RE: [hobbit] TS - Is there a setup for an HA pair of servers

[Galen Johnson <Galen.Johnson (at) sas.com>]

Check the archives.  This has been answered in the past.  I think TJ Yang may even have captured it on his wiki site.

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From: d.tom.schmitt (at) L-3com.com [d.tom.schmitt (at) L-3com.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 6:23 PM
To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
Subject: RE: [hobbit] TS - Is there a setup for an HA pair of servers

Need linux 2.6 source on the machine to compile it.
Don’t want to mess with the kernel anyway – keep it easy for someone else to duplicate.
Any other ideas are gladly appreciated!

Thanks,

Tom Schmitt
Senior IT Staff - R&D
L-3 Communication Systems West
640 North 2200 West
P.O. Box 16850
Salt Lake City, UT  84116
Phone (801) 594-3030
Cell      (801) 231-7230
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From: Jim Sloan [mailto:Jim.Sloan (at) S1.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 4:05 PM
To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
Subject: RE: [hobbit] TS - Is there a setup for an HA pair of servers

Have you looked at CARP?

Jim Sloan
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From: d.tom.schmitt (at) L-3com.com [mailto:d.tom.schmitt (at) L-3com.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 5:00 PM
To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
Subject: [hobbit] TS - Is there a setup for an HA pair of servers

Is there documentation for setting up a High Availability (HA) pair of servers for xymon?
I have a Dell R-series server (new) and a Dell 1850 server that I can use.
I have created a SCRIPT and RSYNC between the two servers that the 1850 watches the R-series.
If the R-series fails to answer, the 1850 will then get the files from the RSYNC directory (edit a few items), install the hobbit-alerts.cfg file and take over the primary responsibilities of alerting.
Both systems currently have to watch over all devices – not efficient.
I copy over the files from each server every hour – thus also having a backup of each servers special files.

HA is the appropriate solution, is it possible?  Is there a write-up on how to set it up?

Thanks,

Tom Schmitt
Senior IT Staff - R&D
L-3 Communication Systems West
640 North 2200 West
P.O. Box 16850
Salt Lake City, UT  84116
Phone (801) 594-3030
Cell      (801) 231-7230
eFax    (413) 480-6873
D.Tom.Schmitt (at) L-3Com.com
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