RTView® 
User Guide


Data Server

The Data Server is an option when it is not desirable, or possible, to directly connect the Display Viewer Application, Display Viewer Applet or Display Server to data sources. Select the Data Server tab in the Application Options dialog to configure your Data Server(s).

The Data Server uses EII and XML technologies to gather, federate and distribute information from disparate data sources based on information currently in demand. It also caches the data so that multiple demands are delivered to any number of clients - without need of subsequent data queries. These important factors greatly enhance processing speed. Because the Data Server can exist behind firewalls, it also greatly simplifies and strengthens the secured delivery of information to clients beyond the firewall.

The Data Server can be used to serve data to the Display Viewer Application, Display Viewer Applet and Display Server. See the Deployment section for more information.

The following scenarios, or a combination of them, would indicate that one or multiple instances of the Data Server would be useful.

Data Access
In some cases the data source resides in a sub-network where it is not possible or desirable to connect directly. For example, you may have a data source that communicates via a TCP/IP port that is not exposed across a security firewall. In this case, the Data Server would exist behind the firewall and connect to the chosen display technology via HTTP or an available exposed port. In most cases, at least one Data Server must be configured if the Display Viewer applet is used. Applets are restricted to making connections back to the webserver host and will throw an exception if connection attempts are made to any other host.

Data Centralization
While a direct TCP/IP connection to the data sources may be possible, it may not be desirable for each data source and each client. For example, with a Display Viewer Application deployment you might not want a direct TCP connection from each client to every data source. In this case, the Data Server could act as a proxy by directly connecting to all data sources and providing data to each Java application client.

Data Reduction/Aggregation
In some cases, there may be a lot of raw data that does not need to be sent except upon demand. Using the Data Server in this situation can reduce network traffic by performing data calculations from within a sub-network and providing either only the aggregated data or raw data on demand to the chosen display technology. For example the Data Server may publish an average metric over all servers in a subnet, but provide raw data on drill down to a selected server.

Scalability
The Data Server has several data processing features including: an in memory data cache, a persistent alert rules engine, and the ability to perform data calculations. This processing load can be scaled out by dividing the labor across multiple Data Servers that will connect to the chosen display technology.

High Availability
To ensure client access to data in the event of a server failure, a pair of redundant Data Servers can be deployed on two separate hosts. In such a deployment each server has the same configuration and access to the same data sources. Typically, one server is considered the primary and the other is the backup. Each client is configured with two Data Server connections, one to the primary and another to the backup.

At startup, the client connects to the primary server if available, otherwise it connects to the backup server. If neither is available, the client periodically retries connecting to both. Client connections are specified on the
Data Server tab of the Option dialog in the Builder, as or via the -dataserver command line options when launching the Display Builder, Display Viewer Application or Display Server.

A running Data Server is either "active" or "standby". An active server loads all global, cache, and alert definitions and activates them. In a standby server, none of these actions are performed, thereby avoiding the overhead of maintaining alert and cache data sources until the server is active.

NOTE: All servers specified should use the same initialization files (*OPTIONS.ini) and should have access to the same external data sources, so that displays appear the same regardless of which server is connected.

A primary/backup redundant server pair can be configured in the following three modes:

1. Active / Active: In this mode, both servers are always active. This configuration is the simplest and provides the quickest response to clients in the event of a server failure. However, this mode increases data processing as both servers are always storing cache data, as well as processing and generating duplicate alerts.

2. Active / Standby with manual reset: In this mode, the backup server is started with the -standby:warm command line option. The backup does not become active until a client connects to it (typically after the primary fails). However, after the backup server becomes active it remains active and clients stay connected to it, even if the primary server becomes active. This mode reduces data processing in normal conditions but after a primary server fails and recovers both servers might become active, possibly with clients connected to both servers. To restore the system to its initial active / standby state, the backup server must be manually stopped and restarted (with the -standby:warm command line option).

3. Active / Standby with auto-reset. In this mode, both servers belong to a server group, where one server is designated as the preferred primary server and the other as the preferred backup server. Each server monitors the status of the other. The backup runs in standby mode until it detects the failure of the primary and then becomes active. If the primary server then becomes active the backup server automatically returns to standby mode. Clients then automatically disconnect from the backup and (re)connect to the primary.

