Setting up Failover Clustering

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Setting up Failover Clustering

By enabling the Clustering feature, the Robo-FTP Scheduler will allow you to run jobs on multiple nodes in a failover cluster, and hand off tasks to an alternate node if one of the nodes fails, so that even with a machine failure, Robo-FTP will continue to process your mission-critical jobs.

 

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To configure clustering, begin by stopping the service on each cluster node using the "Stop" button.

 

Under "Data Directory", choose a path that is accessible from all cluster nodes on a distributed filesystem, such as a Cluster Shared Volume. The filesystem you choose must support the creation of hard links. For example, the ReFS filesystem is not supported because ReFS does not contain support for hard links.

 

Set up the Database Settings so that each node points to the same database. Ensure that the Scheduler Service also runs under the same user account for each node.

 

Check the "Clustered" checkbox to enable failover clustering.

 

Restart the Robo-FTP Scheduler Service on each machine in the cluster by clicking the "Start" button.