There are four methods you can use to configure Site Selector: the command line, scripts, the graphical user interface (GUI), and the configuration wizard. This topic assumes use of the command line.
The command line is the most direct means of configuring Site Selector. The command parameter values must be entered in English characters. The only exceptions are host names (used, for example, in site name and server commands) and file names.
sserver
To
stop the service, type: sserver stop
sscontrol he f
instead
of sscontrol help file
To start the command-line interface issue sscontrol to receive an sscontrol command prompt. To end the command-line interface issue the exit or quit commands.
sscontrol file appendload myscript
sscontrol file newload myscript
sscontrol file save savescript
This command saves the configuration script file in the install_root/servers/configurations/ss directory.
ssserver
lbadmin
To configure the Site Selector component from the GUI, you must first select Site Selector in the tree structure. You can start the executor and manager after you connect to a Host. You can also create clusters that contain ports and servers, and start advisors for the manager.
You can use the GUI to do anything that you would do with the sscontrol command. For example, to define a cluster by using the command line, you would enter dscontrol cluster add cluster command. To define a cluster from the GUI, right-click Executor, then in the menu, left-click Add Cluster. Enter the cluster address in the window, then click OK.
You can load pre-existing Site Selector configuration files by using the Load New Configuration (for completely replacing the current configuration) and Append to Current Configuration (for updating the current configuration) options that are presented in the Host menu. Save your Site Selector configuration to a file periodically by using the Save Configuration File As option that is also presented in the Host menu. The File menu that is at the top of the GUI enables you to save your current host connections to a file or restore connections in existing files across all Load Balancer components.
executor report
The results
and history of the commands run in the current session and display
in the window provided.The wizard guides you step by step through the process of creating a basic configuration for the Site Selector component. You are asked questions about your network and you are guided through the setup of a cluster for Site Selector to load balance traffic between a group of servers.
ssserver
sswizard