IBM Security Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On, Version 8.2

Adding application servers to a cluster

You can add an additional IBM® Security Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On cluster member node to a WebSphere® Application Server cluster.

About this task

Create a custom profile for the node. Then add the node to an existing WebSphere Application Server cluster. After adding the node, deploy the ISAMESSOIMS application on the node.
In a network deployment Deploy
On the deployment manager node.
  • ISAMESSOIMS
  • ISAMESSOIMSConfig
On each node of the cluster. ISAMESSOIMS

Procedure

  1. Create a custom profile with the WebSphere Application Server Profile Management tool or command-line tool.
  2. In the WebSphere Application Server administrative console, add the newly created server to the WebSphere Application Server cluster.
    Tip: When adding cluster members, in the console navigation tree, be sure to select the cluster and add members in the Cluster members page. For example: Click Servers > Clusters > WebSphere application server clusters. Select the cluster. Click Cluster members. Click New.
  3. Optional: Create a Windows service for the additional node agent and server node.

    Example (case-sensitive, use without line breaks):

    wasservice -add Custom02_nodeagent -serverName nodeagent -profilePath 
    "C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\Custom02" -wasHome 
    "C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer" -logRoot
    "C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\Custom02\logs\nodeagent" -logFile
    "C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\Custom02\logs\nodeagent\startServer.log"
    -restart true
    -startType automatic
  4. Optional: Install the Native Library Invoker resource adapter on the new node.
  5. Generate and propagate the web server plug-in.
  6. Restart the IBM HTTP Server.
  7. Deploy the ISAMESSOIMS application.
    1. On the Integrated Solutions Console navigation pane, select Applications > Application Types > WebSphere Enterprise Applications.
    2. Click ISAMESSOIMS.
    3. Under Modules, click Manage Modules.
    4. Select the check box for all the applications.
    5. In Clusters and servers, select the web server and cluster.
    6. Click Apply.
    7. Save the changes to the master configuration.
  8. Resynchronize all the nodes.
  9. Start the cluster.
  10. Start the ISAMESSOIMS application.


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