Failing Over and Restarting Clustered Servers

Learn how to kickoff a restart in a cluster.

You can use the Cluster Setup page of the Administration Console to restart the current Vocera Voice Server (the server you are browsing with the Administration Console):

You can use the Cluster Setup page of the Administration Console to force a failover of the active server. If you have just entered a server in the list of clustered nodes, the Cluster Setup page lets you restart it to add it to the cluster.

To fail over or restart a server:

  1. Click System in the navigation bar.
  2. Click the Cluster tab to display the Cluster Setup page.
  3. Click Force Restart.
    A dialog box asks you to confirm.
  4. Click OK.

    Vocera logs you out of the Administration Console, and either of the following situations occurs:

    • If you were in the Administration Console of the active server, it fails over control to one of the standby servers.

    • If you were using the Administration Console of a server that was just added to the list of clustered nodes, it restarts as a standby node in the cluster.

    The server performs a fast restart. It does not perform a full restart of all Vocera-related services. You must use the Failover command in the Cluster menu of the Vocera Control Panel to perform a full restart.