Follow the master is a Universal Messaging client setting that indicates that the client session always connects to the master realm server in the Universal Messaging cluster. Because following the master can offer performance benefits, Integration Server is configured to follow the master for webMethods messaging connections, which includes producer and consumer connections.

However, you can disable the follow the master behavior. You might disable the follow the master behavior if you anticipate a heavy load with a large number of connections and want to distribute the load across the Universal Messaging cluster. To disable the follow master behavior, modify the custom_wrapper.conf located at Software AG_directory /profiles/IS_instance/configuration/custom_wrapper.conf to include the following:

Where n is the next available wrapper.java.additional number.