This mode ensures that only one server in the group has its alert data source activated at any time, thereby avoiding duplicate alert generation. Also by default, the cache data source is only active in the primary server, thereby avoiding duplicate cache storage. However in some cases it may be preferable to also activate the cache data source in the backup Data Server, Otherwise, caches may miss data during the failover of the primary server to the passive backup server, while the backup server is activating its cache data source. This can be accomplished by the group_standby_mode option.

NOTE: The cache and alert persistence features can also be used to ensure that the backup server gets the correct state of those data sources when it becomes active.

See the Server Group section (below) for details about configuring this high availability mode using the Builder GUI. This mode can also be configured on the command line. For details, see the -group_member argument.

Security
You can use client access lists to specify which clients can connect to a Data Server. Any RTView application (the Builder, Viewer, Display Server, another Data Server and so forth) can be a Data Server client. By default, the client access lists are empty which means that any client can connect to the Data Server. When a client connection request is denied, that client makes no further attempts to connect to that Data Server unless the client application is restarted. This is true even if the client has a failover connection specified for that Data Server.

There are three access lists:

  • Blacklist: Clients on this list are denied access to the Data Server.
  • Graylist: Clients on this list are permitted access to the Data Server if they provide a trusted SSL certificate. NOTE: Graylisting should be used only when necessary since it involves certificate management, delays from SSL handshaking, and overhead from data encryption.
  • Whitelist: Clients on this list are permitted access to the Data Server, no SSL certificate is required.

Access List Process Flow
When access lists are enabled, the Data Server checks the access lists for entries upon receiving a connection request: first the Blacklist, then (if not blacklisted) the Graylist, and lastly (if not graylisted) the Whitelist. To illustrate this process in greater detail, let us say that that a Data Server receives a request from a client with IP address X and hostname H:

1. If the Blacklist is not empty (it has one or more clients specified) the Data Server checks the Blacklist and if X or H matches an entry in the Blacklist, the server rejects the client connection.

2. Otherwise, if the Graylist is not empty and X or H matches an entry in the Graylist, the server performs an SSL handshake with the client. If the client presents a certificate that the server trusts and vice-versa, the handshake completes successfully and the connection is accepted. Otherwise, the server rejects the connection.

3. Otherwise, if the Whitelist is not empty and X or H matches an entry in the Whitelist, the server accepts the client connection.

4. Otherwise, neither X or H is matched on any list. If the Whitelist is empty, the connection is accepted. If the Whitelist is not empty, the connection is rejected.

The Blacklist has the highest precedence and the Whitelist has the lowest precedence. If a client address or hostname has matches on multiple access lists, the most restrictive list is used. For example, if a client address matches an entry on the Blacklist its connection request is denied even though the client address also matches an entry on the Graylist or Whitelist.

If the Whitelist has at least one entry all clients are rejected that have no match in the Whitelist or the Graylist. However, if the Whitelist is empty, then all clients that are not blacklisted are accepted (with an SSL handshake if its graylisted, unconditionally otherwise).

Using the hostname H in a list is effective only if the Data Server's host system is able to lookup that hostname via its address X, using a naming service. For example, if hostname H is specified in a list then "ping H" should complete successfully if run on the Data Server's host system.

If any client_whitelist values are specified and the Data Server belongs to a redundant server group for failover, specify a client_whitelist entry for the address or hostname of the other group member. Otherwise, the server cannot connect to its partner.

If the client_whitelist values are specified and the rtvdata servlet is used, you must also specify a client_whitelist for the address or hostname of the system on which the servlet is deployed. Otherwise, the servlet cannot connect to the Data Server.

Specifying Client Lists
To enable this feature you add client hostnames or IP addresses to the access lists, as appropriate, using the client_blacklist, client_graylist and client_whitelist options. Each option can be specified multiple times. The order in which you specify the client list does not affect the connection request process. The client access list options can be specified as Data Server command line arguments, as options in the DATASERVER.ini file, or as entries in a properties file. The value of each option is either a client hostname or IP address which may contain * characters as wildcards, or a range of IPv4 addresses in the format of n.n.n.n-n.n.n.n, where each n is a number between 0 and 255. The * character cannot be used in an address range. NOTE: For best performance use IPv4 addresses, rather than hostnames, in the access lists whenever possible. This mitigates the possible performance penalty involved in using hostnames, as the Data Server uses a name service to perform hostname lookups.

When this feature is enabled, the Data Server checks both incoming socket connections and HTTP connections (via the rtvdata servlet) against those lists using the process described previously. Case is ignored when a client hostname is compared to a list entry. For example, a list entry of host1 matches HOST1, Host1, and host1.

