High-availability server operations

This chapter explains how to identify the active and standby servers and perform HA server operations in Cisco Optical Site Manager.

HA Servers view

For NCS 1000, the HA Servers view shows server status and provides controls to restart the application or switch the active and standby roles.

For NCS 2000, the HA Servers view allows you to identify server roles and perform the following operations:

  • Restart the Cisco Optical Site Manager application on the selected server

  • Switch the active and standby roles between the two HA servers

Table 1. Feature history

Feature Name

Release Information

Description

HA Device Role Monitoring

Cisco NCS 1000 Release 26.1.1

You can now view the roles of Cisco Optical Site Manager HA devices and see the host devices configured in HA mode, displaying the active or standby status of each device from the HA view page.

HA Device Role Monitoring and Management

Cisco NCS 2000 Release 26.1.1

You can now monitor Cisco Optical Site Manager HA device roles and manage operations from the HA view page.

This page lists the host devices configured in HA mode, displays active or standby status, and allows you to restart the application or switch server roles during high-availability operation.

The image shows the High Availability (HA) Servers view in Cisco Optical Site Manager, displaying two nodes (active and standby) with their hostnames, IP addresses, and uptime.
Figure 1. HA Servers page for NCS 1000

This table describes the fields that appear on this page.

Table 2. HA Servers fields descriptions

Field

Description

Fetched at

Shows when the page data was last refreshed.

Server table

Lists each server with its container name, host name, host IP address, role, and uptime.

Container Name

Shows the Cisco Optical Site Manager HA group or container name.

Host Name

Shows the server host name for each HA node.

Host IP Address

Shows the management IP address of each HA server.

Role

Shows whether the server is currently active or standby.

Uptime

Shows how long the application has been running on each server.

Note

This page is visible only when Cisco Optical Site Manager is configured in high-availability mode.