Configuring NetScaler VPX Active / Passive HA

Please refer to the following steps on how to configure 2 x NetScaler VPX Active / Passive HA in my lab

  1. Ensure that the first node of NetScaler VPX is configured properly
  2. Only configure the following in 2nd Node of NetScaler VPX
    1. NetScaler IP (NSIP)
    2. Upload the license file

Login to 2nd Node of VPX (10.1.1.210) and add the 1st node of VPX (10.1.1.150)

add ha node 1 10.1.1.150

Login to 1st Node of VPX, and add the 2nd node of VPX

add ha node 1 10.1.1.210

Enter the following command to see the HA Status

sh ha node

VPX-HA-01

1st Node of VPX (10.1.1.150) is the Primary, while 2nd Node of VPX (10.1.1.210) is Secondary When i shutdown 1st Node, or manually issue the following commands to test the fail-over

force ha failover
Please confirm whether you want force-failover (Y/N)? [N]:y
 Done

VPX-HA-02

2nd Node of VPX is become the Primary now, and tested users can still can login to Citrix StoreFront as usual

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