MIMIX Monitor provides a command (Set Switch Source) that can be added to the event program called by the group monitor. This command will switch the hardware or software specified in the switch definition. If the switch type is *TCP, the TCP/IP interface specified is stopped on the production system and started on the backup system so that users accessing the production system through that interface are switched to the backup system.
The Work with Switch Definition display and its commands enable you to create, change, delete, display, start, and end a switch definition. You can also set which system will be the source of data when the switch occurs, access the monitors associated with the switch definition, display status, run the condition and event programs associated with the switch definition, and work with device entries associated with the switch definition.
The commands on the Work with Switch Device Entries enable you to assign devices to a switch definition so the event program notifies users at these devices of the status of the system during the switch.