When you configure a SOA Security Manager Agent, a Host configuration file (named SmHost.conf by default), is created on the host server. The Agent uses the connection information in this Host configuration file to create an initial connection with a Policy Server.
After the initial connection is established, the Agent obtains subsequent Policy Server connection information from the Host Configuration Object (HCO) on the Policy Server. You can configure the HCO to include multiple Policy Servers and specify how the Agent is to distribute requests among multiple Policy Servers.
A SOA Security Manager Agent can distribute requests among multiple Policy Servers in the following ways:
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