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1. Log in to the passive server and change to the <precise<precise_root>root>/products/insight folder.
2. On Windows only, change to the <precise<precise_root>root>/products/insight/host folder and run the following command:
   echo "<precise<precise_root>root>"|..\install\i3_general.exe -install
   Do not type blanks between <precise<precise_root> root> and the | character.

What happens in a failover situation (active/passive)

When the monitored application fails over to the standby server, all Precise agents must fail over, too. It is recommended that you add Precise shutdown and startup scripts to your automatic failover procedure.

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The following figure illustrates the live standby configuration before a failover.

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1 Live standby configuration before a failover

The following figure illustrates the live standby configuration after a failover.

Figure B- 2 Live standby configuration after a failover

Failover tasks in active/passive configurations

If you added the Precise shutdown and startup scripts to your automatic failover procedure, you do not need to perform any tasks when a failover occurs. Otherwise, you need to perform the following task.

To perform failover tasks in active/passive configurations

1. Log in to the servers that failed (if still alive) and stop all Precise agents.

2. Start all Precise agents on the now active server.

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1. Info
   Upon failover, you must stop all services before starting them on the active server. Verify that you stop the sentry service first.