Performing the Central Management HA initial configuration on Microsoft Azure

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The management interface is the port through which the Central Management System instance is managed and administered. It is also the port through which integration of the Central Management System instance and managed appliances is managed, and is the port through which the connection between the two Central Management System HA nodes is managed.

Important

Make sure the DHCP lease is persistent to maintain the connection between the nodes and the managed appliances.

Initial settings need to be configured to set up the management interface and to allow access to the network, change the default admin password, enable HA mode, and so on.

Important

This procedure must be performed on both Central Management System virtual appliances (nodes). After you complete the jump-start wizard on the primary node, the CM HA engine configuration and CM HA engine start. As the wizard instructs, you must run the show ha status command and wait for the engine to start before performing the initial configuration on the secondary node.

To perform the initial configuration:
  1. Restart the configuration jump-start wizard:

    hostname (config) # configuration jump-start
                      
  2. Answer the steps as described in the following table.

  3. Check the status until the HA engine starts:

    hostname (config) # show ha status
                      
  4. Repeat this procedure on the secondary node.

  5. See the Central Management System High Availability Guide for information about cluster monitoring, administration, and troubleshooting.