Hi Chris,

This is indeed correct. When you connect to your failover pair, you use the hostname instead of the IP which will resolve in one of the two IPs. If it resolves into the inactive, then it will rewrite the URL to point to the active DMA. This happens through URL rewrite rules under the default website in IIS. This rule will automatically be enabled/disabled by DM.

If you are using HTTPS, you need to ensure that you are using certificates that have the hostname you use to connect in the subject or in the subject alternative names. To test if your certificate is valid you can use https://[YOUR_HOSTNAME]/ConnectionSettings.txt from your browser from where you want to connect. The browser will typically tell you if there is a certificate issue.