Log into the secondary (slave) Standard Server.
From the Sheriff Setup Main menu, select Jailbreak System and press Enter (<OK>).
Press Enter (<Yes>) to continue.
When you see the command line prompt, access and edit the file /etc/vigilante/vigilante_setup.conf
as indicated in the angle-bracketed variables below:
ha_heartbeat_start=yes ha_local_node_ip=<slave_csm_IP> ha_other_node_ip=<master_csm_IP> ha_other_node_name=<master_csm_name> ha_password=<password> *This password must be the same for both slave and master.* ha_role=slave ha_virtual_ip=<virtual_IP>
Important: The ha_role value must always equal "slave" for the secondary node.
Enable HA in the slave by entering the following command:
screen sheriff-ha-assistant -e
Note: Use screen to keep the process running in the background even when the session disconnects.
Check that the secondary node is up and running by entering:
sheriff-ha-assistant –s
When prompted, enter the remote (master) root user password.
After about five minutes, you see the following output:
Log into the primary (master) Standard Server.
From the Sheriff Setup Main menu, select Jailbreak System and press Enter (<OK>).
Press Enter (<Yes>) to continue.
When you see the command line prompt, access the file /etc/vigilante/vigilante_setup.conf
and edit it as indicated within the angle-bracketed variables, as shown below:
ha_heartbeat_start=yes ha_local_node_ip=<master_csm_IP> ha_other_node_ip=<slave_csm_IP> ha_other_node_name=<slave_csm_name> ha_password=<password> **This password must be the same for both slave and master.** ha_role=master ha_virtual_ip=<virtual_IP>
Enable HA in the primary (master) node:
screen sheriff-ha-assistant -e
Note: Use screen to keep the process running in the background even when the session disconnects.
This outputs the following:
Check that the primary node is up and running:
sheriff-ha-assistant –s
When prompted, enter the remote (slave) root user password.
After about five minutes, you see output confirming that the node is running
Launch a web browser and verify that you can access the USM Appliance system, using the HA virtual IP specified in the vigilante_setup.conf
file.