The first cell that you install is connected automatically to the BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server. If you create additional cells, you must first register the cell with the Infrastructure Management Administration Cell so that the newly added cells are visible to the administrator console Infrastructure tab, then you must configure the connection between BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server and each additional cell.
For each remote cell that you want to register, enter the following command:
iadmin -ac name=<cellName>:key=mc:primaryHost=<primaryCellHostName> :primaryPort=<portNumber>:failoverHost=<secondaryCellHostName>: failoverPort=<portNumber>:environment=Production:usergroups=*
Note
If you are using the IPv6 address instead of the host name, ensure that the IPv6 address in enclosed in square parentheses []. This applies to both the primary and the secondary hosts. For example, iadmin -ac name=chas_cell3:
key=mc:primaryHost=[2001:500:100:1447:250:56ff:febd:7c0a]:
primaryPort=8608:environment=Production:usergroups=*
If necessary, click Advanced to display the Cell Properties section of the dialog box.
Note
If you select a cell group, changes are applied to all the cells contained in the cell group. If you select a single cell, changes are applied only to the individual cell.
Set the following cell connection properties, as required:
Cell connection properties
Property | Description |
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Name | Name of the cell |
Host | Name of the host computer where the cell is installed |
Port | Port number the cell uses to connect to the host computer. |
Timeout | Length of time the console waits to receive data from the cell; default is 30 seconds. |
Refresh Freq | Time interval between polls of the cell; default is 60 seconds. |
Attempts | Number of times the console attempts to connect to a cell; default is 10. |
Connect Freq | Time interval between connection attempts; default is 5 seconds. |
Encrypted Mode | Enables and disables encryption of data between the console and the cell; default is enabled (selected). |
Auto Connect | Enables and disables automatic connection to the cell at logon; default is disabled (cleared). |
Auto Switch | Enables and disables automatic and continuous switching of the connection from the backup cell to the primary cell after failover, using the value set in Connect Freq as the interval; default is disabled (cleared). |
Use Port Range | Enables and disables a specified range of local ports (on the administrator console) for establishing a connection between the console and a cell.
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Min Port No. | Lower limit of the port range. |
Max Port No. | Upper limit of the port range. |
Auto Bind | Enables and disables the automatic connection attempt of the console to the first network card it encounters. Clear this option to bind to a specific IP address. |
IP Address | IP address assigned to the local network card to which the console connects; available only if Auto Bind is cleared. |
This feature enables you to configure the cell connection properties directly in the JServer. You need to log on as an admin user to perform this operation. To configure the server cell settings, follow these steps:
In the Edit Server Cell Settings dialog box, select a cell to edit.
Note
You can configure cell connection properties only on individual cells, and not on cell groups.
Click OK to save changes and close the dialog box.
By default, when you use the administrator console to configure connections to a remote cell, those changes are not applied to connections opened by the JServer to the remote cell. To extend the connection properties to the connections opened by the JServer, follow these steps:
pronet.admin.applyCellConnectionPropertiesInJServer=true
.Specifying local ports in cell connection properties
The following circumstances require that you provide more specific information about communications between the console and the cell:
In these circumstances, you must select Use Port Range and specify the limits of the port range and then select either Auto Bind or a particular IP address.
The Auto Bind option configures the console to connect to an NIC before it can connect to a cell. If you do not specify a particular NIC, the console automatically attempts to connect to the first NIC it encounters.
On a multi-homed computer, you can specify the NIC by selecting the IP address that the card is using from the IP Address list box. If Auto Bind is not enabled, you must specify a port range for the network card to which the console binds.
Note
If the console is running on a computer that is acting as a gateway between multiple subnets, the network card that you bind to must be on the same subnet as the cell to which the console connects.