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Best Practices and Frequently Asked Questions
Best Practices
When you create the cluster, the machine you happen to be logged into is
automatically added to the cluster as the first machine, and also added to the
Main_Group. Its machine level settings effectively get moved to the cluster level
as much as possible. There are no settings at the group level, and the only settings
left at the machine level are those which do not make sense at the cluster level,
and cannot be clustered. Examples are IP addresses, featurekeys, etc.
automatically added to the cluster as the first machine, and also added to the
Main_Group. Its machine level settings effectively get moved to the cluster level
as much as possible. There are no settings at the group level, and the only settings
left at the machine level are those which do not make sense at the cluster level,
and cannot be clustered. Examples are IP addresses, featurekeys, etc.
Leave as many settings at the cluster level as possible. If only one machine in the
cluster needs a different setting, copy that cluster setting to the machine level for
that machine. Do not move that setting. If you move a setting which has no
factory default (e.g. HAT table, SMTPROUTES table, LDAP server profile, etc.),
the systems inheriting the cluster settings will have blank tables and will probably
not process email.
cluster needs a different setting, copy that cluster setting to the machine level for
that machine. Do not move that setting. If you move a setting which has no
factory default (e.g. HAT table, SMTPROUTES table, LDAP server profile, etc.),
the systems inheriting the cluster settings will have blank tables and will probably
not process email.
To have that machine re-inherit the cluster setting, manage the CM settings and
delete the machine setting. You will only know if a machine is overriding the
cluster setting when you see this display:
delete the machine setting. You will only know if a machine is overriding the
cluster setting when you see this display:
Settings are defined:
To inherit settings from a higher level: Delete Settings for this
feature at this mode.
You can also Manage Settings.
Settings for this feature are also defined at:
Cluster: xxx
Or this display:
Delete settings from:
Cluster: xxx
Machine: yyyy.domain.com