HPSIM 4.0 monitoring of WLBS Cluster

[Claas Kruhoefer]

Hello all,

my question goes to the handling of Load Balanced clusters with HP SIM 4.0.

How it could be handled that he identifies the Cluster IP as a cluster ?

reason for question. From time to time he assignes the Cluster IP to a node of the Cluster. So that the unigue IP of a system is "wrong".

Is this feature improved in 4.1 or are there any known work arounds for 4.0 ?

As an upgrade to 4.1 is not possible at the moment I would prefer handling that in 4.0 until upgrade is possible.

[David Claypool]

I'm far from an expert on WLBS, but to the outside doesn't it simply transparently pass through the packets to which ever server is currently on the hook to service a request? The cluster IP is probably moving around depending on who is handling requests at the time Daily Device Identification is run.

HP SIM doesn't have any knowledge of WLBS the way it does with MSCS. Your best bet is to delete the cluster IP address and exclude it from any future discoveries.

If you want to manage the cluster as a "whole," your best bet would be to create a custom list that names all the servers and then put it in a 'My Favorites' folder.