Auto Balanced Collector Group vs Failover?
Hi, I'm wondering if there are pros and cons vs setting up multiple collectors as an ABCG vs stand-alone collectors with failover. If we have two collectors in the same location, monitoring the same servers, I'd use an ABCG. However... Let's say I have servers in Los Angeles and New York, and I have one collector in each location. If I set them up as an ABCG, would LM be smart enough to have the LA machines be monitored by the LA Collector and NY by NY, or does it just assign them randomly? I'm not sure if it has each collector ping each device to see which one has a better connection or anything like that. I currently have the LA collector manually assigned to the LA machines. I then have the LA Collector fail over to the NY Collector in the event of a problem. Each location CAN see the other, but I don't want LM monitoring things across the connection when each location has it's own collector on-site. Thoughts?Solved38Views0likes4CommentsIf a collector fails to a down collector, will it then fail to that collectors backup?
Hi, We have three collectors that can all see the same items. Normally we've had them setup where 1 and 2 fail to each other, and 3 fails to 1. However, if we ever lose two at a time, we'd be stuck. If I set them up so 1 -> 2, 2 -> 3, 3 -> 1, and we lose 1 and 2, what happens? The devices on 2 will fail to 3 just fine. What happens with the devices on 1? Do they try to fail to 2 and then realize that 2's down and then fail to 3? Or do they just go to 2 and then stop? Thanks29Views0likes3Comments