Failover ASA - What is "just active status"

[anunes1987]

   Hey guys!

I have a pair of ASA 5505 with failover , before it was active/standby and now appears as active/just active  ( that means that it's in active/active state??)

If yes what the command i should issue to move back to standby?

Thanks.

[Jia Liu]

The 'just active' state is the first state the unit enters when becoming the active unit.  During this state, a message is sent to the peer alerting the peer that the unit is becoming active and the IP and MAC addresses are set for the interfaces.  This is a transient state.  How long did the status stay as 'just active'?  Did it go back to 'active/standby'?

[Namit Agarwal]

Hi Amanda,

Could you please paste the output of the following commands on the ASA

show failover

show failover history

show failover state

Thanks,

Namit

[Kureli Sankar]

Here is the link that talks about "just active"

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa82/command/reference/s3.html#wp1474400

Just Active

The first state the unit enters when becoming the active unit. During  this state a message is sent to the peer alerting the peer that the unit  is becoming active and the IP and MAC addresses are set for the  interfaces. This is a transient state.

-KS

[Maykol Rojas · Accepted solution]

Hello Amanda,

I hope you are doing great. I think you saw that Just active state when you did a show failover history. The state that you should really care about is the one that appears when you do a "show failover". The 2 main states on which a Unit can be is Active, Standby/Ready and Bulk sync if I am not mistaken. Be worry when a Unit becomes failed.

To know that everything is right, the the units should look Primary/Active Standby/Ready.

Hope this helps and if you have any furhter doubts regarding the failover, please feel free to post them over here.

Thank you.

Mike.