Re: Server Groups - is load balancer required?

2008-09-12 Thread Charles Baldi
Thanks Carey. BMC finally responded to my query and they confirmed that a load balancer is *not* required in order to set up a Server Group. However, they did explain that without the load balancer the clients would have to connect to the individual server names rather than the group name (what

Re: Server Groups - is load balancer required?

2008-09-11 Thread Carey Matthew Black
Chuck, My understanding is that it is not required. Ref: 2007.09.13.WhitePaper-HardwareLoadBalancer-With-v7.1.00.84092.pdf AR System includes the capability for automatic fail-over of special operations and the sharing of floating licenses among the servers. Server groups are independent of

Server Groups - is load balancer required?

2008-09-10 Thread Charles Baldi
Hello listers, We have installed ARS 7.1 with ITSM 7.0.3. We are building the QA and Prod environments with multiple ARServers and multiple Mid-Tiers. We currently have a load balancer in front of the Mid Tier servers but do not have one between the Mid Tier and ARServers. We have been having

Re: Server Groups - is load balancer required?

2008-09-10 Thread Joe DeSouza
be able to help you out.. Cheers Joe - Original Message From: Charles Baldi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 1:58:20 PM Subject: Server Groups - is load balancer required? ** Hello listers, We have installed ARS 7.1 with ITSM 7.0.3.  We