Cold standby server as failover server for System Manager

Last Updated : Jun 10, 2026 |
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If cold and standby System Manager server is not available, then the same procedure can be used to recover from disaster by setting up the new System Manager setup using a backup file.

When the main System Manager server fails, a cold standby System Manager server acts as a failover server.

This section describes the Cold Standby failover process for System Manager deployed on VMware with an example. The example has two nodes: Node A as the main server that is active and Node B, the cold standby node. Use the cold standby procedure with Node A going down and System Manager changed to Node B.