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Set Up Each Additional Cluster

This procedure is required to set up vertical clustering for Service View. Perform this procedure once for each new cluster that you want to create in addition to the original installation. For example, to set up two new clusters in addition to the original installation, you perform this procedure twice. Each time you perform this procedure, you update the same cluster.properties file before you run the ant command.

To set up each additional cluster

  1. Open the cluster.properties file for editing.
  2. Modify the port numbers and the cluster number listed in the following parameters. Verify that each number is unique across all clusters.

    The defaults listed in these parameters are the initial values for the first node created. For later nodes, increase this number so that it is unique. Ideally, increase the port and cluster numbers by 1 from the previous cluster.

    Note: Consider running the Windows netstat command to help identify which ports are available.

    view.node.id=number

    Specifies the number of the cluster.

    The default is 1.

    view.shutdown.port=number

    Specifies the Tomcat shutdown port for this node.

    The default is 8086.

    view.http.port=number

    Specifies the Tomcat startup port for this node.

    The default is 8081.

    view.ajp.port=number

    Specifies the ajp port for the load balancer to communicate with this node.

    The default is 8010.

    view.receiver.port=number

    Specifies the Tomcat cluster receiver node.

    The default is 4003.

  3. Navigate to the %USM_HOME% folder in Windows Explorer and double-click the usm.cmd file.

    The CA Service Catalog command prompt opens, with the location set to the %USM_HOME% folder path.

  4. Run the following command at that prompt: 
    ant install-view-node

    The ant command makes several configuration changes and other updates.

  5. (Optional) View the new log file to verify that the node has started without any exceptions.
  6. (Optional) Verify that the node is functioning by using the URL http://hostname:(view.http.port)/usm/wpf.

You have set up additional clusters.