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Manually creating clusters
If you do not want to create your clusters using the Cluster Setup Wizard, you can create
them manually. If you manually create clusters, you must then add each cluster member
to a cluster, using the ClusterCATS Explorer.
To manually add cluster members to a cluster, see
To manually create clusters:
1 Select Start > Programs > Macromedia > ClusterCATS Explorer.
The ClusterCATS Explorer opens.
2 Select Cluster Manager > New Cluster, or right-click the Cluster Manager icon and
select New Cluster, or click the New Cluster button in the toolbar.
The Create New Cluster dialog box appears:
3 Add a new cluster using the fields as described in the following table:
Field Description
Cluster Name Enter a unique name for the cluster.
Make cluster names logically consistent with their purpose. For
example, Sales Web, or Customer Support Web.
Web Server Enter the fully qualified host name (for example,
Name doc.macromedia.com) for the first server you want to be a
member of this cluster.
You cannot create an empty cluster; you must specify a web
server that will be part of the cluster. The first server that you add
to a cluster is known as the Admin Manager. The remaining
steps guide you in configuring the Admin Manager.
Bring up in Select this checkbox to bring the Admin Manager up in Passive
passive mode mode. If you do not select this checkbox, the server will be
brought up in Active mode.
For more information, see
on page
"Adding cluster members" on page
"Changing active/passive settings"
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