Examples:
 
  run_dataserver -client_whitelist:192.168.1.* -client_whitelist:localhost
  In this command line argument example, the Data Server accepts connections from all clients on localhost or with IPv4 addresses that begin with 192.168.1.Connections from any other clients are denied (because the Whitelist is not empty).
   
  run_dataserver -client_blacklist:DMZ
  In this command line argument example, the Data Server denies connections from a client with hostname DMZ and accepts connections from all other clients.
   
  client_whitelist localhost
client_blacklist 192.168.1.44
client_blacklist DEV*
client_whitelist 192.168.1.1-192.168.1.255
  In this DATASERVER.ini file example, the Data Server accepts connections from the localhost and any clients with IPv4 addresses in the range of 192.168.1.1 through 192.168.1.255 except for address 192.168.1.44 or any client whose hostname begins with DEV, dev, Dev, etc. Connections from any other clients are denied (because the whitelist is not empty).
   
  sl.rtview.dataserver.client_whitelist=localhost
sl.rtview.dataserver.client_blacklist=192.168.1.44
sl.rtview.dataserver.client_blacklist=DEV*
sl.rtview.dataserver.client_whitelist=192.168.1.1-192.168.1.255
  This rtview properties file example specifies the same configuration as the previous DATASERVER.ini file example.

Graylist and SSL Certificates
If a client matches an entry on the graylist, an SSL handshake is performed between the client and the server in which the client must provide a certificate the server trusts, and the server must provide a certificate the client trusts. If the SSL handshake is successful the client connection is accepted. All traffic between the client and server on that connection is encrypted, typically using a 128-bit key. (This might impact CPU and network performance on connections that transmit high volumes of data). 

Example:
The following example describes the self-signed certificate process using the keytool utility provided with the Java JDK. For illustrative purposes, some of the keytool commands appear on multiple lines, but must be entered as a single line. The Data Server runs on host1 and the client runs on host2. The filenames, passwords, aliases and so forth used here are only for illustration and are not required values. For example, there is nothing significant about the use of rtview in the example strings. In an actual configuration all of these strings could be replaced with strings of your choice (if they are replaced consistently).

NOTE: For details about SSL and certificates, see vender documentation. For details about keytool, execute  "keytool -help" for usage information.

1. Create a keystore filed named server_keystore.jks to store the server's private key and self-signed certificate, with a 10-year expiration. For example:
  keytool -genkey -keystore server_keystore.jks -alias rtview_server -validity 3650 -keyalg RSA -storepass mypswd -keypass mypswd -dname cn=host1

2. View the certificate just created. For example:
  keytool -list -v -keystore server_keystore.jks -storepass mypswd
  Output is similar to the following:
          Keystore type: JKS
        Keystore provider: SUN
        Your keystore contains 1 entry
        Alias name: rtview_server
        Creation date: Nov 15, 2012
        Entry type: PrivateKeyEntry
        Owner: CN=host1
        Issuer: CN=host1
        Serial number: 50a567d2
        Valid from: Thu Nov 15 17:08:18 EST 2012 until: Sun Nov 13 17:08:18 EST 2022
        Certificate fingerprints:
        MD5: 96:89:2D:37:71:8E:7F:89:7A:08:71:9F:7F:C2:C1:50
        SHA1: 63:1B:1B:ED:75:58:11:34:F0:80:56:45:9B:C9:74:02:CD:D4:C6:89
        Signature algorithm name: SHA1withRSA
        Version: 3

 3. Export the server's certificate to a file named server.cer:
  keytool -export -alias rtview_server -keystore server_keystore.jks -storepass mypswd -file server.cer

4. Import the server certificate into a truststore file for the client:
  keytool -importcert -alias rtview_server -file server.cer -v -noprompt -keystore client_truststore.jks -storepass mypswd

5. Create a keystore filed named client_keystore.jks to store the client's private key and self-signed certificate:
  keytool -genkey -keystore client_keystore.jks -alias rtview_client -validity 3650 -keyalg RSA -storepass mypswd -keypass mypswd -dname cn=host2

6. Export the client's certificate to a file named client.cer:
  keytool -export -alias rtview_client -keystore client_keystore.jks
-storepass mypswd -file client.cer

7. Import the client certificate into a truststore file for the server:
  keytool -importcert -alias rtview_client -file client.cer -v -noprompt -keystore server_truststore.jks -storepass mypswd

8. Verify that you now have four files with a .jks extension:

        client_keystore.jks
        client_truststore.jks
        server_keystore.jks
        server_truststore.jks

9. Copy the files as follows:

  • Copy server_keystore.jks and server_truststore.jks to the directory on host1 where the Data Server will run.
  • Copy client_keystore.jks and client_truststore.jks to the directory on host2 where the client will run.
  • If you copy the keystore (.jks) files between Windows an Linux/UNIX hosts, copy them in binary mode.
  • The client.cer and server.cer files are not needed and can be deleted.

