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Setting Up a Cloud Pod Architecture

Environment 3

Setting up a Cloud Pod Architecture environment involves initializing the Cloud Pod Architecture feature,

joining pods to the pod federation, and creating global entitlements. You can optionally create sites and

assign home sites.

This chapter includes the following topics:

“Initialize the Cloud Pod Architecture Feature,” on page 15

“Join a Pod to the Pod Federation,” on page 16

“Create and Configure a Global Entitlement,” on page 17

“Create and Configure a Site,” on page 19

“Assign a Home Site to a User or Group,” on page 20

“Test a Cloud Pod Architecture Configuration,” on page 21

“Example: Setting Up a Basic Cloud Pod Architecture Configuration,” on page 22

Initialize the Cloud Pod Architecture Feature

Before you configure a Cloud Pod Architecture environment, you must initialize the Cloud Pod

Architecture feature.

You need to initialize the Cloud Pod Architecture feature only once, on the first pod in a pod federation. To

add pods to the pod federation, you join the new pods to the initialized pod.

During the initialization process, View sets up the Global Data Layer on each View Connection Server

instance in the pod, configures the VIPA communication channel, and establishes a replication agreement

between each View Connection Server instance.

This procedure shows how to use View Administrator to initialize the Cloud Pod Architecture feature. To

use the lmvutil command to initialize the Cloud Pod Architecture feature, see “Initializing the Cloud Pod

Architecture Feature,” on page 40.

Procedure

1 Log in to the View Administrator user interface for any View Connection Server instance in the pod.

You can initialize the Cloud Pod Architecture feature from any View Connection Server instance in a

pod.

2 In View Administrator, select View Configuration > Cloud Pod Architecture and click Initialize the

Cloud Pod Architecture feature.

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