You can use custom properties to configure the autonomic
controllers to always start on a particular node or deployment manager
process.
To force a controller to always start on a deployment manager or
a node agent process, set the HAManagedItemPreferred_component_variable custom
property on the specific deployment manager or node.
Complete the following steps to set the custom property on a node
agent process.
- In the administrative console, click System administration
> Nodes > node_name > node_agent_name >
Java and process management > Process definition > Java virtual machine
> Custom properties.
- Enter the name of the custom property.
- Set the value of the custom property to true.
- Click Apply, and save your changes.
Complete the following steps to set the custom property on a deployment
manager process.
- In the administrative console, click System administration
> Deployment manager > Java and process management > Process definition
> Java virtual machine > Custom properties.
- Enter the name of the custom property.
- Set the value of the custom property to true.
- Click Apply, and save your changes.
Examples
To configure the application placement controller to start on a
deployment manager or a node agent process, set the following custom
property:
HAManagedItemPreferred_apc=true
To configure the autonomic request flow manager to start on a deployment
manager or a node agent process, set the following custom property:
HAManagedItemPreferred_arfm=true
To configure the health management controller to start on a deployment
manager or a node agent process, set the following custom property:
HAManagedItemPreferred_hmm=true
To configure the high availability plugin-cfg generation service
to start on a deployment manager or a node agent process, set the
following custom property:
HAManagedItemPreferred_PluginCfgGenerator=true
To configure the VMware activity publisher to start on a deployment
manager or a node agent process, set the following custom property:
HAManagedItemPreferred_vmshimactivitypublisher=true