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Clustering with Virtual Machines | Clustering
OMNM 6.5.3 Installation Guide 141
Test Cluster Failover
Once All Application and Mediation Servers are up and running, perform the following tests:
Do a Second System Backup of the Production Servers
Do a system backup of the production Application and Mediation Server(s) after the upgrade is
completed and tested as functioning fine.
Servers:
Clustering with Virtual Machines
The following describes considerations for OpenManage Network Manager run on VMware virtual
machines. Installation of the RC 7 Synergy on virtualized platform is support for both standalone
and distributed deployments.
This is a high level reference that omits numerous considerations beyond its scope. Evaluate those
omitted considerations to correctly plan a virtualization project, particularly for OpenManage
Network Manager managing a larger network. Power, performance, expandability, backup, load,
connectivity, recovery time objectives (RTO), and so on are all worth evaluating and defining. In
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Locate the application server designated as 'primary' in the server.log file's
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Verify that another Application Server becomes primary.
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Connect the primary Application Server's network plug again.
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On the matching Physical machine and pull its network plug.
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Find the active mediation server in a cluster and pull its network plug.
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Verify any of the backup Mediation Servers becomes active.
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Connect the previously disconnected Mediation Server's network plug again.
Backed Up Application Server Name
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Backed Up Mediation Server Name
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