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Automated Switchover System Technical Reference
Optional Switchover Server parameters
The administrator can add or modify optional server parameters in the Interaction Administrator Server Parameters container to customize the Switchover subsystem behavior. None of these parameters are required. If you do not add these parameters, CIC uses the default values. The default values define monitoring practices that are adequate for most installations.
Note:
Packaged server parameters are pre-configured with default settings.
Server Parameter Name |
Type |
Description |
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Callback Interaction Recovery Enabled |
General optional server parameter |
To enable switchover support for callback interactions,
add this parameter and set it to By default this parameter is set to Note: |
Chat Interaction Recovery Enabled |
General optional server parameter |
To enable switchover support for chat interactions, add
this parameter and set it to By default this parameter is set to Note: Note: |
CustomMirrorDir |
Packaged server parameter |
This parameter specifies one or more directories on the active server that are mirrored on the backup server. These parameters are mirrored in addition to the default set of mirrored directories. Any time a file is added, removed, or modified in one of these directories, the change is mirrored in the corresponding directory on the backup server. Separate each directory in the list with a semicolon (;). To mirror the directory recursively (including directory additions and deletions), place a + in front of the directory name. For example: +D:\I3\IC\ImportantDir To stop recursive monitoring, remove the +. |
Custom Upgrade Attribute Exceptions |
Customizable server parameter |
For more information, see |
Custom Upgrade File Synchronization Directories |
Customizable server parameter |
For more information, see |
Custom Upgrade File Synchronization Exceptions |
Customizable server parameter |
For a description, see |
Custom Upgrade Synchronization Directories |
Customizable server parameter |
For a description, see |
Directmessage Interaction Recovery Enabled |
General optional server parameter |
To enable switchover support for social media direct messages, set this parameter to a non-zero integer. |
ForceSwitchoverFQDNs |
General optional server parameter |
This parameter enables the Switchover system to override
the system-generated names for the switchover pair, which it automatically
resolves. When this parameter is set to Note: For more information about the use of this system parameter,
see |
InitialMirrorDir |
Packaged server parameter |
This parameter specifies one or more directories on the
active server that are mirrored on the backup server when the
CIC server starts, in addition to the default mirrored directories.
Separate each directory in the list with a semicolon ( If you want the directory mirrored recursively (including directory additions and deletions), place a + in front of the directory name. For example: +D:\I3\IC\ImportantDir |
Mail Interaction Recovery Enabled |
General optional server parameter |
To enable switchover support for email interactions, create
this parameter and set it to Note: This server parameter is available in CIC 4.0 SU 3 and higher releases. By default this parameter is set to |
Mail Interaction Recovery Filter Enabled |
General optional server parameter |
This parameter limits the email interactions that the system synchronizes to the backup server. Create this parameter and set to a value of “1” to synchronize only the emails previously assigned to an agent’s queue. Note: For more information about scalability of email interaction recovery, see Recovery of email interactions. This parameter requires that you also set the Mail Interaction Recovery Enabled parameter to 1. By default, this parameter is set to 0 or Off. |
MirrorExceptions |
Packaged server parameter |
This parameter specifies the extensions of file types that
you do not want to mirror. Separate multiple extensions with semicolons
( |
Server A Address |
General optional server parameter |
To specify the IP address of the dedicated Switchover NIC on SwitchoverServer A in a dual or multiple NIC configuration, add this parameter. When Server A Address and Server B Address are set, the Switchover system uses these addresses exclusively to direct its traffic. |
Server B Address |
General optional server parameter |
To specify the IP address of the dedicated Switchover NIC on SwitchoverServer B in a dual or multiple NIC configuration, add this parameter. When Server A Address and Server B Address are set, the Switchover system uses these addresses exclusively to direct its traffic. |
SMS Interaction Recovery Enabled |
General optional server parameter |
To enable switchover support for SMS interactions, add this
parameter and set it to By default this parameter is set to Note: The recovery of SMS generic objects requires that you also configure the IonNotifier parameter. For information, see Call Recovery Feature Technical Reference in the PureConnect Documentation Library. |
Socialconversation Interaction Recovery Enabled |
General optional server parameter |
To enable switchover support for social media conversations, set this parameter to a non-zero integer. |
StatServer_DisableQPSLoggingOnBackup |
