High Availability Cluster Failover Started

Sent when a user performs failover for the High Availability cluster. For more information, see Failover.

General Information

Event ID: 43004

Event message details: High Availability cluster failover has been initiated by <InitiatorUserName>

Severity: Info

Parameters

Parameter Name

Description

Example

InitiatorUserName

Name of the user who performed an operation.

InitiatorUserName="TECH\user1"

SecondaryNodeName

Secondary node name. Can be a DNS name or an IP address.

SecondaryNodeName="node02"

ClusterEndpoint

Cluster name. Can be a DNS name or an IP address.

ClusterEndpoint="198.51.100.15"

ClusterDescription

Cluster description.

ClusterDescription="ha-cluster"

VbrHostName

Backup server name. Can be a DNS name, an FQDN or an IP address.

VbrHostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local"

VbrVersion

Veeam Backup & Replication version.

VbrVersion="13.0.1.180"

Version

Event version (service parameter).

Version="1"

Description

Event message details.

Description="High Availability cluster failover has been initiated by TECH\user1."

Syslog Message Example

1 2025-11-26T08:25:11.015403+02:00 VBRSRV01 Veeam_MP - - [origin enterpriseId="31023"] [categoryId=0 instanceId=43004 InitiatorUserName="TECH\user1" SecondaryNodeName="node02" ClusterEndpoint="198.51.100.15" ClusterDescription="ha-cluster" VbrHostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local" VbrVersion="13.0.1.180" Version="1" Description="High Availability cluster failover has been initiated by TECH\user1."]

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