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3 Enter the vRealize Operations Manager administrator password and click Log In.
4 Under High Availability, click Enable.
5 Select a data node to serve as the replica for the master node.
6 Select the Enable High Availability for this cluster option, and click OK.
If the cluster was online, the administration interface displays progress as vRealize Operations Manager
congures, synchronizes, and rebalances the cluster for HA.
7 If the master node and replica node go oine, and the master remains oine for any reason while the
replica goes online, the replica node does not take over the master role, take the entire cluster oine,
including data nodes and log in to the replica node command line console as a root.
8 Open $ALIVE_BASE/persistence/persistence.properties in a text editor.
9 Locate and set the following properties:
db.role=MASTER
db.driver=/data/vcops/xdb/vcops.bootstrap
10 Save and close persistence.properties.
11 In the administration interface, bring the replica node online, and verify that it becomes the master
node and bring the remaining cluster nodes online.
What to do next
After creating a master replica node, you have the following options.
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New, unstarted clusters:
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Create and add data nodes.
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Create and add remote collector nodes.
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Click Start vRealize Operations Manager to start the cluster, and log in to nish conguring the
product.
The cluster might take from 10 to 30 minutes to start, depending on the size of your cluster and
nodes. Do not make changes or perform any actions on cluster nodes while the cluster is starting.
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Established, running clusters:
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Create and add data nodes.
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Create and add remote collector nodes.
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