Based on some recent conversations I've had, it seems most people don't know how to force or test a failover with Check Point HA.
There is a single requirement for non-SPLAT/GAIA systems; FW-1 Monitoring State needs to be enabled. If you're running IPSO, you can do this via the VRRP configuration page.
To force a failover, run the following commands on the current cluster master:
This creates a pnote (problem notification) that is in problem state:
cphaprob -d fail -s problem -t 0 register
Verify it's in problem state with
cphaprob stat
and
cphaprob -i list
(you should see 'fail' in problem state)Once you've finished your testing, run these two to reset it:
cphaprob -d fail -s ok report
cphaprob -d fail unregister
cphaprob -d fail unregister
Make sure to verify that the pnote has been removed correctly before you log off.
That's it!
There is clusterXL_admin up/down command, that makes all that automatically.
ReplyDeleteHi Max,
ReplyDeleteThere's a few problems with that.
1) It doesn't work on anything not running ClusterXL (GAIA/IPSO VRRP etc)
2) It simulates an unrealistic failure. Having a failed pnote actually happens, whereas CXL downing itself is extremely rare.
Since this works on all platforms and is probably the most 'realistic' way of simulating a CP induced fail over, it's what most people standardize on.
Cheers,
Well, I'll agree on the first item.
DeleteRegarding the second, AFAIK clusterXL_admin doesn't bring down CXL, it just registers new pnote (just as in your example) and puts it into problem state.
Hey, well look at that. You're right :)
ReplyDeleteDevice Name: admin_down
Registration number: 4
Timeout: none
Current state: problem
Time since last report: 13.7 sec
Very cool - thanks Maxim
Max +1 , pnote it's a pnote :) if clustering mechanism monitores pnotes then it will failover
ReplyDeleteclusterXL_admin up/down command works fine but be careful - doing this in multi-context mode (VSX) will force all of your active VS's to fail over to the standby node. There is also a way to failover ClusterXL through dashboard by changing the priority and pushing the policy to the cluster. As for VRRP , it was discussed already, change the VRRP priority through web UI on Nokia. There's a gotcha if you forget to enable Firewall monitoring and do a "cpstop" on the active node you will not have stateful failover.
ReplyDeleteMax +2
ReplyDeleteVery nice explanation and example :)
There's an sk that goes into it in some more detail:
ReplyDeletehttp://supportcontent.checkpoint.com/solutions?id=sk55081
Thanks! This was extremely helpful :)
ReplyDeleteGlad to help :)
ReplyDeleteI agree running VSX R67.10 and was looking exactly for this kind of explanation vrrp vs clusterxl failover. Thank mate!
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ReplyDeleteWhy make things so sophisticated? For someone who want to force a failover is obviously to test that HA works well. The easiest way to do this is to check witch gateway is active and shut down it's interface internal/external by accessing the gateway at the CLI and type: set interface eth0 state off. Assuming eth0 is the interface that is monitored for failover. That's it! Check your HA status again and then bring the interfaces up by typing: set interface eth0 state on.
ReplyDeleteBecause this is how it is done *correctly*. Downing an interface does not necessarily trigger a failure condition on many clusters, nor is it necessarily what you want to be testing when you introduce an issue via pnote
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