Failback after IP failover

[drsteiner]

Hello,

I used the IP Failover in OS X 10.3 Server article <https://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=20050218175501583&query=failover> along with the current Apple docs to set up failover on 2 10.4 servers. I got the failover to work correctly but the failback does not.

When the primary machine comes back up, it puts a dialog on the console complaining that its IP address is being used by another MAC address. In the meantime, the secondary server notices that there is a heartbeat on the private network and relinquishes the IP and stops QTSS (which is the service that I am trying to maintain HA on). As a result when my primary server comes back on line, I lose my highly-available service.

I have to attach a console to the primary machine, acknowledge the dialog, log in, turn on the network interface and restart QTSS.

I found some comments attached to the article above describing this problem and the “best” solution was to disconnect the secondary from the network before bringing the primary server back up. While this does solve the problem, it is rather inconvenient particularly when working remotely.

I was just wondering if there is anyone on the list that has gotten the failback to work automatically as implied in the documentation.

TIA
-David-

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