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1.2.9 Testing the Failover of the PlateSpin Orchestrate Server
in a Cluster
You can optionally simulate a failure of the Orchestrate Server by powering off or performing a
shutdown of the server. After approximately 30 seconds, the clustering software detects that the
primary node is no longer functioning, binds the IP address to the failover server, then starts the
failover server in the cluster.
Access the PlateSpin Orchestrate Administrator Information Page to verify that the Orchestrate
Server is installed and running (stopped or started). Use the following URL to open the page in a
Web browser:
http://
DNS_name_or_IP_address_of_cluster
:8001
The Administrator Information page includes links to separate installation programs (installers) for
the PlateSpin Orchestrate Agent and the PlateSpin Orchestrate Clients. The installers are used for
various operating systems.
1.2.10 Installing and Configuring other PlateSpin Orchestrate
Components to the High Availability Grid
To install and configure other PlateSpin Orchestrate components (including the Orchestrate Agent,
the Monitoring Agent, the Monitoring Server, or the VM Builder) on servers that authenticate to the
cluster, you need to do the following:
Determine which components you want to install, remembering these dependencies:
All non-agent PlateSpin Orchestrate components must be installed to a SLES 10 SP2
server, a RHEL 4 server, or a RHEL 5 server.
The PlateSpin Orchestrate Agent must be installed to a SLES 10 SP1 server, a RHEL 4
server, a RHEL 5 server, or a Windows* (NT, 2000, XP) server.
A VM Warehouse must be installed on the same server as a VM Builder. A VM Builder
can be installed independent of the VM Warehouse on its own server.
Use YaST2 to install the PlateSpin Orchestrate packages of your choice to the network server
resources of your choice. For more information, see “
Installing and Configuring All PlateSpin
Orchestrate Components Together
” or “
Installing the Orchestrate VM Client
” in the
PlateSpin
Orchestrate 2.0 Installation and Configuration Guide
.
If you want to, you can download the Orchestrate Agent or clients from the Administrator
Information page and install them to a network resource as directed in “
Installing the
Orchestrate Agent Only
” in the
PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Getting Started Reference
.
Run the text-based configuration script or the GUI Configuration Wizard to configure the
PlateSpin Orchestrate components you have installed (including any type of installation of the
agent). As you do this, you need to remember the hostname of the Orchestrate Server (that is,
the primary Orchestrate Server node), and the administrator name and password of this server.
For more information, see “
Installing and Configuring All PlateSpin Orchestrate Components
Together
” or “
Installing the Orchestrate VM Client
” in the
PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 Getting
Started Reference
.
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