Switching servers without interrupting a client command-response queue

A system comprising:

• a client computer system
• to select standby computer server systems logically coupled to the client computer system, wherein the selected standby computer server systems are compatible with the client computer system and wherein the client computer system is logically coupled to a command- response queue (CRQ),
• to connect, in response to determining by the client computer system that at least one of the selected standby computer server systems is ready, the CRQ to a previous active computer server system and to the selected standby computer server systems,
• to communicate data of the previous active computer server system via at least one sub-CRQ logically coupling the client computer system and the previous active computer server system,
• to communicate, in response to transmission of setup commands to the selected standby computer server systems, management commands of the previous active computer server system to the selected standby computer server systems via the CRQ, and
• to communicate, in response to redirection of the CRQ to a new active computer server system, data with the new active computer server system via at least one sub- CRQ logically coupling the client computer system and the new active computer server system, and;
• a transmitter
• to transmit, in response to connecting by the client computer system the CRQ to the previous active computer system and to the selected standby computer server systems, the setup commands to the selected standby computer server systems, resulting in the selected standby computer server systems having the same logical state as the previous active computer server system, and
• to send, in response to receiving a request from a new computer server system to become a new standby computer server system, new setup commands to the new computer server system, resulting in the new computer server system having the same logical state as an active computer server system and being designated as the new standby computer server system;
• and
• a redirector to redirect, in response to a switchover from the previous active computer server system to the selected standby computer server systems, the CRQ to one of the selected standby computer server systems, resulting in the one of the selected standby computer server systems being designated as the new active computer server system.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

• selecting standby computer server systems logically coupled to a client computer system, wherein the selected standby computer server systems are compatible with the client computer system and wherein the client computer system is logically coupled to a command-response queue (CRQ);
• in response to determining that at least one of the selected standby computer server systems is ready, connecting the CRQ to a previous active computer server system and to the selected standby computer server systems;
• in response to the connecting, transmitting setup commands to the selected standby computer server systems, resulting in at least one of the selected standby computer server systems having the same logical state as the previous active computer server system;
• communicating data of the previous active computer server system via at least one sub- CRQ logically coupling the client computer system and the previous active computer server system;
• in response to the transmitting, communicating management commands of the previous active computer server system to the selected standby computer server systems via the CRQ;
• in response to a switchover from the previous active computer server system to the selected standby computer server systems, redirecting the CRQ to one of the selected standby computer server systems, resulting in the one of the selected standby computer server systems being designated as a new active computer server system;
• in response to the redirecting, communicating, by the client computer system, data with the new active computer server system via at least one sub-CRQ logically coupling the client computer system and the new active computer server system;
• and
• in response to receiving by the client computer system a request from a new computer server system to become a new standby computer server system, sending new setup commands to the new computer server system, resulting in the new computer server system having the same logical state as an active computer server system and being designated as the new standby computer server system.