To use isql to connect to a primary server with failover capability, you must:
Choose a primary server that has a secondary companion server specified in its interfaces file entry.
Use the -Q command-line option.
If your interfaces_file_name file contained the
example entry given in “Add hafailover line to interfaces_file_name file,” you could use isql with
Failover by entering isql -S PERSONNEL1 -Q
.