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Configure the Standby or Application Server

You configure each standby and application server after configuring the background server. This configuration is required to establish communication with the background server.

Important! (Recommended) Ensure that both background server and all other standby servers have similar configuration. This process ensures that during a failover when a standby server becomes the new background server, it can function exactly like the old background server.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the in to the server that you want to configure as the standby or application server.
2. Use the pdm_configure command to start the configuration.

   The Select Server Configuration screen opens.

3. Select Advanced Availability as the configuration type and follow the prompts to complete the configuration. For more information, see the Server Configuration Help.
4. Repeat steps 1-3 on each of the servers that you want to configure as the standby and application server.

   You have configured the standby and application servers.

5. If you have one or more application servers and you want to use a load balancer to track the requests to and from the different application servers, configure the load balancer.

   Note: To use a load balancer URL or an application server URL for the links in the CA SDM notifications, complete the following steps:

   1. Log in to the background server.
   2. Select Options Manager, Notifications on the Administration tab.
   3. Change the value of the web_cgi_url option to point to:
      • The load balancer if you have more than one application servers.
      • The application server, if you have only one application server.