Registering a Sametime Community Server cluster on AIX, Linux, and Windows

If you are clustering Sametime® Community Servers on IBM® AIX®, Linux, or Microsoft Windows, register the cluster with the Sametime System Console, so you can manage all of the Sametime servers from a central location.

Before you begin

Make sure each of these servers is ready for the cluster registration task:

  • Each of the Sametime Community Servers in the cluster must be registered with the Sametime System Console (which occurred when you used a deployment plan to install them)
  • Each Community Server must be started.
  • The Sametime System Console must be started.
  • The LDAP server must be started, and must be connected to the Sametime System Console.
Note: This task is required only if you are using a cluster of Sametime Community Servers.

About this task

Register a Community Server cluster so that the user interface indicates that a particular server participates in a Community Server cluster. Registering the Community Server cluster has no impact on chat functionality, it is strictly for administration user interface purposes.

Procedure

  1. If you just configured cluster settings for a group of Sametime Community Servers, restart all of the cluster members now so the cluster goes into effect before you continue.
  2. Run the registration utility using the following command:
    Attention: Run this utility only once for the cluster; you can run it from any member of the cluster.

    AIX

    registerSTCluster.sh

    Linux

    /your_path/notesdata/console/registerSTCluster.sh

    Windows

    Domino_program_directory/console/registerSTCluster.bat

  3. As the registration utility runs, you will be prompted to enter the following information:
    Table 1. Registration information
    Field Value
    Cluster name Type the name you created when you configured the cluster, and press Enter.
    Location of sametime.ini file This is the user name and password that you use to manage the upgraded Sametime Community Server from the Community Server Administration Tool. Type the full path to the directory containing the notes.ini file, and press Enter. For example, on Windows: C:\Lotus\Domino
    Domino® administrator user name This is the account that you use to manage the upgraded Sametime Community Server from the Community Server Administration Tool. Type the Domino administrator's user name, and press Enter.
    Domino administrator password Type the password associated with the Domino administrator user account, and press Enter.

    The utility registers the server, generating a log file called ConsoleUtility.log and storing it in the console/logs directory.

  4. Restart the Sametime Community Server where you ran the registration utility.
  5. Verify that a server participates in the Community Server cluster as follows:
    1. From Sametime System Console > Sametime Servers > Community Servers, the clusterName row displays in the list of Community Servers. The clusterName row identifies which cluster a particular Community Server belongs to.
    2. In the Community Server Guided Activity, Installed/Clustered displays in the Plan Status.