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Self describing feature in a failover environment
In a Hot Standby failover environment, files required for the self describing feature are replicated to the standby monitoring server and audit records clearly indicate whether self describing installations at the standby hub are initiated by failover.
If the self describing feature is enabled in a Hot Standby failover environment, the following behaviors take place:
- Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server monitoring definitions, such as situations, distributions, and calendars, are replicated directly, as in the past, to the standby hub monitoring server.
- Application installation records are replicated and allow the standby hub to collect self describing support files from the acting hub monitoring server so that application support is installed on the standby hub and Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server and browser support files are available for a portal server that might connect to the standby hub.
- Self describing agent configuration option settings are replicated.
- Pending self describing agent requests are cancelled when a hub switch takes place to avoid connection error. These requests are redriven when the first agent of that product connects to the new acting hub.
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Configure failover support