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Fortigate HA swapping
Hi,
My question is if 2x Fortigate 800C with firmware versions for both have: v5.6.0 build1449(GA) currently set to HA Active-Passive. 1st question is: how do I switch manually for the current slave(passive) to be the active member and put the master(active) into passive?
Is there a downtime for swapping from active-passive?
Thanks
Jeff
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You just have to force the master to fail - pull the cable from a monitored port, or in the CLI of the master "exec reboot".
I would first set the HA override on the slave:
config system ha
set override enable
end
to make sure the cluster is not reverting to the old master unit after the reboot.
Yes, there will be a short interruption. Regular traffic maybe 10 pings, and all VPNs for sure.
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Hi technician,
Depend of the configuration, but main idea is to reset uptime or decrease priority on the master.
Or unplug one of the monitored ports
