3.3.3 Clustering

This section describes how to set up a cluster.

This product supports an active-standby cluster configuration.

Organization of this subsection

(1) Setting up the active node
(2) Setting up the standby node
(3) Registering the services with your cluster software

(1) Setting up the active node

Install the product with the data path to a mounted shared disk.

Mount a shared disk. (Example path: v:\SHDISK\cpa)
Set the data path to the folder you mounted in step 1, and then install the product.
From Windows Administrative Tools, open Services. For both the job execution service and the message communication service, open the Properties window and set Startup Type to Manual.
From Windows Administrative Tools, open Services. Stop the job execution service and the message communication service.

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(2) Setting up the standby node

Install the product with the data path to a work folder, rather than a mounted shared disk. After the product is installed, edit the product information file to change the path to point to the shared disk.

Create a work data folder. (Example path: c:\temp\cpadata)
Set the data path to the folder you created in step 1, and then install the product.

Edit the product information file (ga.ini).

File location: install-path\ga.ini

(Default location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Hitachi\JP1CPA\ga.ini)

# INSTALL DATE : 2019/xx/xx xx:xx:xx.xx 
# COMPUTERNAME : xxxxxxxxxxxx 
# USERNAME     : xxxxxxxxx 
[ProductInfo]    
InstallDIR="C:\Program Files (x86)\Hitachi\JP1CPA"
DataDir="c:\temp\cpadata"
Version="120000" 
SchemaVersion="1" 
GAServiceName="JP1/CPA" 
StartupType="AUTO"
IESCServiceName="JP1/CPA Message"
IESCStartupType="AUTO"
# END

# INSTALL DATE : 2019/xx/xx xx:xx:xx.xx 
# COMPUTERNAME : xxxxxxxxxxxx 
# USERNAME     : xxxxxxxxx 
[ProductInfo]    
InstallDIR="C:\Program Files (x86)\Hitachi\JP1CPA"
DataDir="v:\SHDISK\cpa"
Version="120000" 
SchemaVersion="1" 
GAServiceName="JP1/CPA" 
StartupType="AUTO"
IESCServiceName="JP1/CPA Message"
IESCStartupType="AUTO"
# END

From Windows Administrative Tools, open Services. For both the job execution service and the message communication service, open the Properties window and set Startup Type to Manual.
From Windows Administrative Tools, open Services. Stop the job execution service and the message communication service.

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(3) Registering the services with your cluster software

Register the job execution service and the message communication service with your cluster software. For details on how to register the services, see documents for your cluster software.

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