Failback is a feature of RAID in which a RAID controller operating in failover mode detects the presence of a second operating controller, exits failover mode, and resumes its normal mode of operation. For more information, see Failover and Failback in the Storage Management Concepts chapter.
(n.) The process of returning a resource group or device group to its primary node after the primary node has failed and later is restarted as a cluster member.
In a server cluster, the moving of a failed-over group to the next node on the group's Preferred Owners list. See also failover; node; resource.
The planned event during which Adaptive Server is migrated back to, and restarted on, the original machine. This involves moving the failed-over databases, devices, and client connections from the secondary companion to the restarted primary companion.
A procedure that restores the normal user and client access to a primary database, after a failover procedure switched access from the primary database to a standby database. See also failover.
The process of moving resources, either individually or in a group, back to their preferred node after the node has failed and come back online.