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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Configure the secondary hub
About this task
To configure the secondary hub to point to the primary hub as its backup or standby server:
Procedure
- On the Manage Tivoli Monitoring Services window on the server to contain Hub Secondary, right-click the name of the monitoring server that you are going to use as the secondary hub, and click Configure.
- Click the Advanced Settings tab.
- Select Specify Hot Standby.
- Type the host name of the primary hub in the Standby TEMS Site field.
- Select the type of protocol to use for hot standby. This should be the same protocol on both the primary hub and secondary hub.
- If you specified any backup protocols for the secondary hub, specify identical protocols for the primary hub.
- Click Save.
- Stop and restart the monitoring server.
Parent topic:
On Linux or UNIX systems: Configuring the hot standby feature for hub monitoring servers