Configuring for disaster recovery

You can configure TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse and TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform for disaster recovery. The following scenarios are supported:

• Scenario 1: Data warehouse and reporting applications using the same database server
• Scenario 2: Data warehouse and reporting applications using different database servers

Prerequisites

The TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse and TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform are installed and configured on the primary node. 

Scenario 1

In this scenario, the TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse and TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform applications use the same database server.

Do the following:

1. Install and configure TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse on a standby node.

   Do the following:

   1. Install TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse. For instructions, see Installing TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse.
   2. Copy the bds.properties file from the TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse application on the primary node to the following path on the standby node:
      $BDS_HOME/migrationData
   3. Perform the post-installation configuration using the existing DB and local copy option. For more information, see Configuring-TrueSight-Server-Automation-Data-Warehouse.

2. Install and configure TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform on a standby node.

   Do the following:

   1. Install TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform 20.02. For more information, see Installing TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform in the disaster recovery mode.

   2. Update the Secondary node database host name of standby database server node in the TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform silent options file. For more information, see Technical bulletin — Announcing hotfix 20.02.00.002.

   3. Upgrade TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform from 20.02 to 20.02.01. For instructions, see Upgrading TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform.

   4. Activate the standby TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse component. For the activation steps, see Technical bulletin — Announcing hotfix 20.02.00.002.

Scenario 2

In this scenario, the TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse and TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform applications use different database servers. 

Do the following:

1. As a database administrator, make the standby node active and primary node as standby.

2. Install and configure the TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse on the standby node:

   Do the following:

   1. Install TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse. For instructions, see Installing TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse.
   2. Copy the bds.properties file from the TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse application on the primary node.
   3. Edit the BSA_DATABASE_HOSTNAME parameter in the copied file to change the host name of the standby node database server.
   4. Save the changes.
   5. Copy the updated bds.properties file to the following path on the standby node:
      $BDS_HOME/migrationData
   6. Perform the post-installation configuration using the existing DB and local copy option. For more information, see Configuring-TrueSight-Server-Automation-Data-Warehouse.

3. Install and configure TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform on the standby node.

   Do the following:

   1. Install TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform 20.02. For more information, see Installing TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform in the disaster recovery mode.

   2. In the silent options file of TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform, update the host name database server. For more information, see Technical bulletin — Announcing hotfix 20.02.00.002.

   3. Upgrade TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform from 20.02 to 20.02.01. For instructions, see Upgrading TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform.

   4. Activate the standby TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse component. For the activation steps, see Technical bulletin — Announcing hotfix 20.02.00.002.

4. Verify that the standby TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform is connected to the standby TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse component.

   Do the following:

   1. Use the following URL to open the Login page:
      https://<TrueSight Smart Reporting hostname>:<port>/tsr
   2. In the Log in as field, select TrueSight Smart Reporting - Admin.
   3. Enter the TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform administrator user name and password, and click Login. The Components page appears.
   4. Verify that the standby TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse component is shown as connected.

5. Verify that you can cross launch to TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform from the TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse console on the standby node

   Do the following:

   1. Use the following URL to open the TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse login page:
      https://<TrueSight Server Automation - Data Warehouse hostname>:<portNumber>/tssa-dw
   2. In the User Name and Password fields, enter the user credentials. By default, the password is hidden. To view the password, click .
   3. In Site, select a site. The Primary Site is the default site.
   4. In Authentication Method, select a authentication method. SRP is the default authentication method.
   5. Click LOG IN.
   6. In the Roles window, select the role you want to use and click OK. Through role-based access control (RBAC), you can be granted multiple roles, but you can use only one role at a time.

Your disaster recovery setup is now ready.

Where to go from here

After configuring your environment for disaster recovery, reconfigure the data warehouse database details when you switch between the production and disaster recovery environments. For instructions, see Switching between the production and disaster recovery environments.