17.5.1 Procedure for setting the 1-to-1 node switching system in the Management Server

(1) System configuration example

The following figure shows the example configuration for the 1-to-1 node switching system of the Management Server. Note that the subsequent points describe the system configuration example using this configuration example.

Figure 17‒7: Configuration example of 1-to-1 node switching system for the Management Server (in Windows)

The executing node (active node) of the Management Server and the standby node (spare node) of the Management Server are deployed in 1-to-1 ratio.

In the 1-to-1 node switching system of the Management Server, first the cluster is built, and then the Management Server is defined as the active node (Node1 in the example) and spare node (Node2 in the example) in the cluster (APS in the example). Also, the active node and spare node are defined as one resource group (Group in the example) containing 'physical disk resource', 'IP address resource', 'network name resource', and 'general-purpose script resource'.

Note that in order to deploy the application server in a cluster configuration, set the alias IP address, and specify settings such that the running node inherits the alias IP address so that the client does not consider the nodes in the cluster. When there is 1-to-1 node switching system, the alias IP address is dynamically allocated by Windows Server Failover Cluster (cluster IP address).

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(2) Procedure of system setup

When integrating the system with Windows Server Failover Cluster, settings must be specified for the Management Server and the Cluster Administrator. The following figure shows the procedure for setting up the 1-to-1 node switching system of the Management Server.

Figure 17‒8: Procedure for setting the 1-to-1 node switching system in the management server (in Windows)

The following points describe the steps 1 through 6 in the above figure:

1. Create a partition in the shared disk to build a file system.

   You create a location for storing the cluster management file of Windows Server Failover Cluster. Also, when using the global transaction, create the location for storing the transaction information. The cluster management file and the transaction information might be stored in the same partition.

2. Allocate a shared disk to the system.

   When allocating a shared disk to the system, allocate the same drive character to the active node and the spare node.

3. Set up the cluster server environment in the Management Server.

   In the Easy Setup definition file of the Smart Composer functionality for the Management Server, specify the settings for using Windows Server Failover Cluster. For details, see 17.5.2 Environment settings in the cluster server.

4. Edit the setup files.

   Specify the settings for various definition files of the Management Server that cannot be set up in the Easy Setup definition file. For details, see 17.5.3 Editing the setup files.

5. Copy the Management Server settings from the active node to the spare node.

   To set the same environment for the active node and the spare node, copy the Management Server-related settings of the active node into the spare node. For details, see 17.5.4 Copying the Management Server settings from the active node to the spare node.

6. Set up the cluster.

   Create a script file for monitoring the environment settings of the cluster software and Management Sever. For details, see 17.5.5 Setting a cluster.

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