How to test this failover activemq queue case - activemq

Question

i got my activemq config file and my mule flows with the "jms:activemq-connector" like this:
<jms:activemq-connector name="Active_MQ" specification="1.1" brokerURL="failover://(tcp://localhost:61616,tcp://localhost:61617)?randomize=false" validateConnections="false" maxRedelivery="1" doc:name="Active MQ"/>
This is my activemq.xml
<beans
xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:amq="http://activemq.apache.org/schema/core"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
http://activemq.apache.org/schema/core http://activemq.apache.org/schema/core/activemq-core.xsd">
<!-- Allows us to use system properties as variables in this configuration file -->
<bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
<property name="locations">
<value>file:${activemq.conf}/credentials.properties</value>
</property>
</bean>
<!--
The <broker> element is used to configure the ActiveMQ broker.
-->
<broker xmlns="http://activemq.apache.org/schema/core" brokerName="localhost" dataDirectory="${activemq.data}" persistent="false">
<!--
For better performances use VM cursor and small memory limit.
For more information, see:
http://activemq.apache.org/message-cursors.html
Also, if your producer is "hanging", it's probably due to producer flow control.
For more information, see:
http://activemq.apache.org/producer-flow-control.html
-->
<destinations>
<queue physicalName="Example.Queue"/>
</destinations>
<destinationPolicy>
<policyMap>
<policyEntries>
<policyEntry topic=">" producerFlowControl="true">
<!-- The constantPendingMessageLimitStrategy is used to prevent
slow topic consumers to block producers and affect other consumers
by limiting the number of messages that are retained
For more information, see:
http://activemq.apache.org/slow-consumer-handling.html
-->
<pendingMessageLimitStrategy>
<constantPendingMessageLimitStrategy limit="1000"/>
</pendingMessageLimitStrategy>
</policyEntry>
<policyEntry queue=">" producerFlowControl="true" memoryLimit="1mb" useCache="true">
<!-- Use VM cursor for better latency
For more information, see:
http://activemq.apache.org/message-cursors.html
<pendingQueuePolicy>
<vmQueueCursor/>
</pendingQueuePolicy>
-->
</policyEntry>
</policyEntries>
</policyMap>
</destinationPolicy>
<!--
The managementContext is used to configure how ActiveMQ is exposed in
JMX. By default, ActiveMQ uses the MBean server that is started by
the JVM. For more information, see:
http://activemq.apache.org/jmx.html
-->
<managementContext>
<managementContext createConnector="false"/>
</managementContext>
<!--
Configure message persistence for the broker. The default persistence
mechanism is the KahaDB store (identified by the kahaDB tag).
For more information, see:
http://activemq.apache.org/persistence.html
-->
<persistenceAdapter>
<kahaDB directory="${activemq.data}/kahadb" cleanupInterval="30000"/>
</persistenceAdapter>
<!--
The systemUsage controls the maximum amount of space the broker will
use before slowing down producers. For more information, see:
http://activemq.apache.org/producer-flow-control.html
If using ActiveMQ embedded - the following limits could safely be used:
<systemUsage>
<systemUsage>
<memoryUsage>
<memoryUsage limit="20 mb"/>
</memoryUsage>
<storeUsage>
<storeUsage limit="1 gb"/>
</storeUsage>
<tempUsage>
<tempUsage limit="100 mb"/>
</tempUsage>
</systemUsage>
</systemUsage>
-->
<systemUsage>
<systemUsage>
<memoryUsage>
<memoryUsage limit="64 mb"/>
</memoryUsage>
<storeUsage>
<storeUsage limit="100 gb"/>
</storeUsage>
<tempUsage>
<tempUsage limit="50 gb"/>
</tempUsage>
</systemUsage>
</systemUsage>
<!--
The transport connectors expose ActiveMQ over a given protocol to
clients and other brokers. For more information, see:
http://activemq.apache.org/configuring-transports.html
-->
<transportConnectors>
<!-- DOS protection, limit concurrent connections to 1000 and frame size to 100MB -->
<transportConnector uri="tcp://localhost:61617?maximumConnections=1000&wireformat.maxFrameSize=104857600"/>
<transportConnector name="openwire" uri="tcp://0.0.0.0:61616?maximumConnections=1000&wireformat.maxFrameSize=104857600"/>
<transportConnector name="amqp" uri="amqp://0.0.0.0:5672?maximumConnections=1000&wireformat.maxFrameSize=104857600"/>
</transportConnectors>
<!-- destroy the spring context on shutdown to stop jetty -->
<shutdownHooks>
<bean xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" class="org.apache.activemq.hooks.SpringContextHook" />
</shutdownHooks>
</broker>
<!--
Enable web consoles, REST and Ajax APIs and demos
Take a look at ${ACTIVEMQ_HOME}/conf/jetty.xml for more details
-->
<import resource="jetty.xml"/>
</beans>
Looks like the failover with those url's "works".
Question, how am i supposed to test the failover??? any suggestions? this is the very first time i implement this.
Thanks.

Answer 1

Per requested:
I actually ran 2 different activemq's in separate cmd prompt, configured the conf files inside each activemq folder. That's all.
It worked by doing "failover://(tcp://localhost:61616,tcp://localhost:61617)" on Mule side.
After shutting down the 61616 one, all the entries would go to the second broker, the 61617 one. so it works great.