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A Cisco EPN Manager web GUI user ID with Administration privileges on the primary server. You will also need the
user’s password.
user’s password.
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A valid email address to which HA notifications can be sent.
Install Cisco EPN Manager in a High Availability Deployment (Fresh Installation)
Before You Begin
Make sure your servers meet the requirements listed in
Procedure
Step 1
Install Cisco EPN Manager on the primary server as described in
. You should perform
the entire procedure.
Step 2
Install Cisco EPN Manager on the secondary server as described in
.
Step 3
When you are prompted to choose whether you want this newly-installed server to act as a secondary fallback server
in an HA implementation, enter yes.
in an HA implementation, enter yes.
Step 4
Enter a password which will be used as the HA authentication key for communication between the primary and
secondary servers. You will need this key to configure HA in
secondary servers. You will need this key to configure HA in
. (During normal operation, you will need to enter
the HA authentication key to log in to the secondary server’s Health Monitor page.)
Step 5
Enter the password again to confirm.
Step 6
Enter Y to confirm that you want to install this server as a secondary. When the installation is complete, the VM
(OVA/VM) or Cisco UCS server (ISO/bare metal) will reboot.
(OVA/VM) or Cisco UCS server (ISO/bare metal) will reboot.
Step 7
on the you will are presented with a login prompt, log in using the Cisco EPN Manager CLI admin username and
password you specified in
password you specified in
of
.
Step 8
Verify the that all processes are running on the secondary server using the ncs status command.
Step 9
Make sure all devices are configured to forward events (syslogs, traps, and TL1 messages) to both servers (or the virtual
IP address, if you are using one).
IP address, if you are using one).
Note
If you do not perform this step before registering the secondary server on the primary server and a failover
occurs, you may lose some data.
occurs, you may lose some data.
Step 10
If you used this procedure to install Cisco EPN Manager on your servers as part of a backup-restore upgrade, go to
in
.
Step 11
Configure HA by registering the secondary server on the primary server. The registration process must be performed
from the primary server. For more information, see the section on registering the secondary server on the primary server,
in the
from the primary server. For more information, see the section on registering the secondary server on the primary server,
in the
.