Follow this procedure to configure and start the Geo Redundant
High Availability feature.
Procedure
From the AE Services Management Console, select High Availability.
On the High Availability
Status page, click Configure HA.
The High Availability Configuration page
appears.
In the Remote
AE Services Server IP Address field, enter the IP address
of the remote AE Services server.
In the Remote AE Services Server User Name field, enter the user name of the AE Services server.
In the Remote AE Services Server User Password field, enter the password.
In the Eth0 Virtual IP Address —optional field, enter the virtual IP address, which is used by the active AE Services server. This field is optional.
In the Eth1 Virtual IP Address—optional field, enter the virtual IP address, which is used by the active AE Services server. This field is optional, and can be configured
to be used for private network.
In the Eth2 Virtual IP Address—optional field, enter the virtual IP address, which is used by the active AE Services server. This field is optional, and can be configured
to be used for out of band network.
In the Failure
Detection Interval field, enter the number of seconds
for the Failure Detection Interval. The Failure Detection Interval
determines how long you want AE Services to wait before the standby AE Services server becomes active if AE Services cannot reach the current active AE Services server. The range is 1-3600 seconds. The default value is 600 seconds.
In the Preferred
Active Node—optional field, enter the IP address
of the preferred active node. The default value is empty (none). This
field is optional.
In the System
Type area, select the appropriate system type. The system
type is based on the number of individual licenses allocated for this AE Services server. The system depends on the number of other AE Services licenses used on the AE Services server based on the table in Configuration worksheet for Geo Redundant High Availability.
Click Apply
Changes.
On the High
Availability Configuration Confirmation page, click Apply.
On the High
Availability Status page, click Start to start Geo Redundant High Availability.