Specifying the Failover Persistent Storage

Use this procedure to specify the persistent storage, in which the Session Failover Service will store the serialized session data. You can choose between storing in the file system and storing in the database. The default failover persistent storage is the database.

You can also modify the default name of the directory in which the serialized session data will be stored if you choose file system persistent storage.

1. Choose the Session Failover Service Properties tab in the Visual Administrator.
2. Select the PersistentStorage property.
3. Enter one of the following values in the Value field:
   • Database - the serialized data will be stored in the database.
   • File - the serialized data will be stored in the file system.

     If you want to change the default name of the directory where the serialized session data will be stored, select the RootDirectoryName property and modify its value.

4. Save your changes and restart the service.
   Caution

   If you change these properties at application runtime, you risk losing data that has already been serialized. It is recommended that you do not change these properties at runtime.