Now that the HA units have been set up, failover can be tested if needed. The easiest way to do this is to reboot the active unit. To reboot the unit, follow the steps below:

  1. Log in to the IP address of the active unit.
  2. In the main menu, click Local Administration.
  3. Select System Reboot.

  4. Click Reboot.

  5. A confirmation message may appear. Click OK.

  6. Click Continue.

When HA1 is back online, both HA status icons should be green. The A should have moved into the right green square. This means that the secondary unit is now the active unit.

Note: When using local certificates in HA mode – the shared IP inherits the local certificate from the active unit. So, if a standby unit has a different local certificate to the active and failover occurs, the shared IP inherits the local certificate of the standby (now active) unit.