Step By Step Method to do Clustering In Business Object

Filed under BO/BI Administration by Deepak Chaubey on 17-02-2013

Following are the steps which you need to follow for clustering:Please make sure about following options before adding a CMS to a cluster:
- Machines are at same OS and Database patch levels
- CMS machines utilize same hardware
- Each CMS must use same DB & access method
- Server date & time are synched between machines.
Please follow these steps for configuring cluster between 2 servers:
1. Install and configure a BO XI 3.1 server1. Test Infoview and Central
management console (CMC) to ensure that it is up & running.
2. Then, install BO XI 3.1 server2 (Expand Install Option), pointing to
the same CMS database as server1 (using same database credentials).
3. Both servers are now part of a cluster with same name as the 1st server (server1).
4. Now, on your desktop, bring up your Central Configuration Manager (CCM) on server1 (then
later server2)(stop the SIA, right-click properties, go to Configuration tab and change or provide
a clustername) (eg. BOPROD)
5. Upon starting the CMS on server1, this updates clustername in the CMS database.
6. Now go ahead, stop SIA for server2 (stop the SIA, right-click properties, go to Configuration
tab and change or provide the same clustername) (eg: @BOPROD)
7. Configuring Shared Storage (FileStore) # Identify a location for the
shared FileStore, ensure that the user running server1 and server2 have
read/write access on this location. Eg: \\xyz\share. Create a folder structure called FileStore
with 2 subfolders Input and Output.
8. on both servers, using CMC with enterprise admin, change the Input FRS and Output FRS (in
properties) login accounts to the admin user which
has access to the shared FileStore. (you may have to stop the processes
for doing this and start them after done).
9. Then on server1 (later server2), using CMC, (with all processes running), go to home>servers
and click on Input FRS, and in Properties tab, change Root Directory to point to
\\xyz\share\FileStore\Input. Click Update, and restart Input FRS from CMC.
10. Similarly, go to home>servers and click on Output FRS, and in Properties tab, change Root
Directory to point to \\xyz\share\FileStore\Output. Click Update, and restart Output FRS from
CMC.
11. on both server1 and server2 CMS # to ensure cluster is configured properly
a. Login to CMC, go home>settings>cluster # This tells you if the cluster and the cluster
members are configured properly
b. go to regedit, and check HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Business Objects\Suite
12.0\Enterprise\CMSClusterMembers for an entry for @clustername with values such
asserver1;server2.
12. There are a few other places where clustername change needs done.
a. For IIS:

In <BusinessObjects Installdir>\BusinessObjects Enterprise

12.0\WebContent\InfoViewApp\InfoViewApp\Web.config, search for cms and change Value to
@clustername
b. For java application servers like Tomcat: Following changes are required in web.xml files for
Infoview NOTE Change the context-param for cms.default entry to look like below
<context-param>
<param-name>cms.default</param-name>
<param-value>@CLUSTERNAME</param-value>
</context-param>
NOTE Change the context-param for cms.clusters entry to look like below. you may need to
copy/paste the below snippet right after the comment in your web.xml
<context-param>
<param-name>cms.clusters</param-name>
<param-value>@CLUSTERNAME</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>cms.clusters.CLUSTERNAME</param-name>
<param-value>server1,server2 </param-value>
</context-param>

Besides this, you will also need to search for cms and change the entry to @Clustername in
web.xml files for CmcApp and businessobjects applications as well; and in Initconfig.properties if
you have Performance Management installed.