Add High Availability backup
Fill in the fields and click OK to activate high availability.
- Port number
- The number of a port that is unused on both Dispatcher machines that will be used
for heartbeat messages. You must use the same port number for both the primary and
backup machines.
- Role
- Choose between:
- Primary
- Backup
- Both (mutual high availability feature)
- Recovery strategy
- Choose between:
- Auto--the primary machine will resume load balancing as soon as it comes back into service.
- Manual--the primary machine will act as standby for the backup machine until you have manually forced the primary to takeover.
- Heartbeat source address
- The address of the high availability partner machine that sends
heartbeats. This address should be defined on the physical adapter of the partner that you wish
to use to monitor the health of the Dispatcher. You can define a source address for each physical
adapter in the Dispatcher machine.
- Heartbeat destination address
- The destination address is the address of the high availability partner machine
to which heartbeats and responses are sent. This address should be defined on the physical
adapter of the partner that you wish to use to monitor the health of the Dispatcher. You can
define a destination address for each physical adapter in the Dispatcher machine.
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