BOE cloning on VMWare

[thunderchicken]

I would like to add another server to my BOE cluster of 3 VM's each with it's own CMS. Has anybody had any luck just cloning an existing VM and then renanming it. I would be referencing the same DB and file stores as the other's in the cluster. I am using BOE XI R3.1 SP2 FP2.4 running on Windows 2003 SP2 x64 OS.

 

[briangriffin]

I've done it with no ill effects, but as you mention the important thing is to rename it and update all the paths - filestore, cache, etc. - with UNC paths to a single location.

 

[hilfy]

Cloning will get you the software installed. However, if you're on XI r2, you'll need to delete all of the "Servers" in the CCM and re-add them so that they're in the CMS database correctly. If you're on XI 3.x, you'll need to delete the SIA and re-add it for the same reason. Make sure that you turn off and disable the Servers/SIA prior to cloning so that they don't automatically come on when the new server is started - if they run they WILL cause problems in your system. Re-enable and restart them once the image/clone has been completed.

-Dell

A computer only does what you actually told it to do - not what you thought you told it to do.