Performing an Installation for Active-Passive Failover

Before installing FME Server for active-passive failover, make sure you have:

• Read and understood Active-Passive Architecture.
• Reviewed Install FME Server: Before You Begin.
• Provided the prerequisites in Before Installation.

To perform an installation for active-passive failover:

1. Install the FME Server Core and FME Engines on both the primary and failover machines.
2. Configure the FME Server Cores for Failover.
3. Install the FME Server Web Services.
4. Configure the FME Server Database on your database server.
5. Request and Install a License on both the primary and failover machines.
6. (Upgrade Only) Restore your FME Server Configuration from a Previous Installation.
7. (Recommended) Update the Windows service accounts that run the FME System Services.
8. (Optional) Configure a Notification To Monitor Failover.

What's Next?

• Test for Failover: Using this suggested process, test the installation to make sure jobs run to completion when failover occurs and when the system is restored to its original state.
• Optimize: You can scale-up your active-passive system by:
  • Adding FME Engines on separate machines, so that if one machine goes down, you can still access processing capacity.
  • Increasing the number of FME Engines that run when you start FME Server.