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# sk110999 - Cluster member with highest priority is not able to become new Active after changing the Members' Priorities

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk110999 |
| Date Created | 2016-04-13 |
| Last Modified | 2017-05-17 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Gateway |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20 |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- * Sometimes, cluster member with the Highest Priority is not able to become Active member after installing the policy in the following scenarios:

  * In cluster with 2 members:

    1. "Maintain current active Cluster Member" is enabled.
    2. Freeze Mechanism is *enabled* (refer to [sk32488](https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&solutionid=sk32488) - value of kernel parameter *fwha_freeze_state_machine_timeout* is other than 0).
    3. Members' Priorities are changed (e.g., priority of Member_B is increased; priority of Member_A is decreased).
    4. After policy installation, the original member that had the Highest Priority (Member_A) is still Active.
  * In cluster with 3 members:

    1. "Maintain current active Cluster Member" is enabled.
    2. Freeze Mechanism is *disabled* (refer to [sk32488](https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&solutionid=sk32488) - value of kernel parameter *fwha_freeze_state_machine_timeout* is set to 0).
    3. Members' Priorities are changed (e.g., priority of Member_B is increased; priority of Member_A is decreased).
    4. After policy installation, the original member that had the Highest Priority (Member_A) is still Active.
* */var/log/messages* file on the cluster members shows that during policy installation, the cluster members whose priority was changed exit the Freeze State, although those members were not in Freeze State.

* In cluster with 3 members with *enabled* Freeze Mechanism, the behavior is correct:

  1. "Maintain current active Cluster Member" is enabled.
  2. Freeze Mechanism is *enabled* (refer to [sk32488](https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&solutionid=sk32488) - value of kernel parameter *fwha_freeze_state_machine_timeout* is other than 0).
  3. Members' Priorities are changed (e.g., priority of Member_B is increased; priority of Member_A is decreased).
  4. After policy installation, the member with the Highest Priority (Member_B) becomes the new Active.

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