Web server failover

[Cognos8]

I have 2 web server.when the user use the browser , one of the webserver is got failed , at that time all the request should be routed to second
web server automatically. this is my actual requirement. is there any configuration we need to in webserver ?

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Cognos 8 BI does not come with failover on webserver level.
You need to either (from cheap to expensive)

- Instruct the helpdesk to tell users to go to the standby webserver's adres.
- Enter the fqdn of the server in DNS with 2 ip adresses from 2 webservers. (dns round robin; also called poor mans failover)
  End user needs to hit F5 in IE untill he get's lucky, and get's routed to a live webserver.
- Install MS NLB on both webservers, and use it as failover/loadbalancer.
- Install a hardware load balancer in front of the webservers.