Hi There,
It's now possible to setup failover with a hostname instead of virtual IP. Does this mean that the two Dataminer agents in failover configuration can be in different IP sub networks ?
Marieke Goethals [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst] Selected answer as best 11th July 2023
Instead of a virtual IP you will have a shared hostname. This can be done in two ways:
- Add both IPs to the DNS server with the same hostname, so the client retrieves both IPs when resolving the hostname.
- Adjust the hosts file on the client PC. This is done in case there's no DNS server on the network.
You can check the result of the action on the client by executing following action in PowerShell. The result should show the 2 IPs.
[System.Net.Dns]::GetHostEntry("hostnameGoesHere")
Jeroen Geldhof [SLC] [DevOps Enabler] Answered question 24th September 2021