Synchronizing files and properties by converting servers

You can reinstall the primary storage server without synchronizing files and properties manually.

To synchronize the required files and properties, complete the following steps:

1. Convert any of your secondary storage servers (server1) to the primary storage server:
   1. Remove the following properties:

      com.collation.PrimaryStorageServer.host
      com.collation.PrimaryStorageServer.portun

   2. Add the following properties:

      com.ibm.cdb.service.SecurityManager.port
      com.ibm.cdb.service.ClientProxyServer.port
      com.ibm.cdb.service.SecureClientProxyServer.secure.portrestart server

2. Install a new server that you want to be the primary storage server as a secondary storage server (server2).
3. Convert the newly installed secondary storage server (server2) to the primary storage server. Use the same procedure as described in point 1.
4. Bring back original secondary storage server (server1) function by restoring the previously backed up collation.properties file.
5. Restart all servers in the correct order: the primary storage server before other servers.