Operating system of the IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager primary master server fails to start

When the operating system of the IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager primary master server fails to start, the Agent and primary database are unreachable, and the IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager service is down. You must manually initiate the database takeover operation on the standby master server so that the standby database takes over as the primary database.

Note: If the IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager primary master server is down but its operating system is running, manually initiate the takeover operation.

Solution

Start the takeover operation by running the DB2TakeOver.sh or DB2TakeOver.bat script on the standby master server. This script includes Db2 commands only and does not modify IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager.

To start the takeover operation, complete the following steps:

  1. Locate the DB2TakeOver.sh or DB2TakeOver.bat script.
    Windows
    SKLM_INSTALL_HOME\agent

    Default location is C:\Program Files\IBM\GKLMV421\agent.

    Linux®
    SKLM_INSTALL_HOME/agent

    Default location is /opt/IBM/GKLMV421/agent.

  2. Open a command line and run the DB2TakeOver.sh or DB2TakeOver.bat script.
    Windows
    Go to the SKLM_INSTALL_HOME\agent directory and run the following command:
    DB2TakeOver.bat LOG DB_NAME INST_HOME
    where, LOG is the log file path, DB_NAME is the Db2 database name, and INST_HOME is the Db2 instance home.
    For example, 
    DB2TakeOver.bat takeover.log KLMDB42 C:\KLMDB42
    Linux
    Go to the SKLM_INSTALL_HOME/agent directory and run the following command:
    DB2TakeOver.sh LOG DB_NAME INST_HOME
    where, LOG is the log file path, DB_NAME is the Db2 database name, and INST_HOME is the Db2 instance home.
    For example, 
    DB2TakeOver.sh takeover.log KLMDB42 /home/klmdb42

The Db2 database on the standby master server takes over as the primary database.

When the operating system of the earlier primary database server recovers, initiate the takeover service on it as standby.