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Sarah_258804
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Apr 28, 2016

Is there a way to change which one of my F5s is the 'Active' server in my HA cluster?

Currently I have F5-A and F5-B. I want F5-A to be the active F5 in my HA cluster, however it is currently the standby.   What I have:   F5-B: Active   F5-A: Standby   What I want:   ...
active standby
application delivery
BIG-IP
ha
high availability
LTM
v12
Greg_Labelle's avatar
Greg_Labelle
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Apr 28, 2016

On the currently active device, go to Device Management -> Devices -> Select the active (self) node.

 

At the bottom of the page that opens, will be a button "Force to Standby".

 

Be aware though, this will drop all current connections during the failover, and clients will need to re-establish with the new active node.