Failback is the process of returning one or more resource[1]s to their primary node[2] (after the failed primary node[3] becomes available again). In other words, failback is the reverse of failover[4].
failover[4], auto_failback[5], hb_standby[6], hb_takeover[7]
| [1] | http://www.linux-ha.org/resource |
| [2] | http://www.linux-ha.org/PrimaryNode |
| [3] | http://www.linux-ha.org/ClusterNode |
| [4] | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Failover |
| [5] | http://www.linux-ha.org/ha.cf/AutoFailbackDirective |
| [6] | http://www.linux-ha.org/hb_standby |
| [7] | http://www.linux-ha.org/hb_takeover |
This information provided courtesy of the Linux-HA project at http://linux-ha.org/