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Automation Engine and Clusters

Clusters groupAn Automation Engine object type that integrates tasks so that they can be processed together. computers in order to achieve increased computer capacity or workload distribution. AE can also run in a cluster.

Installation and configurationA set of constituent components that make up a system. This includes information on how the components are connected including the settings applied. for a cluster are almost the same as they are for an individual computer. The most important steps are listed below. Other settings in the cluster itself depend on the cluster software in use.

Automation Engine

It is useful to integrate your Automation EngineThis component drives an Automation Engine system and consists of different types of server processes. in a cluster if it has only been installed on one computer.

  1. Install the Automation Engine in a separate directory.
  2. Enter the cluster's virtual IP address in the INI-file parameter hostname= (section [TCP/IP]).
  3. Install the ServiceManagerA program that facilitates the starts and stops of Automation Engine components. on all the cluster's computers in order to ensure that the server processes can be started if the computer is changed. The ServiceManager must be available as a cluster service.

Agents

Agents can also run in a cluster.

  1. Install the agentA program that enables the de-centralized execution of processes (such as deployments) on target systems (computers or business solutions) or a service that provides connectivity to a target system (such as for databases or middleware). An agent is also an object type in the Automation Engine. [Formerly called "Executor."] See also: host in a separate directory.
  2. Enter the cluster's virtual IP address in the INI-file parameter UC_EX_IP_ADDR (section [VARIABLES]).
  3. Install the ServiceManager on all the cluster's computers in order to ensure that the agents can be started if the computer is changed. The ServiceManager must be available as a cluster service.

Example: Microsoft Cluster

Keep the following instructions in mind when installing a Windows agent in a cluster:

There are two different installation types. The ServiceManager and the agent are either installed on a shared disk (Type 1) or the ServiceManager is installed on a local disk and the agent on a shared disk (Type 2).

Type 2 does not require you to switch the cluster group during the installation. The ServiceManager must be installed on each node.

Type 1:

Type 2:

 

See also:

AE system in a Windows Cluster

 


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