BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide

Adding an installed CMS to a cluster

In these steps, the independent CMS refers to the one that you want to add to a cluster. You will add the independent CMS to your production CMS cluster. By adding an independent CMS to a cluster, you disconnect the independent CMS from its own database and instruct it to share the system database that belongs to your production CMS.

Before starting this procedure, ensure that you have a database user account with Create, Delete, and Update rights to the database storing the BusinessObjects Enterprise tables. Ensure also that you can connect to the database from the machine that is running the independent CMS (through your database client software or through ODBC, according to your configuration). Also ensure that the CMS you are adding to the cluster meets the requirements outlined in Clustering Central Management Servers.

Note:    Back up your current CMS database before beginning this procedure. If necessary, contact your database administrator.

To add an installed CMS to a cluster on Windows

1. Use the CCM to stop the independent Central Management Server.
2.  With the CMS selected, click Specify CMS Data Source on the toolbar.

The CMS Database Setup dialog box appears.

 

3. Click Select a Data Source; then click OK.
4. In the Select Database Driver dialog box, specify whether you want to connect to the production CMS database through ODBC, or through one of the native drivers.
5. Click OK.
6. The remaining steps depend upon the connection type you selected:
• If you selected ODBC, the Windows "Select Data Source" dialog box appears. Select the ODBC data source that corresponds to your production CMS database; then click OK. If prompted, provide your database credentials and click OK. The CCM connects to the database server and adds the new CMS to the cluster.
• If you selected a native driver, you are prompted for your database Server Name, your Login ID, and your Password. Once you provide this information, the CCM connects to the database server and adds the new CMS to the cluster.

  The SvcMgr dialog box notifies you when the CMS database setup is complete.

7. Click OK.
8. Start the Central Management Server.

To add an installed CMS to a cluster on UNIX

Use the cmsdbsetup.sh script. For reference, see the BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Reference Guide.