When I shutdown a HA headnode manually, failover doesn’t occur. Why?

Manually shutting down a headnode means:

• Running the Linux shutdown or poweroff command.
• Triggering a shutdown with sysrq.

Shutting down a HA node manually, implies manual failover. Automatic failover won’t occur in this circumstance.

Please see the “Automated Failover And Relevant Testing” section of the admin guide. “
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