Install additional Management Servers for high availability
You can optionally install one or more additional Management Servers for high availability.
Note: The SMC Appliance does not support high availability for the Management Server or the Log Server.
Additional Management Servers control the system if the active Management Server is damaged, loses power, or becomes otherwise unusable. Configuration data is automatically replicated between the Management Servers. Only one Management Server at a time can be used as an active Management Server to configure and manage the system.
To use additional Management Servers, you must have a special Management Server license that lists the IP addresses of all Management Servers within the same SMC.
Note: You must install the license in the Management Client before installing the additional Management Servers. If you do not yet have the license, generate the license at the Forcepoint website after receiving the Proof-of-License, then install the license.
Steps
Next steps
- If NAT is applied to communications between any SMC components, configure NAT addresses for SMC components.
- If there is a Firewall or Layer 2 Firewall between the first Management Server you installed and the additional Management Servers, add rules that allow the communications between the servers when you define your Firewall or Layer 2 Firewall Policy.