Before you manually rejoin a split brain, you must decide which node has the database
and other files you want to preserve; this machine becomes the new active node in the rejoined
cluster.
See Geographically Distributed Clusters for additional
information.
Important: This procedure is necessary
only if you have disabled the
self-healing mechanism described in
The Self-Healing Mechanism.
To manually rejoin a split brain:
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Decide which of the active standalone servers has the database you want to use
going forward.
The server with the database and other files you want to keep is the
preserved server. The other server is the abandoned server.
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Make sure the network connection is back up.
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Use the Vocera Control Panel to force a failover on the abandoned standalone
server. See Using the Cluster Menu.
The following events occur:
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The abandoned server enters discovery mode, sees the preserved server, and
comes online as a standby node for it. This new standby node then performs a
remote restore from the preserved server, which is now the single active
node.
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The badges that were connected to the abandoned server find the active node
and connect to it, because the active node is still in their cluster list.
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For Vocera Report Server machines that
were connected to the abandoned server, you must check the cluster list,
find the active node, and connect to it.
Note: Do not use the Force Restart button on the Cluster page
of the System screen to restart the abandoned server. Use the Vocera Control Panel
to force all services to restart.
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If your organization uses Staff Assignment, update the cluster list in the Staff
Assignment configuration file (app.config) on each standby node:
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On each standby node, open the following file in a text editor:
\vocera\data\applications\staffassignment\app.config
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Edit the serverIP property to include the
comma-separated list of IP addresses for the Vocera Voice Server cluster. Enter
numeric IP addresses using dotted-decimal notation. Do not enter domain names.
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Save your changes.
Note: You do not need to update the cluster list in the Staff Assignment
configuration file on the active node. The serverIP
property is updated automatically on the active node when someone logs into Staff
Assignment.