General optional server parameter |
To disable the backup server from sending its log data to
the CSV file, add this parameter and set its value to |
Switchover Disable Gateway Ping |
General optional server parameter |
To enable the gateway ping, set this server parameter to
For more information about using this server parameter, see
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Switchover DS Request Timeout |
General optional server parameter |
To specify the timeout length (in seconds) for DS requests that are sent by the backup server to the primary server, add this parameter. The requests can be sent during either the initial startup of the backup server or the resynchronization with the primary server. The default value is 120 seconds. |
Switchover File Monitor Health Check Interval |
General optional server parameter |
Set this parameter to the number of seconds between each health check request that is sent from the backup server to the File Monitor on the primary server. To turn off the health check request, set this parameter to
If no value is specified, the default value is 60 seconds. This parameter works with the Switchover File Monitor
Health Check Timeout parameter. For more information,
see |
Switchover File Monitor Health Check Timeout |
General optional server parameter |
Set this parameter to the number of seconds that the backup server gives File Monitor to respond to the health check request before it times out and traces the failure. If no value is set, the default value is 10 seconds. This parameter works with the Switchover File Monitor
Health Check Interval parameter. For more information,
see |
Switchover IP Retry Delay |
General optional server parameter |
Add this parameter, if necessary, for use with Interaction Director Switchover systems. When monitoring IP, this server parameter has the same effect as Switchover TS Failure Retry Delay. The Interaction Director server install automatically creates this server parameter. Genesys recommends that you review this server parameter in Interaction Administrator on the Interaction Director server to confirm the setting. |
Switchover IP Timeout |
General optional server parameter |
Add this parameter, if necessary, for use with Interaction Director Switchover systems. When monitoring IP, this server parameter has the same effect as Switchover TS Timeout. The Interaction Director server install automatically creates this server parameter. Note: |
Switchover Max Restarts |
General optional server parameter |
To specify the maximum number of times in a restart period
that a new process ID can be returned in the TS ping notification
before a restart occurs, add this parameter. By default, this
value is |
Switchover Max Restarts Period |
General optional server parameter |
To specify the time period (in seconds) during which the
Switchover system counts TS ping notifications that contain new
process IDs, add this parameter. By default, this value is |
Switchover Max Sequential Restarts |
General optional server parameter |
To specify the maximum number of sequential times that a
new process ID can be returned in the TS ping notification before
a switch occurs, add this parameter. By default, this value is
|
Switchover Max TS Failures |
General optional server parameter |
To specify the number of TS ping failures the Switchover system on the backup server tolerates before starting a switchover, add this parameter. Note: Note: |
Switchover Monitoring |
General optional server parameter |
Add this parameter, if necessary, for use with Interaction Director Switchover systems. The Interaction Director server install automatically creates this server parameter. It sets up an IP ping process in Interaction Director configurations, which are similar to the TS ping process in CIC configurations. The default value is TsServer. Note: |
Switchover NetTest A |
General optional server parameter |
Add this parameter, if necessary, for switchover in WAN environments. Switchover NetTest A specifies the name or IP address of a computer on the same network segment as SwitchoverServer B. The Switchover system uses the IP address on SwitchoverServer A when SwitchoverServer A is the backup server. Whenever a failure condition is detected, the Switchover system on the backup server uses ICMP echo to ping this IP endpoint. It must find the IP endpoint on the same network segment as the active server. If the Switchover system cannot ping this endpoint, it assumes that the active server is still operable and doesn't switch because there a WAN failure. Important! Recommendation: The value for Switchover NetTest A is the closest pingable (ICMP echo) IP address to SwitchoverServer B from SwitchoverServer A. |
Switchover NetTest B |
General optional server parameter |
Add this parameter, if necessary, for switchover in WAN environments. This parameter specifies the name or IP address of a computer on the same network segment as SwitchoverServer A. The Switchover process on SwitchoverServer B uses the IP address when SwitchoverServer B is the backup server. Recommendation: The value for Switchover NetTest B is the closest pingable (ICMP echo) IP address to SwitchoverServer A from SwitchoverServer B. |
Switchover NetTest Timeout |
General optional server parameter |