10. On host1, run the Data Server as follows (Note that the "set RTV_JAVAOPTS" command is shown in Windows command syntax and should be entered on a single line):
  set RTV_JAVAOPTS=-Djavax.net.ssl.keyStore=server_keystore.jks -Djavax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword=mypswd
-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=server_truststore.jks -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=mypswd
  run_dataserver -daemon -verbose -client_graylist:host2

11. On host2, run a Viewer client as follows
  set RTV_JAVAOPTS=-Djavax.net.ssl.keyStore=client_keystore.jks -Djavax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword=mypswd
-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=client_truststore.jks -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=mypswd
  run_viewer -dataserver:remote:host1

12. Verify that you now see output similar to the following on the Data Server console, which indicates that the Viewer's connection to the Data Server is accepted:
  GmsRtViewDataServer connect client 1, 192.168.1.200:55401
created SSL socket 192.168.1.200:55401
cipher=SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5
add Client: 1 (127.0.0.1/127.0.0.1)
accept graylisted client 1 (127.0.0.1)
  Note the lines indicating creation of an SSL socket and the cipher used. If errors occur, see Troubleshooting (below).

SSL Encryption Without Certificates
The -ssl option can be specified when the Data Server is started. With this option, the Data Server uses an SSL socket for each socket connection to clients but without performing an SSL authentication handshake. All data transmitted on the socket is encrypted using an anonymous cipher.

The -ssl option can be used in combination with client access lists. If a client is graylisted an SSL handshake is performed when it connects to the Data Server (as described in the
Access List Process Flow). If a client is whitelisted its connection is accepted without an SSL handshake and an SSL socket with an anonymous cipher is used. The Data Server's verbose output indicates this with messages similar to the following:

        comparing client 192.168.1.200 to whitelist entry 192.168.1.*: MATCH
        created SSL socket 192.168.1.200:55812
        cipher=SSL_DH_anon_WITH_RC4_128_MD5
        add Client: 4 (host2/192.168.1.200)

Note that encryption may impact CPU and network performance on connections that transmit high volumes of data.

Troubleshooting Client Connection Requests
The following are available for troubleshooting Data Server client connection requests.

To Debug Requests
Use the client_access_debug option to debug Data Server client connection requests. This option prints messages to the Data Server console as each client connection request is compared to the client lists. This can be useful for determining which list entries match and do not match a client connection.

To specify on the Data Server command line:

        -client_access_debug

To specify in DATASERVER.ini:

        client_access_debug true

To specify in a properties file:

        sl.rtview.dataserver.client_access_debug=true

To Debug SSL Authentication and Certificate Issues
For troubleshooting SSL handshaking and certificate issues, set the following before running the Data Server or the client.

 To specify in RTV_JAVAOPTS:

        set RTV_JAVAOPTS=-Djavax.net.debug=ssl,keymanager

To specify in an RTView properties file:

        sl.rtview.jvm=-Djavax.net.debug=ssl,keymanager

Note that this option may produce a great deal of output.

 


Running the Data Server

You can run the Data Server as an application, a daemon process, or in the background as a Windows Service. NOTE: The first time you run the Data Server you must run it as an application to configure the initial settings.

Running the Data Server as a daemon process will allow you to run without a display. To do so, run the -daemon command line parameter from a Windows Command Prompt or UNIX terminal window.

Several command line options are supported for the Data Server. Java options specified in RTV_JAVAOPTS will be used by the run_dataserver scripts. NOTE: These options will not be used when the Data Server is started from the Windows Start menu.

Data source specific options are read in from initialization files created in the Display Builder. For information on creating initialization files or command line options for your data source, refer to Application Options or Command Line Options under the Data Sources section of this documentation.

NOTE: To stop the Data Server, you can use the kill_dataserver Command Line Option.

