3.4.0 Matrix Server Administration Guide

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Check the Server Configuration

The Matrix Server mxcheck utility can be used to verify that a server

meets the configuration requirements for Matrix Server. The utility is run

automatically whenever Matrix Server is booted. You can also run

mxcheck manually. It is located in the installation directory, which is

typically %SystemDrive%\Program Files\PolyServe\MatrixServer\bin.

The utility performs the following checks on the server:

• System check: hardware, operating system version, service pack

version, available physical memory.

• Network check: IP network and interface assignments, forward and

reverse hostname lookup.

• Storage check: Host Bus Adapters, drivers, and settings.

• Miscellaneous check: other checks such as the non-paged pool setting.

Output from the utility appears on the screen and is also written to the

Application Log section of the Event Viewer.

Disable a Server for Maintenance

If you need to perform maintenance (such as an application software

upgrade) on a server that is providing the primary interface for a virtual

host, take these steps before working on the server:

1. Disable the server. (Choose the server from the Servers window on the

PolyServe Management Console, right-click, and select Disable.) This

step causes the virtual host to fail over to a backup network interface

on another server.

2. If you want the virtual host to remain on the backup network interface

after the original server is returned to operation but the virtual host is

using

AUTOFAILBACK as its failback policy, make that network

interface the primary network interface. (Choose the virtual host from

the Virtual Hosts window, right-click, and select Properties.)

3. Perform the necessary maintenance on the original server and then

reenable it.