If you have multiple Framework Managers deployed, the first manager installed is defined as the primary manager by default, and its packages are defined as primary. Manager packages on all other manager hosts act as backups. If your primary manager becomes unavailable, you can select single or multiple manager packages on a host to be promoted to primary status.
The Framework continues to function when the primary manager is unavailable, but no changes can be made to the Framework. Changes can only be written to the databases on the primary manager, which are then replicated to the backup managers. The only exception to this is the audit database. Each audit agent is responsible for sending its audit messages to each audit manager. This ensures that audit data is not lost.
NetIQ recommends having one host designated as a complete mirror of your primary manager. In event of a total failure of the primary manager, you can log into the backup console and promote it to primary status with no disruption of Privileged Account Manager services.
On the home page of the console, click Hosts.
In the navigation pane, select the host where you want to promote a manager.
Click Packages and then select the manager packages you want to promote.
To select multiple manager packages, press the Ctrl key and select the packages one at a time, or press the Shift key to select a consecutive list of manager packages.
When you are promoting backup manager to primary, you must first promote the Registry module and then promote all the other modules.
Click Promote Manager in the task pane.
Review the list of manager packages you have selected.
Click Finish.
View the host’s packages again and verify that the Status of the promoted manager packages has changed to Primary.
To use a command line option to promote backup host to primary status, see Section 10.6, Registry Manager Options.