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title: "Manually Initiating Failover"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/netmri761/1056866694/Manually%20Initiating%20Failover"
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If you want to swap roles between the members of a failover pair, you can manually initiate a failover. Within about five minutes after initiating a manual failover, the secondary system assumes the primary role and takes ownership of the VIP address. Note that a manually initiated failover causes a temporary service disruption.

To initiate a manual failover using the GUI, complete the following:

1. Log in to the primary system using your username and password.
2. Go to the **Settings** icon > **Setup** > **Failover** **Configuration** tab.
3. On the **Failover** **Configuration** page, click **Become** **Secondary**.

To initiate a manual failover using the NetMRI administrative shell, perform one of the following:

- Log in to the administrative shell on the primary system and run the `failover role secondary` command.
- Log in to the administrative shell on the secondary system and run the `failover role primary` command.