Active/Passive Clustering Requirements
You need the following to configure a Software AG Universal Messaging active/passive cluster:
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Cluster control software to manage the clusters on Windows or UNIX.
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Shared Storage for sharing data files.
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IP address for running the
Universal Messaging cluster service.
Universal Messaging installed on the cluster nodes in the same directory path (for example, C:\SoftwareAG_UM). In the installations, the data directory path for the shared storage must be the same.
Important:Universal Messaging installation must be identical on all cluster nodes. All instances of Universal Messaging must point to the same Universal Messaging storage files on the shared storage.