Setting the component ranking order before deploying a binary payload

The File Deployer process automatically creates an entry for each of your AR System components in the  AR System Monitor form. Use the AR System Monitor form to set preferences by adding ranking for deployment between various available components. The ranking is set in an ascending order. 

To set the ranking order for a component

1. Open the AR System Monitor form.
2. Click Search and select a component from available options. 
   When you select an option, the form is populated with details for the selected component.
   
3. To set the rank, click  the increment or decrements buttons or enter a positive integer value (from 1 to 9999) 
4. Select a Deployment Mode from the following options: 
   
   • Automatic (default)
   • Manual
5. (Optional) If the Manual deployment mode is selected, click Deploy Now to start the payload deployment.
   Deploy Now instructs the AR System Server to start the deployment.
6. Click Save.

Example: Setting the component ranking order

Consider you have seven components, such as four AR System (ARSvr1, ARSvr2, ARSvr3, and ARSvr4), two mid tiers (MT1 and MT2) and one Smart IT server. You have set the following values in the Rank field of the AR System Monitor form:

In this scenario, ARSvr3 with Rank 1 has the highest preference. It will be updated first when you start the binary payload deployment.

If you have the same ranking or no ranking for multiple servers, the system selects any random server to deploy the payload.