This section describes how to configure Active and Standby components for failover. The Failover Manager does not need to be running for you to perform these tasks.

  1. Configure the Active and Standby components on page 27

  2. Start the services for SAM, Adapter Platform, and BIM on page 27

  3. Configure the failover.conf file for SAM, Adapter Platform, and BIM on page 27

  4. Create subscriptions with the sm_configureFailover.pl script on page 27

    Additional information about escalation is provided in “Escalation policy changes” on page 27.