Shift Passive Users Off the System | Teradata Business Continuity Manager - Shifting Passive Users Off the System - Teradata Business Continuity Manager

Teradata® Business Continuity Manager User Guide - 2.02

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Teradata Business Continuity Manager
Release Number
2.02
Publication Date
March 2026
Content Type
User Guide
Publication ID
B035-2550-125K
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Product Category
Analytical Ecosystem
To gradually shift passive users off a system ahead of a system outage, failover the session.

The best practice is to use a Time Window to shift users automatically ahead of the outage.

  1. Use one of the following methods to perform a failover:
    Method Steps
    Business Continuity Manager UI
    1. From the Business Continuity Manager UI, select Sessions.
    2. Click "" , then select Failover.
    bcmadmin
    bcmadmin> help session failover;
    Command: SESSION FAILOVER { <bcm session id> | <routing name> }
    Description: Moves the preferred system for the session/routing to the next available system in the ordered list.
    bcmadmin> SESSION FAILOVER <bcm session id> | <routing name>;
    
    You do not need to failover managed sessions, as these sessions automatically connect to the active system.