Add this parameter, if necessary, for use with Switchover in WAN environments. It is used with Switchover NetTest A and Switchover NetTest B. This parameter specifies the amount of time (in seconds) Switchover waits for the ICMP echo to return. By default, this value is |
Switchover Notifier Reconnect Delay |
General optional server parameter |
Specifies the interval in seconds that the Notifier connections will wait to re-establish a new connection after a loss. Lower values can improve reconnection response during short periods of connection los with the primary monitor. The default value is |
Switchover Ping on Aux Connection |
General optional server parameter |
This parameter moves the TS ping from the main data connection to the auxiliary connection. By default, this parameter is set to Note: |
Switchover Primary Monitor Ping Delay |
General optional server parameter |
Specifies the delay in seconds between the primary monitor pings to the notifier on the primary monitor. The default value is |
Switchover Primary Monitor Retry Ping Delay |
General optional server parameter |
Specifies the delay in seconds between pings when the primary monitor is in retry mode. The default value is |
Switchover Primary Monitor Retry Count |
General optional server parameter |
Specifies the number of times the primary monitor will send retry pings before it begins diagnosing the connection issues. The default value is |
Switchover Primary Monitor Timeout |
General optional server parameter |
Specifies the timeout value in seconds for a ping from the primary monitor on the backup to the notifier on the primary. If a ping is not received in this time frame, the primary monitor will then begin its retry mode. The default value is |
Switchover QoS DSCP |
General optional server parameter |
When Switchover Use QoS For Ping parameter is enabled, add this parameter to set the value in the QoS byte. Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) is the 6 most significant bits of a packet. You can use DSCP to prioritize QoS traffic on Switchover. Note: |
Switchover Reconnect Timeout |
General optional server parameter |
Specifies the duration in seconds that switchover on the backup will attempt to reconnect with the primary. This timeout begins once the primary monitor has diagnosed the connection and signaled the appropriate event to the switchover state machine. Therefore, the actual duration from the time connections issues were first detected to the time the backup gives up and switches over will be longer than this because there is the interval where the retry pings are sent and then the network checks all made by the primary monitor. This can take around 15 seconds if the backup is not connected to the network or 70 seconds if the primary is not connected to the network. A value of Note: |
Switchover TS Failure Retry Delay |
General optional server parameter |
To specify the number of seconds that the Switchover system
waits, after marking a TS failure, before sending the second ping,
add this parameter. The system switches once the failure count
exceeds the value stored in the Switchover Max TS Failures
parameter, which defaults to Note: |
Switchover TS Timeout |
General optional server parameter |
To specify the number of seconds that the Switchover system waits from the time the ping is sent until it is marked as a TS failure, add this parameter. This parameter also specifies the number of seconds that the Switchover system waits after a TS success before it sends another ping. Set this value between |
Switchover Unreachable Primary Ping Count |
Optional server parameter |
Specifies the number of times that a ping set is sent to the primary before switching over. A ping set consists of one or more pings sent during a single attempt to detect the primary's system on the network. Pings will be sent until the primary responds or the maximum number of ping attempts is reached. This count is not the number of pings sent in a single set when trying to contact the primary; it is the maximum number of ping sets that are sent to the primary before a switchover will occur. The delay between sending ping sets is defined by the Switchover Unreachable Primary Ping Delay parameter. If you enter values If you enter a value of Note: The default value is |
Switchover Unreachable Primary Ping Delay |
Optional server parameter |
Specifies the interval in seconds between sending ping sets to the primary monitor when it is unreachable. See the Switchover Unreachable Primary Ping Count parameter for the definition of a ping set. The default value is |
Switchover Use QoS for Ping |
General optional server parameter |
To customize QoS for the TS ping on the auxiliary connection,
add this parameter and set it to Use this parameter to set the priority of ping (echo request and echo reply) packets. You can make further customizations by using the Switchover QoS DSCP parameter. When enabling DSCP tagging, Note: |
SwitchoverServerFQDN A |
General optional server parameter |
When the ForceSwitchoverFQDNs server parameter
is enabled, then the SwitchoverServerFQDN A server
parameter contains the fully qualified domain name of the Switchover
Server A. For more information, see |
SwitchoverServerFQDN B |
General optional server parameter |
When the ForceSwitchoverFQDNs server parameter is enabled, then the SwitchoverServerFQDN B server parameter contains the fully qualified domain name of the Switchover Server B. For more information, see |