Installing and configuring the Infrastructure Management server for application high-availability

1

Review the requirements to configure Infrastructure Management for high availability.

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2

Install or upgrade Infrastructure Management on the primary server.

Fresh install:

(Windows)
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(Linux) Installing-the-Infrastructure-Management-Server-on-Linux-with-Oracle

Upgrade:

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(Linux) Upgrading-the-Infrastructure-Management-server-on-Linux

3

Install Infrastructure Management on the secondary server.

Note: (Recommended) During the installation, specify a temporary Oracle instance.

(Alternatively) If you want to avoid usage of temporary oracle instance, you can create one. For more information, see Running the run_oracle_db_scripts.sql script in an Oracle environment.

(Windows)
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(Linux) Installing-the-Infrastructure-Management-Server-on-Linux-with-Oracle

4

Stop the Infrastructure Management process on both servers.

From the pw command prompt, run the following command:
pw sys stop

5

On the primary server:

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   1. Run the following command from the pw command prompt:pw ha enable
      The command generates the HA configuration file ha-generated.conf in the installedDirectory\pw\pronto\tmp directory.
   2. Copy the ha-generated.conf file to the secondary server.

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On the secondary server, run the following command from the pw command prompt:

pw ha enable standby file = <path of the ha-generated.conf file>

7

On the primary server, copy the following folder from the installedDirectory\TrueSight\pw\server\var folder to the same location on the secondary server:
pncell_<host name>#1

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On the secondary server:

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   1. Rename the folder that you copied from the primary server to:
      pncell_<host name>#2
   2. Copy the installedDirectory\TrueSight\pw\pronto\tmp\addremoteagent file to the primary server.

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On the primary server, run the addremoteagent file.

10

(Optional - If you want to configure remote cells)

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   1. On the primary server, add each remote cell entry to the installedDirectory/server/etc/mcell.dir file in the following format:
      cell <cell name> <encryption key>
      <cell host>:<cell port>
   2. On the primary server, run the iadmin command from the installedDirectory\pw\server\bin directory to register the remote cell:
      iadmin -ac name=<cell name>:key=<encryption key>:primaryHost=<cell host name>:primaryPort=<cell port>:environment=Production:usergroups=*
   3. Perform the preceding steps on the secondary server.
   4. On the primary server, run the mcontrol command from the installedDirectory\pw\server\bin directory to reload the cell configuration:
      mcontrol -n <pncell name> reload dir

11

Configure the Presentation Server:

Fresh install - Add the Infrastructure Management component to the Presentation Server. In the Host Name/IP Address field, enter the host name configured in the load balancer.

Upgrade install - Update the host name of the Infrastructure Management server in the Host Name/IP Address field with the host name configured in the load balancer.

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12

Configure the integrations with other BMC products.

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