Creating a Management Station Cluster

Any TIBCO LogLogic® appliance, except the MX family of appliances, can be used as a Management Station.

From the MX family, only MXVirtual can be used as a Management Station. On any such appliance, after you add another appliance through the Management Station feature, the appliance becomes a Management Station. You can then add more appliances to the cluster at any time.

All appliances in a Management Station cluster must be running exactly the same LogLogic® LSP and TIBCO LogLogic® Log Management Intelligence release.

Note: It is not necessary for them to be running the same LogLogic® LMI hotfix.

For information on upgrading the appliances in a Management Station cluster, keeping them on the exact same software release, see the TIBCO LogLogic® Log Source Packages Configuration Guides.

Procedure

  1. In the GUI of the Management Station appliance, go to Management > Management Station.
    The Appliance tab displays a list of appliances, if any.
  2. To add a new appliance, click the Add New Appliance icon.
  3. On the General tab:
    1. Enter the IP address or DNS name of the appliance to add to the cluster.
    2. (Optional) Enter a name for the appliance. This unique name distinguishes it from the other appliances in the cluster.
    3. Select the type of appliance that you are adding to the cluster: LX, ST, or MX. If the remote appliance is available, the appliance type from the remote appliance is used.
  4. Click Save.
    The appliance is added to the cluster.

Result

After you add at least one other appliance to the cluster, the system automatically adds your appliance as IP address 127.0.0.1 to the cluster and converts it to a Management Station. The Management Station Dashboard appears in the navigation menu.

The Appliances tab displays all appliances in the cluster. If you remove all the appliances from the cluster, the Management Station reverts back to being a single LX or ST appliance.

Use the Selection tab to select the current managed appliance. This option is available only if you have configured at least one remote appliance. All appliance features perform the corresponding functionality on the selected remote appliance.