Implementing switchover operations between computing nodes

A non-transitory machine readable medium comprising instructions for performing a method, which when executed by a machine, causes the machine to:

• in response to detecting a loss of a communication link between a first node and a second node that are hosted within a cloud environment, wherein operational state information is shared between the first node and the second node over the communication link:
• retrieve, from a cloud environment state provider by the first node, monitored state information specifying an operational state of the second node, the operational state comprising a failed state message if the second node has failed and is unable to provide clients with access to a set of resources;
• read, by the first node over an active communication link different than the lost communication link, operational state information stored by the second node within a storage device owned by the second node;
• in response to a combination of both the operational state from the cloud environment state provider comprising the failed state message and the operational state information from the storage device indicating that the second node has failed, selectively perform, by the first node, a switchover operation to take over for the second node and provide clients with access to the set of resources based upon the second node failing;
• and
• in response to either the operational state from the cloud environment state provider not comprising the failed state message or the operational state information from the storage device indicating that the second node is operational, selectively refrain, by the first node, from erroneously performing the switchover operation.

A computing device comprising:

• a memory comprising machine executable code;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to execute the machine executable code to cause the processor to:
• in response to detecting a loss of a communication link between a first node and a second node that are hosted within a cloud environment, wherein operational state information is shared between the first node and the second node over the communication link:
• retrieve, from a cloud environment state provider by the first node, monitored state information specifying an operational state of the second node, the operational state comprising a failed state message if the second node has failed and is unable to provide clients with access to a set of resources;
• read, by the first node over an active communication link different than the lost communication link, operational state information stored by the second node within a storage device owned by the second node;
• in response to a combination of both the operational state from the cloud environment state provider comprising the failed state message and the operational state information from the storage device indicating that the second node has failed, selectively perform, by the first node, a switchover operation to take over for the second node and provide clients with access to the set of resources based upon the second node failing;
• and
• in response to either the operational state from the cloud environment state provider not comprising the failed state message or the operational state information from the storage device indicating that the second node is operational, selectively refrain, by the first node, from erroneously performing the switchover operation.