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Set Up the Production Distribution Server

The production Distribution Server contains the DH. The DH distributes policy deployments made on the production DMS to the endpoints, and receives deployment status updates from the endpoints to send to the production DMS.

Because the production DHs and the disaster recovery DMS subscribe to the production DMS, set up the production DMS before you set up any other disaster recovery component. This helps ensure that the subscriptions are correctly configured later in the installation process.

To set up the production Distribution Server

  1. Install the Distribution Server on the production Distribution Server computer.
  2. Run the following command on the production Distribution Server to configure the DH:
    dmsmgr -remove -auto
    
    dmsmgr -create -dh name -parent name\
    [-admin user[,user...]] [-desktop host[,host...]]
    
    -dh name

    Creates a DH with the name specified on the local host.

    -parent name

    Defines the production DMS that the DH will send endpoint notifications to. Specify the production DMS in the following format: DMS_name@hostname.

    -admin user[,user...]

    (Optional) Defines internal users as administrators of the created DH.

    -desktop host[,host...]

    (Optional) Defines a list of computers that have TERMINAL access rights to the computer with the created DH.

    Note: Whether specified or not, the terminal running the utility is always granted administration rights for the created DH.

    The production DH is created and configured.

  3. Run the following command:
    sepmd -n prDMS_name prDH_name
    
    prDMS_name

    Defines the name of the production DMS.

    prDH_name

    Defines the name of the production DHs. Specify the name in the following format: prDH_name@hostname.

    Example: DH__@prdh.com

    The DH is subscribed to and synchronized with the production DMS.

  4. Set up Message Queue routing between the Distribution Server and the production DMS.
  5. Repeat Steps 1-4 for each production Distribution Server.