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Portal server setup
About this task
The portal server cluster includes the following resources:
- Shared persistent storage
- Virtual IP address
- Database middleware (such as DB2)
- Portal server service
The generic setup of the portal server on a cluster includes the following steps:
Procedure
- Install the database middleware locally on both nodes.
- Set up the database users and groups to be exactly the same on both nodes.
- Remove automatic startup of the database middleware, so it can run under cluster control.
- Set up the basic cluster resource group with shared persistent storage, virtual IP address, and the database middleware.
- Create the portal server database on the first node of the cluster (shared persistent storage).
- Catalog the portal server database on the second node of the cluster.
- Install the portal server on the first node of the cluster (shared persistent storage).
- Disable autostart of the portal server service (if applicable to your platform).
- Bind the portal server to the virtual IP address.
- Set up the monitoring server on the second node of the cluster (depending on the platform, this might involve copying registry keys, environment variables, or both to the second node).
- Add the portal server as a resource to the resource group.
The setup of the portal server on different platforms and cluster managers has variations; in this document, the setup is described for the specific cluster managers mentioned in this document.
Parent topic:
Set up Tivoli Monitoring components in a clustered environment