Failover to backup server

In a warm standby scenario, the secondary management server maintains a copy of the SQL Server database of the primary management server. The standby database on the secondary management server runs in "Recovery" (read-only) mode. To synchronize the two databases, a scheduled task policy backs up the transaction log of the active database, copies it to the secondary management server, and restores it to the standby database. This task runs at regular intervals.

In case of a failure of the primary management server, the database on the secondary management server switches from "Recovery" to "Online" mode and the HPOM services are started on the secondary management server server. Next, the Switch Management Server Tool is executed on every managed node in order to switch the agents to report to the secondary management server from now on. To connect to the secondary management server, any consoles must be restarted.

For more information, see the HPOM High Availability Utilizing Microsoft SQL Server Log Shipping white paper at the following location:
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