Setting up clusters for Rational Focal Point

You can set up cluster configurations for IBM® Rational® Focal Point™ on an application server.

Procedure

Before you set up a cluster configuration in the application server, perform the following steps:

  1. Start the application server and ensure that Rational Focal Point is running.
  2. Set a multicast group address in the database by setting an unused Administratively-scoped (local) multicast address on your network.
    1. Log in to Rational Focal Point.
    2. Click Advanced > SQL and insert the following code:
      insert into projectsetting (pid,name,value) values (-2,'multicast.group.address','<multicast address>')
      For example, to set 239.0.0.1 as multicast address in the network, insert the code
      insert into projectsetting (pid,name,value) values (-2,'multicast.group.address','239.0.0.1')
      Note: Ensure that this multicast address does not interfere with other multicast address on your network.
    3. Click Execute.
    Notes:
    • For information about setting up the clusters in Apache Tomcat server and WebSphere® Application Server, see the server documentation.
    • While setting up clusters in WebSphere Application Server, ensure that Configure HTTP session memory-to-memory replication is not selected.
    • After you set up the clusters in WebSphere Application Server, in the custom properties for JVM, add WAS_SERVER_NAME, with the cluster name as the value.

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