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Managing members of a cluster

Use the Admin Console for repository server clustering.

Servers connected to the same database instance are usually clustered automatically. In most cases no additional configuration is necessary.
Note: Ensure that clustering is enabled for your license.
  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 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.