Nominating bootstrap members for a bus

You can nominate one or more servers on cell nodes as bootstrap members for a selected bus. When the Bus members and nominated bootstrap members policy is configured for the bus, the nominated bootstrap members can service requests from client applications to connect to the bus.

Before you begin

Mixed-version environment Mixed-version environment: You must ensure that the following requirements are met:
  • If the bus is in a mixed-version cell, the deployment manager must be at a Version 7.0 or later level.
  • The servers that you want to nominate as bootstrap members must be on Version 7.0 or later cell nodes.
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About this task

In this task, you use an administrative console wizard to configure the Bus members and nominated bootstrap members policy, and nominate bootstrap members for a selected bus.

Procedure

  1. Log onto the administrative console.
  2. Click Service integration -> Buses -> bus_name -> [Topology] Bootstrap members . The Bootstrap members panel displays all the bus members, servers in the cell that have the Service Integration Bus Service enabled.
  3. Select the policy Bus members and nominated bootstrap members.
  4. Click Apply. A list of current bus members, and nominated bootstrap members is displayed.
  5. Click New. The Nominate a bootstrap server wizard is started.
  6. Type the name of the server that you want to add in the Name field. The first match in the list of available servers and clusters is highlighted. Click Add to add the named server to the list of servers to add.
  7. When you have listed all the servers that you want to add, click Next.
  8. Review the summary of the servers that you have chosen to add.
  9. If you want to change your selections:
    1. Click Previous to return to the first step of the wizard.
    2. Make the changes you require, and click Next.
  10. Click Finish to add the new bootstrap members to the local configuration.
  11. Save your changes to the master configuration. An updated list of bus members and nominated bootstrap members is displayed.

Results

The nominated servers can service requests from client applications to bootstrap into the bus.



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