If you are upgrading EFT Server in a cluster, you MUST bring down BOTH nodes BEFORE performing the upgrade. Refer to Upgrading EFT Server in a Cluster instead of this topic.
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If you are upgrading EFT Server in a cluster, you MUST bring down BOTH nodes BEFORE performing the upgrade. Refer to Upgrading EFT Server in a Cluster instead of this topic. |
After you install and configure clustering on the system, perform the following procedure to configure EFT Servers in the cluster.
Install EFT server on the active node
Install EFT Server on the active node and select the shared disk drive as the installation directory.
When the install completes, launch the product. Connect to EFT Server using the EFT Administrator account that you created during installation.
Activate the software in Full or Trial mode. Use your primary serial number if activating the primary node and your backup serial number if activating the backup node.
Once activated, exit EFT Administrator without configuring a new Site.
Open the Services dialog box (in Windows Administrative Tools), open the GlobalSCAPE EFT Server service Properties dialog box, then switch the startup mode from Automatically to Manual.
Now stop the GlobalSCAPE EFT Server service, close the Services dialog box, and launch the Cluster Administrator.
In the Cluster Administrator, make the second node active: In the left pane, click Groups, right-click the appropriate cluster and disk groups, then click Move Group. All resources should move from the first node over to the second node so that the second EFT Server installation succeeds. If not, the shared disk will lock for the second node. It may take a few moments for the resources to switch over.
Install EFT Server on the second node once it is active (also to the shared directory), following steps above, and then exit the Services dialog box without stopping the GlobalSCAPE EFT Server service.
Launch EFT Administrator, connect to the EFT Server service on the second node, and configure EFT Server.
Create a new Site: On the EFT Administrator main menu, click Configuration, then click Create New Site.
If you are using the built-in authentication services, make sure you specify the shared disk drive as the location for saving your user database (.aud) file.
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Clusters can be configured as member servers but must all be members of the same domain and always have contact with the global catalog server. In most cases, the cluster is independent of the network in a DMZ, and would be Domain Controllers. |
Confirm that the default EFT Server root folder is pointed to a location on the shared disk drive, then click Finish.
On the Site Options tab, specify the home IP for the Site. You can select All Incoming or Shared IP. Both methods work, but the preferred method is to specify a shared IP address. Be sure to use the IP addresses you specified in Set up the Server Cluster.
Create and configure users, Groups, Event Rules, and the Virtual File System, then close EFT Administrator.
Next Step: Integrate EFT Server into the Cluster