Alex,
We use load balancers in case a circuit fails. Therefor a hostname such as hmtest.mydomain.com would be associated with 2 or more ip addresses. Then if one circuit fails, the ip address associated with that circuit is removed. So when setting up the RMA agent it only allows for an IP Address. But if we could use a hostname it would allow our load balancer to work. Furthermore if we change ISP's then we do not have to update agent, we only have to update DNS.
Regards,
Ed...
Using Hostname instead of IP Address
I think you may use built-in load balancer
Quote from the manual
Alex
Quote from the manual
RegardsBackup agent
Since the version 6.00 HostMonitor allows you to setup primary and backup agents. Using this feature, HostMonitor is able to balance load between agents and use the backup agent when primary one does not respond. Yes, RMA is pretty stable software however system may not respond due to some hardware or network error.
When you have installed second agent you may choose one of two different "Load balancing" options:
Backup only
In this case, HostMonitor will request the main agent to perform the tests and will switch to backup agent only in the case of the primary agent not responding.
50/50
With this option selected, HostMonitor will balance requests for service between the agents. Even if you specify a single primary agent for all your tests, some tests will be performed by primary agent and other by backup RMA. If the primary or the backup agent does not respond, tests will be performed by another (paired) RMA.
Note 1: "Primary agent" - the agent that is specified for the test execution. As you may specify different agents for different test items, the same agent can be a "primary" and "backup", depending on the situation. For example, you may use AgentA to perform set of WMI tests and use AgentB to perform SNMP tests. In case of an emergency AgentB may execute WMI tests as well (AgentB is backup agent for AgentA). AgentA may perform SNMP tests in the case of AgentB failing (AgentA is backup agent for AgentB).
Note 2: Options on Misc page in the Options dialog allow the behaviour of the tests when primary agent does not respond to be specified. "If backup agent is specified and connection to primary RMA failed" parameter allows you to choose one of the two options:
- Set "Unknown" status, log the error, then repeat test using backup agent
- Request backup agent without reporting error
Alex