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Appendix 8 – Changing the cluster name (and keeping FindMe accounts)
Cisco VCS Deployment Guide: Cluster creation and maintenance (Cisco VCS X7.1)
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Appendix 8 – Changing the cluster name (and
keeping FindMe accounts)
keeping FindMe accounts)
Provisioning Extension mode
Cluster name changing needs no special handling when using Provisioning Extension mode.
Be aware though that the cluster name is the FQDN provided as part of provisioning as the FQDN for
the endpoint to send registration requests to.
the endpoint to send registration requests to.
TMS Agent legacy mode
The cluster name specifies which data is to be used from the replicated database.
Follow this process to change the cluster name in order to retain the data associated with the previous
cluster name. e.g. when a new VCS cluster is being created and the FindMe accounts are to be
carried across from the Master VCS to the new cluster.
cluster name. e.g. when a new VCS cluster is being created and the FindMe accounts are to be
carried across from the Master VCS to the new cluster.
1. In the root login, at a command prompt, type:
transferfindmeaccounts <current Cluster name of this VCS> <Cluster name of the
cluster being created>
cluster being created>
2. Go to VCS configuration > Clustering and:
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Set Cluster name to be <Cluster name of the cluster being created>, where <Cluster name
of the cluster being created> is the routable fully qualified domain name used in SRV records
that address this VCS cluster, for example "cluster1.example.com". (See Appendix 9 –
Cluster name and DNS SRV records).
of the cluster being created> is the routable fully qualified domain name used in SRV records
that address this VCS cluster, for example "cluster1.example.com". (See Appendix 9 –
Cluster name and DNS SRV records).
Note:
If transferfindmeaccounts is executed on multiple VCSs with different <current Cluster name of
this VCS> to the same <Cluster name of the cluster being created>, the FindMe accounts from
each of the VCSs will be merged into the new <Cluster name of the cluster being created>
database.
this VCS> to the same <Cluster name of the cluster being created>, the FindMe accounts from
each of the VCSs will be merged into the new <Cluster name of the cluster being created>
database.
If a whole cluster is having its cluster name changed, the transferfindmeaccounts only needs to
be run on the master VCS.
be run on the master VCS.
If a VCS cluster has its name changed, go to TMS and select the Master VCS, select the
clustering tab and ‘Cluster name has changed’ should be reported. Select ‘Update Cluster in
TMS’.
clustering tab and ‘Cluster name has changed’ should be reported. Select ‘Update Cluster in
TMS’.