Setting up a server to monitor a Sterling B2B Integrator cluster through a load balancer

You can monitor a Sterling B2B Integrator clustered instance whether IBM® Sterling Control Center Monitor is individually connected to each node in the Sterling B2B Integrator cluster instance, or when it is connected to the cluster instance through a load balancer. In either case, IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor ensures continuous monitoring of business process activities in case of a node failure and generates events if a cluster node goes down. In addition, you can see the adapter status of all cluster nodes in a single view.

About this task

Note: If nodes are dynamically added or removed from a Sterling B2B Integrator cluster monitored by IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor, IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor will not automatically recognize the change. As a result, any adapters on added nodes will not be monitored until IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor knows about those nodes. For IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor to recognize when a node has been added or removed, you will either have to stop and start IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor or pause and resume monitoring of the node.

To set up IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor to monitor a Sterling B2B Integrator cluster through a load balancer:

Procedure

  1. On the Sterling B2B Integrator side, create a Web Service called SCCInteropService in each node of the Sterling B2B Integrator cluster. For detailed instructions, refer to the Sterling B2B Integrator documentation. This step ensures that Sterling B2B Integrator and IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor have access to the appropriate process and file transfer data.
  2. Configure the load balancer in front of Sterling B2B Integrator to include the host addresses of all nodes in the cluster. The load balancer ensures continuous monitoring of business process activities in case of any node failure.
  3. On the IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor side, add one server to define the overall cluster server (load balancer) and for Node Type, select Single Sterling B2B Integrator instance or Sterling B2B Integrator through a load balancer. The host name and ports point to the load balancer, which then gets the data from the individual nodes.