Preparing the logging and configuration directories

To configure horizontal clustering, you need to prepare the logging and configuration directories.

1. Install IBM® Product Master. Ensure that the <install dir> directory is shared across all of the machines in the cluster and found on each machine in the same path. The Product Master user on each machine must have write permissions to the <install dir> directory. NFS is the ideal approach. To configure for horizontal clustering, you must manually install Product Master.
2. Create the configuration directory. Create a directory that is writable by the Product Master user.
   For example, /home/mdmpim/config on each machine. Each machine in the cluster requires its own directory for configuration files.
3. Create the logging directory. Create a directory that is writable by the Product Master user.
   For example, /home/mdmpim/logs on each machine. Each machine in the cluster can have its own logging directory.
   Note: If you want to see the same log files for all of the services together, ensure that the logging directory is shared across all the machines in the cluster.
4. On one system in the cluster, copy all the files and directories from the <install dir>/bin/conf to the directory created above.
   For example, cp –r /usr/local/mdmpim/bin/conf/* /home/mdmpim/conf. Delete all the files and directories under the <install dir>/bin/conf directory.