Switch the primary management server


By default, nodes send messages to the management server that you used to install the agent. This is called the primary management server. If you want to switch the primary management server after you install the agent, you launch a tool on the new management server. After you do this, the nodes send their messages to the new primary management server.

Note NOTE:
It is also possible to configure a different primary management server in the agent installation defaults, but you must do this before you install the agent.

You may want to prepare to switch primary management servers in a backup scenario. For example, you could configure a second management server to monitor the health of a primary management server. If the second management server detects a system failure at the primary management server, an administrator could then switch primary management responsibility to the second management server. The second management server would assume control of all the managed nodes previously managed by the failed management server.

Before you can switch primary management servers, you must configure the following prerequisites:

In addition, if the primary management server is currently an HPOM for UNIX management server, you must consider the following prerequisites:

To switch the primary management server

  1. Open a console connected to the new primary management server.
  2. In the console tree, expand ToolsarrowHP Operations Manager Tools.
  3. In the details pane, double-click Switch Management Server. The Parameters page opens.
  4. Select the nodes that you want to switch to this management server. Click Next. The Login page opens.
  5. Optional. Type a User Name and Password. The user must be a member of the HPOM administrators group. If you leave the User Name and Password blank, the tool starts with the credentials that you are currently logged in to Windows with.
  6. Click Launch.... The Tool Status dialog opens, which updates when the tool succeeds or fails.

Note TIP:
You can also use the opcragt command-line tool to switch the primary management server on all selected nodes. For more details, see opcragt.

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