10.1 Scenario setup as described in the clustering whitepaper

We used the whitepaper Clustering WebSphere Commerce V6.0 with WebSphere Application Server V6.0 to set up a scenario with one Web server serving an application server cluster with two cluster members, as shown in Figure 10-1.

Figure 10-1 Scenario set up by following the Clustering WebSphere Commerce V6.0 with WebSphere Application Server V6.0 whitepaper

For the nodes that are greyed out in Figure 10-1, refer to the following chapters:

Table 10-1 lists the host names and IP addresses for the nodes used in our scenario.

Table 10-1
Node Host name IP address Web server node 1

srvb501.torolab.ibm.com

9.26.126.120 WebSphere Commerce Server 1

goro.torolab.ibm.com

9.26.126.90 WebSphere Commerce Server 2

goro2.torolab.ibm.com

9.26.127.133 Network Deployment Manager

evergreen.torolab.ibm.com

9.26.30.222

Host names and IP addresses for instance clustering

After the BASE product and fix packs are installed on all the servers, the following tasks need to be performed to create a WebSphere Commerce cluster:

  • Create a WebSphere Commerce instance.

  • Configure a IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment Manager.

  • Federate the First WebSphere Application Server Node.

  • Federate an Additional WebSphere Application Server Node.

  • Create a WebSphere Application Server Cluster.

Detailed instructions for these tasks are found in sections 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4, respectively, in the whitepaper Clustering WebSphere Commerce V6.0 with WebSphere Application Server V6.0.

Although the whitepaper describes the main steps for setting up Web server High Availability using IBM WebSphere Edge Components Load Balancer and additional Web servers, we experimented with additional scenarios (for example, NAT forwarding, High Availability for Load Balancer itself) and decided to give the Web tier a special chapter on its own that contains more details than the paper (see Chapter 11, Web server clustering).

For this reason we also provide relevant information about the initial Web server configuration, as taking place during instance creation, in the following section.

Important: Before starting to set up your environment using the Clustering WebSphere Commerce V6.0 with WebSphere Application Server V6.0 whitepaper, browse through the following section 10.2, Details on configuring Web server node 1, as it contains important information about the Web server setup. Read:

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