How to: Perform a manual failover for a BIG-IP Next HA instance from BIG-IP Next Central Manager¶

Description: This document describes how to perform a manual failover for an existing BIG-IP Next HA instance.

Overview¶

Use this procedure to perform a manual failover from the active node to the standby node in a BIG-IP Next HA instance.

Log in to BIG-IP Next Central Manager as admin, click the workspace switcher next to the F5 icon, and click Infrastructure.
In the Mode column, click the BIG-IP Next HA instance.
The HA Parameters panel displays for this BIG-IP Next HA instance.
Next to HA Nodes, click Force Failover.
A confirmation popup displays.
Click the Yes, Failover button.
The failover process icon displays.

The standby node in the BIG-IP Next HA instance becomes the active node.

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