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Editing Cluster Configuration
You can edit a cluster to change the load-balancing policy it uses. You can also select Brokers and set the refresh interval.
*To edit a cluster configuration
1. In My webMethods: Messaging > Naming Directories > Connection Factories.
2. On the Connection Factories List page, click Add Cluster Connection Factory.
3. In the Cluster Connection Factory tab, click the Edit button.
4. Select one of the following load-balancing policies for the cluster:
*Round Robin
*Sticky
*Random
*Weighted Round Robin
*Multisend Guaranteed
*Multisend Best Effort
For more information about the load-balancing policies, see Load-Balancing Policies for Clusters.
5. Based on the load-balancing cluster policy you choose, specify the following details:
For this policy...
Do this...
Round Robin Sticky Random
a. Under Select Broker s for Cluster, select the Brokers that you want to associate with the cluster connection factory. The available options are:
*All available Broker s. Select this option if you want to associate all available Brokers with the cluster.
*Selected Broker s. Select this option if you want to choose Brokers from the list of available Brokers to associate with the cluster.
b. If you chose the Selected Broker s option above, move Brokers from the Available list box to the Selected list box.
Weighted Round Robin
a. Under Select Broker s for Cluster, select Brokers that you want to associate with the cluster connection factory.
b. Under Configuration, for each Broker listed in the table, specify the weight in the corresponding text box. The default is 1.
Multisend Guaranteed
a. Under Select Broker s for Cluster, select Brokers that you want to associate with the cluster connection factory. The available options are:
*All available Broker s. Select this option if you want to associate all available Brokers with the cluster.
*Selected Broker s. Select this option if you want to choose Brokers from the list of available Brokers to associate with the cluster.
b. If you chose the Selected Broker s option above, move your Brokers from the Available list box to the Selected list box.
c. In the Number of Broker s field, specify the number of guaranteed receiver Brokers in the cluster to which you want to send the messages. If the message is not delivered to the exact number of Brokers you specify here, the multi-send operation will fail.
The value you specify for Number of Broker s must not be greater than the number of Selected Broker s.
Multisend Best Effort
a. Under Select Broker s for Cluster, select Brokers that you want to associate with the cluster connection factory. The available options are:
*All available Broker s. Select this option if you want to associate all available Brokers with the cluster.
*Selected Broker s. Select this option if you want to choose Brokers from the list of available Brokers to associate with the cluster.
b. If you chose the Selected Broker s option above, move Brokers from the Available list box to the Selected list box.
c. Specify the maximum number of recipient Brokers in the cluster in the Number of Broker s field. If the number of available Brokers in the cluster is less than the value specified by Number of Broker s, the client sends the message to all the available Brokers. The default is All.
6. Specify a value for Refresh Interval (minutes) for the cluster. The default is 1440 minutes. After the specified minutes elapse, client applications refresh all connections to update changes made to the connection factory.
7. Select Cluster Policy Override to override a cluster policy. During runtime, you can specify the Brokers to which the messages must be sent in a cluster.
8. Click Apply.