You can set up multiple machines to run the Management Console,
all communicating with the same database.
Clustering management consoles scales request handling.
Important: Clustering does not provide failover capability or other
high-availability capability. It is intended only to scale request handling.
When
you set up a cluster of Management Consoles, you need to create a master console
and any number of additional secondary consoles.
- The installation process for a master console is the same as for an ordinary
single Management Console installation.
- To set up a secondary console, use the procedure in this topic.
Note: If your master console uses the default DB2 database (or any database
local to the master console machine), make sure the database server is configured
to accept external connections via TCP.
Complete the following steps
for each secondary console: