When you use the $NCHOME/etc/precision/ConfigItnm.DOMAIN.cfg file
to configure failover, the Network Manager processes
will read the file on startup to identify whether they are running
in the primary or backup domain.
About this task
The ConfigItnm.DOMAIN.cfg file
contents must be identical on both the primary and backup domain servers.
To
configure failover by using the ConfigItnm.DOMAIN.cfg file:
Procedure
- On the primary Network Manager server,
edit the $NCHOME/etc/precision/ConfigItnm.PRIMARY_DOMAIN.cfg file
as follows:
- Enable failover and specify the primary, backup,
and virtual domain names for the Network Manager processes.
You can insert the required values in the
itnmDomain.failover table
by editing the following section in the file:
insert into itnmDomain.failover
(
FailoverEnabled,
PrimaryDomainName,
BackupDomainName,
VirtualDomainName
)
values
(
0,
"NCOMS_P",
"NCOMS_B",
"NCOMS_V"
);
Complete the
values section as follows,
in the order listed:
| Column |
Required value |
FailoverEnabled |
Specify 1 to enable failover for the
defined primary and backup domains. The default value of 0 means
that failover is disabled.
|
PrimaryDomainName |
Replace NCOMS_P with the actual name
of the Network Manager primary
domain in the failover pair.
Note: The PrimaryDomainName is
the only one that is stored in NCIM, and as a result the only name
that is displayed in the GUI. The backup domain name is not used in
NCIM, and consequently, not displayed in the GUI either.
|
BackupDomainName |
Replace NCOMS_B with the actual name of
the Network Manager backup
domain in the failover pair. |
VirtualDomainName |
Replace NCOMS_V with a designated name for
the Network Manager virtual
domain in the failover pair. |
- Specify the name of the ObjectServer to which the Probe for Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus and
the Event Gateway will connect. Insert the required value in the
itnmDomain.objectServer table
by editing the following section in the file:
insert into itnmDomain.objectServer
(
ServerName
)
values
(
"NCOMS"
);
Complete the
values section as follows:
| Column |
Required value |
ServerName |
If you are using Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3
or later, and have configured ObjectServer failover using the supplied
multitiered configuration files and naming conventions for the multitiered
configuration, specify AGG_V as the name of
the virtual aggregation pair. The initial value shown is either the
name of the ObjectServer that was installed by the Network Manager installer,
or NCOMS if no ObjectServer was installed.For
earlier versions of Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus,
specify the alternative name defined for the ObjectServer virtual
pair.
If ObjectServer failover is not configured, specify the
name of the single ObjectServer being used.
|
Note: No additional failover configuration is required
in the probe properties file. The default probe property settings
provide adequate support for failover when the probe runs.
- Save the file.
- Copy the entire contents of the $NCHOME/etc/precision/ConfigItnm.PRIMARY_DOMAIN.cfg file
on the primary server to the $NCHOME/etc/precision/ConfigItnm.BACKUP_DOMAIN.cfg file
on the backup server.