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Nintex configuration for setting up failover servers

When setting up failover servers for mirroring, you can optionally do so for the Nintex Workflow configuration database and any Nintex Workflow content databases.

To set up a failover server for the Nintex Workflow configuration database

  1. Mirror the database using SQL Server Management Studio.

    For more information, see Setting Up Database Mirroring (SQL Server).

  2. On the Central Administration Home page, click Nintex Workflow Management.

  3. Click Database setup.

  4. Click Edit to the right of the configuration database.

  5. In the Failover Database Server text box, type the name of the failover server.

    The connection string is updated.

  6. (Optional) If the connection string update is not seen after fifteen minutes, run the IISreset command to implement the changes.

To set up a failover server for a Nintex Workflow content database

  1. Mirror the database using SQL Server Management Studio.

    For more information, see Setting Up Database Mirroring (SQL Server).

  2. Log on to a web application server with access to the NWAdmin tool.

    Note: For more information on the NWAdmin tool and its operations, see the NWAdmin Guide.

  3. At the command prompt, run the UpdateContentDatabase operation using parameters for your environment.

    For example, the following entry specifies that the content database NW2010DB1 on the server Corporate1 should have the failover partner FONW2010DB1:

    NWAdmin.exe -o UpdateContentDatabase -servername serverName Corporate1 -databasename databaseName NW2010DB1 -newfailoverpartner newFailoverPartnerFONW2010DB1