Run the Data Server: Windows or UNIX
Windows   UNIX
From the Windows Start Menu:

Select Start-->Programs-->RTView Data Server

NOTE: When you start the Data Server from the Windows Start menu, it runs from the demos directory. The Data Server will try to read initialization (.ini) files and resolve XML sources containing relative paths from that directory. To start the Data Server in another directory, you must run RTView from a command window. NOTE: It is possible to specify a directory for your initialization files.

 

From a Command Prompt window:

Select Start-->Programs-->RTView--> GMS Command Prompt

In the command window type:

run_dataserver

In an initialized terminal window type:

run_dataserver

 



Configuration
When running as an application, the Configuration tab allows you to specify settings for the Data Server. Click Save Configuration to save these settings. If you select the Show Data in Console check box, the Data Server Console will output a line for each piece of data that is served. When running as a daemon process, this information will be output to the command window in which the daemon process was started.

To begin serving data, click Start Serving Data. Click Stop Serving Data to end this process. If you configure the Data Server to output to an XML file, when you start serving data information will be added to the output XML file each time new data is received for each attachment in all of the specified data configuration files. If you configure the Data Server to output data via socket, when you start serving data the Data Server will receive data requests from RTView clients (Display Builder, Display Viewer Application, Display Viewer Applet) indicating what data is needed for currently running displays.
 

Server Modes
This information must correspond with information entered in the Application Options - Data Server dialog. NOTE: By default, the Data Server starts in File Mode. If you change the Server Mode, then you must save the configuration and restart the Data Server.

File
Data redirected from configuration files will be output to an XML file. NOTE: The XML data source is never redirected through the Data Server when you output data to a file. When you start serving data, information will be added to the output XML file each time new data is received for each data attachment in all of the specified data configuration files.

Output File Name - Name of file output by the Data Server containing data from specified configuration files. Default output file name is rtvdata.xml.

Data Configuration Files
Specify which data configuration (.rtv) file(s) will be used to generate the output XML file. Data configuration files are display (.rtv) files created in the Display Builder that contain attachments to data you want to redirect through the Data Server.
Data Configuration Files Add - Add a data configuration file to the list. If a data configuration file is added while the Data Server is serving data, it will start serving data for attachments in that file as soon as new information becomes available.
Remove - Remove the selected data configuration (.rtv) file from the list. If the Data Server is serving data when a file is removed, it will stop serving data for that file immediately.
Substitutions To add or edit a substitution on a specified data configuration (.rtv) file, double-click in the corresponding field of the Substitutions column.

Socket
Data requested by RTView clients will be output via socket. When you start serving data, the Data Server will receive data requests from RTView clients indicating what data is needed for currently running displays. NOTE: By default the RTView client will connect directly to the XML data source, while all other data sources are redirected through the Data Server. For information on redirecting the XML data source, see Application Options - Data Server.
 

Port - Specify the port over which the Data Server will communicate with RTView. You do not need to specify a port if you are using the default: 3278.

Use Secure Sockets - If selected, a secure socket layer (SSL) will be used. RTView clients may connect directly via socket or through the intermediary Data Servlet using HTTP or HTTPS requests to receive data. NOTE: Using the servlet requires a separate installation process, see the Data Servlet section for details.

Use Client Credentials for Database Login - Pass RTView login information into all data sources that have the Use Client Credentials option enabled. NOTE: Use Client Credentials for Database Login only works in Socket mode. Some data sources do not support this feature. For information on Application Options for your data source, refer to the Data Sources section of this documentation.

Send Changed Data Only - If selected, data will be sent only when it has changed. If you want to continuously plot data that has not changed in the trend graph, deselect the Send Changed Data Only checkbox to send all the data regardless of whether or not it has changed. NOTE: Sending all data can lead to performance issues given the amount of information that will be sent over the socket.

Preload Data for Configuration Files
You may specify configuration files for data that you want the Data Server to preload so it will be immediately available to any clients that request it.

Data Configuration Files
Specify which data configuration (.rtv) file(s) will be preloaded by the Data Server. This data will be immediately available to any clients that request it later, and will be updated during Data Server updates. Data configuration files are display (.rtv) files created in the Display Builder that contain attachments to data you want to redirect through the Data Server. Enabled if the Preload Data for Configuration Files flag is selected.
 
Add - Add a data configuration file to the list.
Remove - Remove the selected data configuration (.rtv) file from the list.

