Creating a New Active Cluster
After you have designed your Active Cluster implementation, you are ready to create a cluster. The general process is to choose the TDV Server that is to be the first node in the cluster, and create the cluster on this computer. You then can add other servers to the cluster. All TDV metadata and configuration settings (except computer identity information) on the first TDV Server in the cluster are adopted by the TDV Servers you add to the cluster, except for customized ldap.properties or data source capabilities files. See TDV File Customizations in the TDV Installation and Upgrade Guide.
You must install TDV and Active Cluster prior to creating a cluster.
Note: The version of Active Cluster must match the version of TDV, and TDV Server can belong to only one Active Cluster at a time.
You can create a new Active Cluster using either the Manager Web interface or the command-line interface. At a minimum, you must have administrative privileges (MODIFY_ALL_CONFIG) and know the computer hostname, username, and password.
To create a new Active Cluster using Manager
1. Run TDV Server on the computer on which you are creating a new Active Cluster.
2. Log in to Studio and choose Launch Manager (Web) from the Administration menu.
Manager opens in your web browser.
3. Log in to Manager.
4. From the CONFIGURATION tab, choose Cluster.
Because this TDV Server does not belong to a cluster, two buttons are displayed: Create a cluster and Join a cluster
5. Click Create a cluster.
Manager opens a dialog box for you to specify a name for the cluster.
6. Enter a new cluster name and click OK.
To create a new Active Cluster using the command-line interface
1. Run TDV Server.
2. Open a DOS window or UNIX terminal and navigate to the bin directory of the TDV installation directory, which by default is:
<TDV_install_dir>\bin
3. Enter the command:
cluster_util.bat (Windows)| cluster_util.sh(UNIX) -server <hostname> [-port <port>]
-user <username> -password <password> [-domain <domain>]
-create
-clusterName <clustername>
[-debug]
Replace the information in the angle brackets with the appropriate information for this TDV Server. Information in the square brackets is optional.
For example:
$ ./cluster_util.sh -server localhost -user admin -password admin
-create -clusterName DevCluster
This command creates a cluster named DevCluster.
The cluster_util subcommands for creating a cluster are described in
The -create Subcommand.
See
Viewing the Status of an Active Cluster for how to view the cluster and its only member.
