Improved management server availability

HPOM for Windows is used to manage services and applications and therefore increase their availability for their users by detecting problems before they interfere with the normal operation of these services and applications. However, it is also desirable to improve the availability to the management server.

The following options improve the availability of the management server itself:

• For HPOM installations on a Windows 2003 Cluster, the management server supports failover from one node to another in case of a failure. For details, see the topic HPOM installed on a clustered Windows 2003 server.
• For installation on nonclustered systems, the availability of the management server can be improved by having a standby server and replicating the database periodically. For details, see Failover to backup server.