Configuring a Video Manager cluster load balancer on replica nodes

Configure the IBM® Sametime® Video Manager load balancer. Complete this procedure to point the load balancer data source to the master node Solid DB.

Before you begin

Complete these steps:
  1. Identify the server which will host the master Solid DB node. Solid DB replication configuration follows the master - replica model. All load balancer nodes are connected to this central master Solid DB. The master node runs in hot standby mode and provides transparent fail over.
  2. Install the IBM Sametime Video Manager on the master and replica nodes. The load balancer application is installed with the Sametime Video Manager.

About this task

After the Sametime Video Manager is installed, complete this procedure to point the load balancer data source to the master node Solid® DB.
Note: This procedure is needed only for replica nodes.

Procedure

  1. On the computer hosting the Sametime Video Manager, log in to the WebSphere® Integrated Solutions Console as the WebSphere administrator.

    https://hostname:9043/ibm/console/logon.jsp

  2. Click Resources > JDBC > Datasources, and select LoadBalancerDS to open that datasource, LoadBalancerDS.
  3. In the Additional Properties section, click the Custom properties link.
  4. In the URL field, add the host name containing the host name of the primary and secondary node in the following format:

    jdbc:solid://host name of primary:2315,IP Address of secondary:2415

    For example, enter the following URL:

    jdbc:solid://vmgr1.abc.com:2315,9.9.9.2:2415

  5. Restart the Sametime Video Manager.