HP Instant Capacity User's Guide for Version 9.x

standby Group Manager and all member hosts has been
previously established before the use of the icapmanage
-Q command. Normally this occurs automatically when
adding a new member to a group, updating the host list
for an existing member, or adding a standby Group
Manager.
This command can be issued on an active Group Manager.
In this case, the active Group Manager continues as the
active Group Manager. It attempts to contact all group
members and the previously active Group Manager and
informs them that this system is the active Group Manager.
This is useful if a prior icapmanage -Q command failed
to contact some group members or the previously active
Group Manager.
Note that if the active Group Manager manages multiple
groups, all members of all such groups must be contacted
during this operation.
-R [<host>[,<host>]...]
Report hardware grouping information. When used with
a list of host names, report all hardware types with which
the hosts might be grouped. The hosts can be specified
using either the IP address or the name of the host. If the
hosts are not compatible with each other, no hardware is
reported. Without a list of host names, report all supported
hardware and grouping rules. Specification of the -U
option reports hardware associated with the specified rule
file instead of the installed rule file, and can be used to
evaluate a new grouping rules file before installing it with
the -i option.
-S When used in combination with the -a option, identifies
a host system to be set up as a standby Group Manager.
This command will prompt for the root password of the
host so that the active Group Manager can exchange SSL
keys with the designated standby host, establishing the
ability to communicate with it. The active Group Manager
proceeds to update all member hosts of all managed groups
with information about the standby Group Manager,
establish secure communications between the member
hosts and the standby Group Manager, and set up a cron
job responsible for the periodic transfer of the GiCAP
database to the standby Group Manager. Note that a
transfer also occurs whenever the database is updated on
the active Group Manager until such time as the standby
Group Manager takes control or is removed from use as a
standby Group Manager.
When used in combination with the -r option, identifies
a host system which is to be removed from use as a standby
Group Manager. The active Group Manager updates all
member hosts of all managed groups about the removal,
discontinues the GiCAP database transfer operations
(removes the cron job created when the standby Group
Manager was set up), and directs the identified host system
to remove its copy of the GiCAP database.
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