Polycom 7000 manual Supercluster Procedures, To create or join a supercluster

Superclustering

Supercluster Procedures

Note: Verify DNS records

Prior to creating a supercluster, we recommend verifying that DNS can resolve all FQDNs of all clusters to become part of the supercluster. To do so, go to Maintenance > Troubleshooting Utilities

>Ping and ping the FQDNs (virtual and physical) of the other cluster(s). Do this on each cluster.

To create or join a supercluster

1Go to Network > RealPresence DMAs.

2In the Actions list, click Join Supercluster.

Note: Allow supercluster join operations to complete

You can only add one cluster to a supercluster at a time. Wait until the current join operation is completely finished before attempting to add another cluster to the supercluster. The join operation may take several minutes, and the time required increases as the number of clusters in the supercluster increases.

3In the Join Supercluster dialog, do one of the following:

To create a new supercluster, enter the FQDN or host name of the virtual management interface for the other Polycom RealPresence DMA cluster with which to form the supercluster. Be sure the other cluster is the one whose data store you want shared with the supercluster.

To add this system to an existing supercluster, enter the FQDN or host name of the virtual management interface of one of the clusters in the supercluster.

Note: Create required DNS records

You may specify an IP address instead, but 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.

4Enter the user name and password with which to log into the Polycom RealPresence DMA cluster you specified.

5Click OK.

A prompt warns you that the system will restart and local data will be overwritten, and asks you to confirm.

6Click Yes.

The cluster you’re logged in to connects to the cluster you specified and establishes or joins the supercluster. It obtains supercluster-wide configuration and data (this may take a few minutes). A dialog informs you when the process is complete and the cluster is ready to restart. Shortly after that, the cluster logs you out and restarts.

7Click OK to log out immediately, or simply wait.

Note: Restart your browser

You may need to restart your browser or flush your browser cache in order to log back into the system.

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