High availability xMII server configuration copy

[Former Member]

We are setting up two xMII servers in a Hight Availability configuration. What files/directories do I need to ensure are copied between the main and backup servers so that the configuration is completely duplicated between them? I know I can copy the entire Lighthammer directory but that is kind of a brute force method. What is the more elegant approach?

[jamie_cawley · Accepted solution]

Please refer to the

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Please also note the file SystemConfig.xml found in LighthammerIlluminatorConf

contains the Security Server URL of the machine.

Regards,

Jamie

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks. So this would be a file I would NOT copy between the primary and backup servers when updating their configuration. Are there others?

[jamie_cawley · Accepted solution]

That's all you should have to worry about.

[jcgood25 · Accepted solution]

Hi Sparks - make sure if you do update any of the actual configuration files that you restart the ServletExec-xMII service since the initilization process is the only time that users/roles, data servers, time periods, etc. are read directly from the file system. Overwriting the configuration folders/files is a backdoor process that will not be automatically picked up by the servers since the standard editors and jsp pages are not used, which is why you would need to restart the service.

Regards,

Jeremy Good