Console Options
Show Data in Console - If selected, the Data Server Console will print out a line for each piece of data that is being served.

General Options
Start/Stop Serving Data - Start or stop serving data.
Save Configuration - Save settings to an initialization file (DATASERVER.ini), which will be used next time you run the Data Server. NOTE: Unless you specify a directory for your initialization files, you must run the Data Server from the same directory in which the initialization  (.ini) file was saved.
About - Click on to read about RTView.
Exit - Exit the Data Server, stop serving data and close the Data Server window.


Console
The Console tab records errors and information. If you select the Show Data in Console check box on the Configuration tab, the console will also display a line for each piece of data that is being served. Click the Clear button to purge all data from the console.
NOTE: By default, timestamps are displayed in the Console window. Refer to Setup>RTV_JAVAOPTS for details on how to disable timestamps.


Clients
The Clients tab appears when you start the Data Server in Socket mode. NOTE: By default, the Data Server starts in File Mode. If you change the Server Mode, then you must save the configuration and restart the Data Server.

Connections
This table displays one row for each client that is connected via socket to the Data Server. When clients are connected through the Data Servlet, one connection is shown for the servlet and separate connections are displayed for each HTTP/HTTPS client. If an HTTP/HTTPS client exits under abnormal circumstances, it may not be removed from the table for several minutes.

NOTE: Use the Get Data Server Connection Status function to access information about the status of connections from the Display Builder and Display Viewer Application to the default Data Server and any Named Data Servers.
For each client connection, the table contains the following columns.
 
Client ID - A unique number assigned by the Data Server to this client connection. The first client connection is assigned an ID of 1, the second is assigned an ID of 2, etc. The ID for an HTTP/HTTPS client will contain extra digits, starting with the ID of the Data Servlet's connection. For example, if the servlet is assigned a client ID of 1, then the first HTTP/HTTPS client will be assigned an ID of 10001, the next will be 10002, etc. ID numbers will not be reused during a Data Server session.
Address - IP address of the client. Clients running on the same host as the Data Server will display the IP address 127.0.0.1.
Host - Name of the host on which the client is running. Clients running on the same host as the Data Server will display the host name localhost. If a client's host cannot be determined, the IP address will be shown instead.
Duration - Time elapsed in this client's session with the Data Server.
Last Data Sent - Number of characters of XML data contained in this client's most recent update.
Total Data Sent - Number of characters of XML data contained in all updates during this client's session with the Data Server.

Number of Clients
This trend graph (above) displays the number of clients (direct socket, servlet, HTTP/HTTPS) connected to the Data Server over the past hour.


Server Group
Use the Server Group tab to configure the
Active / Standby with auto-reset high availability mode. This mode can also be configured on the command line. For details, see the -group_member argument. 

NOTE: For best performance, configure clients to connect to the primary server first (before attempting to connect to the backup server). For example, if the default primary Data Server is A:5555 and the default backup server is B:5555, set each client's connection string to the server pair as "A:5555,B:5555". Or, if connections are made via the rtvdata servlet, set each client's connection string to "http://A/rtvdata,http://B/rtvdata".

Group Options for this Server
Configure high availability settings for the Data Server.

Include in Group
Select to include the server in the server group.

Priority
Enter a value of 1 or more, with 1 being the lowest priority. A larger value assigns a higher priority. The running server in the pair with the highest priority becomes the primary server. The priority defaults to a value of 1 (the lowest priority) if Include in Group is selected and the priority is not specified.

Timeout
Enter the amount of time (in seconds) that the backup server waits for a connection or response from the primary server, after which it assumes the primary has failed.The default is 5 seconds. (Note that in most cases, if the primary server terminates or the host on which it is running is shut down, the backup server detects this immediately).

NOTE: You can use the group_initial_wait option to lengthen the wait time for the backup server to connect to its pair at startup. This prevents a failure when the primary and backup server are both started and the backup server attempts to connect to the primary server before it is connection ready.

Connection to other Group Member
Specify the members of the fault tolerant pair.

Member
Enter the hostname and port number connection of the other Data Server in this redundant pair using the following format:

hostname:port

If a hostname is specified without a port number, port 3278 is assumed. Do not specify a URL for the rtvdata servlet. NOTE: Selecting Include in Group mitigates the need to specify the -standby:warm option. The server remains in standby mode until its determined which server is the primary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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