Failover definition

Failover is the process of transferring control, either simulated or actual, of a Protected Instance from a primary site to a secondary site.

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Failover is the process of transferring control, either simulated or actual, of a Protected Instance from a primary site to a secondary site. “On-Premises-to-Azure Failover” is the Failover of a Protected Instance from a non-Azure primary site to an Azure secondary site.

Failover means use of a Secondary Site to assume computing and related services as a consequence of a declared Disaster, or in the course of DR Testing, whether transition to the Secondary Site is automatic, manual, or both.

Examples of Failover in a sentence

• You are aware that the Services and equipment, including, without limitation, any business continuity or Failover Services or equipment, are not designed or intended for use in situations requiring fail-safe performance or in which an error or interruption in the Services or equipment could lead to death or severe injury to business, persons, or environment.

• The Services and equipment, facilities and materials, including, without limitation, any business continuity or Failover feature, are not fail-safe and are not designed or intended for use in situations requiring fail-safe performance or in which an error or interruption in the Services or equipment, facilities or materials could lead to death or severe injury to business, persons, property or environment.

• In the event of a Disaster, Company shall include consultation with Saint Luke’s regarding the need to Failover to the Secondary Site, operation of the Secondary Site, activities to resume stable operations at the Primary Site, and Failback to the Primary Site when appropriate.

• A full Failover to the Secondary Site and DR Test shall be satisfactorily conducted prior to go-live.

• In the event of a Disaster requiring the Failover of the Products or Services or Services from the Primary Site to the Secondary Site, Company will rebuild the Primary Site within ninety (90) days of the Disaster event.

More Definitions of Failover

Failover is the process of transferring control, either simulated or actual, of a Protected Instance from a primary site to a secondary site. “Failover Minutes” is the total number of minutes in a billing month during which a Failover of a Protected Instance configured for On-Premises-to- On-Premises replication has been attempted but not completed.

Failover means a procedure by which a system manually and/or automatically transfers control to a duplicate system when it detects a fault or a failure;

Failover means a procedure by which a system automatically transfers control to a duplicate system when it detects a fault or a failure;

Failover is het proces waarbij de besturing, hetzij gesimuleerd, hetzij daadwerkelijk, van een Beveiligde Instance wordt overgebracht van een primaire locatie naar een secundaire locatie. “On-Premises-to-Azure Failover” is de Failover van een Beveiligde Instance van een primaire locatie zonder Azure naar een secundaire locatie met Azure.

Failover means the backup operational mode in which the functions of the Virtual Machines in the Primary Environment are assumed by the Virtual Machines in the Recovery Environment due to the Virtual Machines in the Primary Environment becoming unavailable through either failure or scheduled downtime.

Failover means two or more Devices connected wherein one Device is actively utilizing the services of the Software at any instant and the second Device in the application is passive i.e. not utilizing the services of the Software. Further, once the active Device stops utilizing the services of the Software (for a reason of a failure or the Device is taken off line) the passive Device begins to utilize the services of the Software, becoming active.

Failover means the switching from Primary Site to Secondary Site upon failure or abnormal termination of the previously active server system or network;