Polycom 3725-76302-001O manual RealPresence DMAs

Superclustering

Create four territories, assign a primary cluster for each, and assign the fifth cluster as backup for all four.

Create five territories, assign a primary cluster for each, and make each cluster the backup for one of the other territories.

Use some hybrid of the above that best suits your enterprise network’s distribution of sites, users, and traffic.

Keep in mind that only three territories can host conference rooms.

Note: Resource Management Integration

If you’ve integrated with a Polycom RealPresence Resource Manager or CMA system, site topology data comes from that system and can’t be edited in the RealPresence DMA system. You must create the territories needed in the RealPresence Resource Manager or CMA system.

3Create the territories needed, assign functionality responsibilities to the territories, and assign primary and backup clusters to the territories.

Note: Supercluster Software Versions Must Match

All the clusters in a supercluster must be running compatible software versions. Patch releases of the same major version will generally be compatible, but major version upgrades will not be compatible. Major version software upgrades of a supercluster take careful planning. See Incompatible Software Version Supercluster Upgrades on page 386.

If you’re planning to form a supercluster, we encourage you to upgrade to the latest version before doing so.

Note: Create Required DNS Records

The host names (virtual and physical) of every cluster in the supercluster must be resolvable by all the other clusters. For a superclustered system, A/AAAA records on your DNS server(s) for each physical host name, physical IP address, and virtual host name are mandatory. See Add Required DNS Records for the Polycom RealPresence DMA System on page 30.

Superclustering is not supported in Maximum security mode. See The Consequences of Enabling Maximum Security Mode on page 55.

See also:

Supercluster Procedures on page 230

RealPresence DMAs

The RealPresence DMAs page lets you create, view, and manage a supercluster of Polycom RealPresence DMA systems (see About Superclustering on page 226).

If the system you’re logged into is not (and has not been) part of a supercluster, the list contains only that system. The Join Supercluster command lets you:

●Create a new supercluster by pointing it to another free-standing (not superclustered) Polycom RealPresence DMA system. Both systems become clusters in the new supercluster. The system you’re logged into has its local data store largely replaced by a copy of the data store from the system to which you pointed it. The data from that other system becomes the shared supercluster data store.

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