# How to failover the cluster ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Gentoo\ **Created:** [August 20, 2010, 10:20am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/how-to-failover-the-cluster/271887 "2010-08-20T10:20:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sidharthmellam](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/sidharthmellam/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@sidharthmellam](https://community.unix.com/u/sidharthmellam)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 10:20am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/how-to-failover-the-cluster/271887/1 "2010-08-20T10:20:15Z")
How to failover the cluster ? GNU/Linux By which command, My Linux version 2008 x86\_64 x86\_64 x86\_64 GNU/Linux What are the prerequisites we need to take while failover ? if any Regards ---
**Author:** ![sidharthmellam](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/sidharthmellam/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@sidharthmellam](https://community.unix.com/u/sidharthmellam)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 7:32am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/how-to-failover-the-cluster/271887/2 "2010-08-22T07:32:41Z")
No Luck, Any one, Did any details required in my questions ? ---------- Post updated at 05:02 PM ---------- Previous update was at 04:35 PM ---------- [LEFT]My Linux version Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2 (Tikanga) Regards [/LEFT] ---
**Author:** ![solaris\_user](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/solaris_user/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@solaris\_user](https://community.unix.com/u/solaris_user)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/how-to-failover-the-cluster/271887/3 "2010-09-02T01:03:49Z")
[Setting up a load balancing cluster with director failover based on Keepalived, LVS and Gentoo](http://www.infosecprojects.net/en/linuxtutorials/lvs-cluster.html) ---
**Author:** ![TonyFullerMalv](https://community.unix.com/user_avatar/community.unix.com/tonyfullermalv/32/1090_2.png) [@TonyFullerMalv](https://community.unix.com/u/TonyFullerMalv)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/how-to-failover-the-cluster/271887/4 "2011-01-07T17:57:43Z")
The command required to cause the cluster to failover depends on what clustering software you are using? How do you know it is a clustered system? Do you know any commands, like for instance the command to show the cluster's status?