Admin Console: Repository server clustering

This topic describes how to manage members of a cluster using the Admin Console.

1. Open the Admin Console.
2. In the Repository Services section, click Repository Server Clustering.

   You see the Repository Server Clustering page.

3. Set the clustering properties:

   For Host Server:

   Clustering property	Example setting	What is it?
   Server Name	ip-x-x-x-x	This specifies the name of the host server that you are currently connected to.
   Cluster	Enabled or Disabled	This shows if clustering is enabled or disabled. You need to have a correct license to enable clustering.
   IP Address	x.x.x.x	This specifies the IP address of the server.
   Cluster ID	xxxxxx	This specifies the unique id of the server.

   For Cluster Members: Server Details

   Clustering property	Example setting	What is it?
   Server	ip-x-x-x-x	This specifies the server name of the cluster member.
   IP	x.x.x.x	This specifies the IP address of the server.
   Port	5701	This specifies the port number of the server.
   Last Registered	02-Oct-2013 12:48:37	This specifies the date and time when the cluster member was last started.
   Number of Members	1	This specifies the total number of members in the cluster.

   For Offline Cluster Members: Server Details

   Clustering property	Example setting	What is it?
   Server	ip-x-x-x-x	This specifies the server name of a previously clustered server member that is no longer a member of the cluster.
   IP	x.x.x.x	This specifies the IP address of the offline server.
   Port	5701	This specifies the port number of the offline server.
   Last Registered	02-Oct-2013 12:48:37	This specifies the date and time when the offline cluster server was last started.

4. Click Remove from list to decommission a particular cluster member.

   The offline cluster member no longer appears in the Offline Cluster Members list.

5. Set the clustering properties for Connected Non-Clustered Server(s):

   In exceptional cases, a SkyVault server may be connected to the same database as other cluster members, and yet it may not be a member of the repository cluster. In other words, it will have clustering disabled. Such a server is called connected non-clustered server.

   Clustering property	Example setting	What is it?
   Server	ip-x-x-x-x	This specifies the name of the server.
   IP	x.x.x.x	This specifies the IP address of the server.

6. To check if clustering is working properly, click Validate Cluster.

   You see the Cluster Validation page. This page shows the validation results for a cluster.

   Cluster validation performs a check to ensure that communication between the cluster members is working correctly. For a cluster to be considered validated, all cluster members should show success status. If one server fails in a two-server cluster, then both the servers will be marked as failed.

7. Click Close.