Typical Setup Using Load-Balanced Ace Management Server Instances; Install The Required Services For Load Balancing - VMware ACE Management Server Administrator's Manual

ACE Management Server Administrator's Manual
Typical Setup Using Load-Balanced ACE Management Server
Instances
A single ACE Management Server can handle a preset number of clients, but you can add more servers to your
ACE Management Server infrastructure by using load balancing. When you add more servers to the
load‐balancing group, the number of clients that you can serve scales linearly. For example, if you can serve
2,000 clients with one server, using two load‐balanced servers allows you to serve 4,000 clients.
Figure 5‐1 shows a simple deployment topology for using load balancing.
Figure 5-1. Two ACE Management Server Instances Working Together
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AMS Client
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AMS Client
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To use a setup similar to the one depicted, you must have the following:
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Two or more machines (or virtual machines) to host the ACE Management Server processes
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An external database to host the ACE Management Server data
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A load balancing solution to manage traffic

Install the Required Services for Load Balancing

Services include multiple ACE Management Server instances, an external database, and Workstation.
To install the required services for load balancing
1 Install the ACE Management Server package on two or more machines (or virtual machines).
See "Installing and Upgrading ACE Management Server" on page 22.
2 Configure each ACE Management Server separately to access the same external database.
See "Start and Configure ACE Management Server" on page 26.
Both ACE Management Server installations must be able to identify the same data store so either
installation can field queries for clients and scale the number of clients that can be served.
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LDAP
Kerberos
HTTPS
ACE ODBC
Management
Server 1
load
balancer
(optional)
ODBC
HTTPS
ACE
Management
Server 2
Active Directory
domain controller
LDAP
Kerberos
database
server
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