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Configuring Other High Availability Options

Backing Up the Database Locally

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To disable high availability, follow the above procedure, configure the following parameter
in the file, save the file, and restart the HA Server:
haSvr.cfg
highAvail.isHaEnabled=n
Other parameters in the High Availability configuration file enable you to change how
high availability works in your network.
To configure other high availability options:
Stop the running server processes.
1.
Navigate to the HA Server configuration directory (
2.
Open the HA Server configuration file (
3.
Configure the file as needed:
4.
To change the HA Server (and local database) backup directory, edit the value for
the highAvail.pathDbBackup variable.
To change the time of day that the HA replication begins, edit the value for the
highAvail.backupTimeHour variable.
To change the number of backup files that the tool saves, edit the value for the
highAvail.numofBackup variable.
To change the path to the rsync package, edit the value for the
highAvail.rsyncLocation variable.
To change the heartbeat interval, edit the value for the highAvail.heartbeatInterval
variable.
Save the file.
5.
Restart the HA Server process. To do this, you must send a HUP signal to the highAvail
6.
process. For example:
kill -HUP <process id>
NOTE: Use the haStatus command to identify the highAvail process ID.
A shell archive script is provided to manually backup the database locally.
To replicate the database locally:
Stop the running server processes.
1.
Navigate to the HA Server utilities subdirectory (
2.
Run the replicate database shell archive script. You can do so by running the following
3.
command as nsm user:
Chapter 8: Maintaining NSM
var/netscreen/HaSvr
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/usr/netscreen/HaSvr/utils
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