IBM Tivoli Monitoring > Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2 > Installation Guides > High Availability Guide for Distributed Systems > The hot standby option > Configure failover support > Configure the hot standby feature for hub monitoring servers > On Windows systems: Configuring the hot standby feature for hub Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server

IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2

Configure the primary hub


Install the two hub Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Servers and then complete the following steps to configure the primary hub to point to the secondary hub as its backup or standby server:


Procedure

  1. On the Manage Tivoli Monitoring Services window on the server that will contain the primary hub, right-click the name of the monitoring server that you are going to use as the primary hub, and click Reconfigure.

    The monitoring server stops automatically.

  2. Complete the following steps on the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server Configuration window:

    1. Enter the name of the primary hub in the TEMS Name field.

    2. Select the Configure Hot Standby TEMS check box to configure the secondary hub as a standby server for the primary hub.

    3. Specify the protocols used by the secondary hub. These protocols must be the same for both monitoring servers (the primary hub and secondary hub).
      Figure 1 shows an example of a completed configuration window:

      Figure 1. Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server Configuration window: primary hub configuration

    4. Click OK.

  3. On the Hub Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server Configuration window, enter the host name or IP address of the primary hub and verify the communication settings for this server. Click OK.

  4. On the Hub TEMS Configuration for Hot Standby window, specify the secondary hub as the standby server for the primary hub. Enter the host name or IP address of the secondary hub in the Hostname or IP Address field, as shown in the following example.

    Figure 2. Specifying the secondary hub as a backup or standby server for the primary hub

  5. Click OK.

  6. Restart the monitoring server.


Parent topic:

On Windows systems: Configuring the hot standby feature for hub Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server

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