p/140523#M21577 hho 2022-02-04T14:37:30Z Re: Manual failover question https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Manual-failover-question/m-p/140526#M21579 <P>Most common method is via CLI using: "clusterXL_admin down|up"&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/R81/WebAdminGuides/EN/CP_R81_ClusterXL_AdminGuide/Topics-CXLG/How-to-initiate-cluster-failover.htm" target="_blank">https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/R81/WebAdminGuides/EN/CP_R81_ClusterXL_AdminGuide/Topics-CXLG/How-to-initiate-cluster-failover.htm</A></P> <P>Refer also&nbsp;<SPAN>sk55081.</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN>Changing the priority in smartconsole is a less common method.</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 04 Feb 2022 15:08:49 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/Manual-failover-question/m-p/140526#M21579 Chris_Atkinson 2022-02-04T15:08:49Z