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Server processes
The following list outlines the server process steps (prepare, install, reconfigure, attach, detach, and delete) when you work with UNICOM Intelligence cluster servers.
Adding an unprepared UNICOM Intelligence server (physical or virtual): Prepare step (from a separate, single computer cluster)
User interface action
Click Prepare Server.
The new server is added to the left pane cluster tree as a new server (identified with the Configured icon This graphic is described in the surrounding text., and a blank configuration form displays in the right pane.
Command line equivalent
Precondition: NewServer.config file is manually created.
ClusterEditor.exe \\SiteInstallDir\DataCollectionSitePrep.ini -prepare \\SiteInstallDir\NewServer.config
Operation
1 UNICOM Intelligence updates the cluster configuration file DataCollectionSitePrep .ini; the new server status is set as Configured.
2 UNICOM Intelligence creates silent response files (<server_name>.iss) for silent installation.
3 Fill in the configuration details, and then click Save.
Adding an unprepared UNICOM Intelligence server (physical or virtual): Install step 1
For more information, see the UNICOM Intelligence Installation Guide.
Command line equivalent
If the cluster was ever installed in a normal node, the passwords must be manually input (instead of NOT_SET) for the service user, anonymous user, and DPMAdmin.
For more information, see the silent installation instructions in the UNICOM Intelligence Installation Guide.
The UNICOM Intelligence installer installs software with configured roles and settings, and then updates the server status to Installed in the DataCollectionSitePrep .ini file.
Adding an unprepared UNICOM Intelligence server (physical or virtual): Install step 2
Starting the Cluster Editor in this state displays the server in an installed status (identified with the Installed icon This graphic is described in the surrounding text.). Select the new server, and then click Detach Server.
UNICOM Intelligence removes the server from the cluster, and then sets the server status as Detached in the DataCollectionSitePrep.ini file.
Command line equivalent
ClusterEditor.exe \\SiteInstallDir\DataCollectionSitePrep.ini -detach NewServerName
Adding a prepared UNICOM Intelligence server (physical or virtual): Reconfigure step (from the target cluster, if required)
You must use the command line:
ServerConfig.exe \\SiteInstallDir\DataCollectionSitePrep.ini
UNICOM Intelligence updates the new server to match the cluster and then adds the server information in DataCollectionSitePrep.ini; the server status is Detached.
Adding a prepared UNICOM Intelligence server (physical or virtual): Attach step
1 In the Cluster Editor utility, click File > Refresh.
The server displays with the Detached This graphic is described in the surrounding text. or Installed This graphic is described in the surrounding text. icon.
2 Click Attach Server.
UNICOM Intelligence adds the server to the cluster, and then updates the server status to Attached inDataCollectionSitePrep.ini.
Command line equivalent
ClusterEditor.exe \\SiteInstallDir\DataCollectionSitePrep.ini -attach NewServerName
Server included in cluster: Delete step
Click Delete Server.
UNICOM Intelligence removes the server from the cluster, and then deletes the server information from the DataCollectionSitePrep.ini file.
Command line equivalent
ClusterEditor.exe \\SiteInstallDir\DataCollectionSitePrep.ini -delete NewServerName
See
ClusterEditorUI.exe utility