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Network Peers for Connector Servers

In a high-availability deployment, CA IAM Connector Server systems are load balanced. The load balanced CA IAM Connector Server systems should be configured as network peers so that they can share configuration and requests. This approach ensures the distribution of configuration updates across sites, but has no impact on the distribution of ordinary requests which remain site-bound.

For this procedure, you use the management console of each connector server. Similar network peer configuration needs to be made for CA IAM Connector Server systems at the DR site to share the configuration with primary site.

Follow these steps:

Log in to the CA IAM Connector Server console using the admin account.

1. Select the Servers tab.
2. Select the Add button to add a new server.
3. When the Add Connector Server dialog appears, select the Network Peer radio button.

   

4. Enter the details.

   The domain can usually be left unchanged.

5. Select Test Connection to make sure a connection can be established between the connector servers.
6. Select OK.

Each of the other peers must be added under each CA IAM Connector Server. If a connection cannot be established, check that the clocks on the peers are synchronized.

Configuration needs to be replicated on primary and DR sites as follows:

• A peer configuration for Primary CA IAM Connector Server 1 and CA IAM Connector Server 2 must be added to the CA IAM Connector Server 1 at the DR site
• A peer configuration for Primary CA IAM Connector Server 1 and DR CA IAM Connector Server 1 must be added to Primary CA IAM Connector Server 2 at the Primary site
• A peer configuration for Primary CA IAM Connector Server 2 and DR CA IAM Connector Server 1 must be added to Primary CA IAM Connector Server 1 at the Primary site