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After you install
When you have successfully installed ClusterCATS on all members of the cluster and any
administrative computers, you are ready to create your first cluster.
If you administer ClusterCATS from a Windows computer, you can use the Cluster
Setup Wizard described in “Creating clusters with the Cluster Setup Wizard” on page 54,
or manually create the cluster using the procedure described in “Creating clusters” on
page 54.
If you administer ClusterCATS from a UNIX computer, see “Creating clusters in UNIX”
on page 60.
Regardless of the method you use to create your first cluster, you should familiarize
yourself with the procedures in the following table when implementing your web
applications in a clustered environment:
Option Description
Load thresholds
for servers
Two response time thresholds configured for each server. THe first
defines maximum or busy load; the second activates load
management. If the load for the server exceeds the busy threshold, no
new sessions can start on that server. If another server in the cluster
has the capacity to handle additional users, requests are redirected to
it. The load management activation threshold is referred to as the
gradual redirection threshold and is designed to prevent the server
from reaching the peak threshold.
For more information, see “Server load thresholds” on page 66.
Email addresses
for alarm
recipients
ClusterCATS generates alarm notifications for several events,
including HTTP server failures, low disk space, server busy, and web
server failover. You provide e-mail addresses of all administrators for
ClusterCATS to notify for each generated alarm notification.
For more information, see “Administrator alarm notifications” on page
98.
Session-aware
load balancing
If your web applications use session variables that store information in
web server memory, you should enable session-aware load balancing.
This feature prevents users who have established a session from being
redirected to another server as a result of load balancing.
For more information, see “Session-aware load balancing” on page 72.
Administering
with the
ClusterCATS Web
Explorer
If you use a UNIX computer to administer your cluster with
ClusterCATS Web Explorer, you must configure your web server to
host the Web Explorer pages.
For more information, see “Configuring the communications port on
your web server” on page 50.
Administrative
authentication
Password protect administrative access to your cluster members using
domain accounts (NT only) or local accounts on each system (UNIX
and NT). Administrative users must also be members of the group sys,
or a special BT_<clustername> group.
For more information, see “Administering security” on page 103.
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