After promoting a secondary Vault Enterprise cluster to primary, an administrator wants to confirm the promotion was successful and that the cluster is functioning correctly. Which set of checks should the administrator perform?

Verify the primary cluster is still reachable and check its replication status

Restart the promoted cluster and check the startup logs for errors

Check replication status via /sys/replication/status and verify clients can authenticate and read/write secrets

Check the audit log for promotion events and verify the cluster seal status

A secondary Vault Enterprise cluster is being promoted to primary. The administrator wants to ensure that the promotion does not fail due to a missing prerequisite. Which prerequisite is NOT required for promotion?

A valid Enterprise license on the secondary

The secondary cluster is unsealed and healthy

The secondary has a valid replication configuration

An administrator is promoting a secondary Vault Enterprise cluster to primary using the API. They send a POST request to /sys/replication/secondary/promote. The response returns a 200 OK. What should the administrator do next?

Restart the cluster to apply the changes

Seal the cluster to ensure security

Demote the old primary to secondary

Verify the promotion by checking replication status

If you need to roll back after promoting a secondary to primary, what is the recommended approach?

Seal the new primary and unseal the original primary; replication will automatically resume.

Reconfigure all clients to point to the original primary; no other steps are needed.

Demote the new primary and promote the original primary again, then re-establish replication.

Delete the new primary and restore from backup.

An administrator needs to promote a secondary Vault Enterprise cluster to primary after a planned maintenance window. The primary cluster is still running but will be decommissioned shortly. The administrator wants to use the API to perform the promotion. Which API endpoint and method should they use?

POST /sys/replication/primary/demote

PUT /sys/replication/primary/promote

POST /sys/replication/secondary/promote

PUT /sys/replication/secondary/promote

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After promoting a secondary Vault Enterprise cluster to primary, an administrator wants to confirm the promotion was successful and that the cluster is functioning correctly. Which set of checks should the administrator perform?
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A secondary Vault Enterprise cluster is being promoted to primary. The administrator wants to ensure that the promotion does not fail due to a missing prerequisite. Which prerequisite is NOT required for promotion?
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3application · medium
An administrator is promoting a secondary Vault Enterprise cluster to primary using the API. They send a POST request to /sys/replication/secondary/promote. The response returns a 200 OK. What should the administrator do next?
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If you need to roll back after promoting a secondary to primary, what is the recommended approach?
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5application · medium
An administrator needs to promote a secondary Vault Enterprise cluster to primary after a planned maintenance window. The primary cluster is still running but will be decommissioned shortly. The administrator wants to use the API to perform the promotion. Which API endpoint and method should they use?
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