How to test Multi Cast between Two UMP servers

Products

• DX Unified Infrastructure Management (Nimsoft / UIM)

Issue/Introduction

By default, the multi ump installation requires network multicast to function properly.





 

 

Environment

UIM 9.02 and earlier
UMP 9.02 and earlier

Resolution

Please refer to the content below for example steps of the multicast test.
 

• Ensure wasp is deactivated on all systems.
• Download JGroups version 2.8.1.GA?jgroups-all.jar from:
  • http://sourceforge.net/projects/javagroups/files/JGroups/2.8.1.GA/
• Copy the jgroups-all.jar to the Desktop of the primary and secondary UMP system.
• On the primary UMP system:
  • Open a Command Prompt
  • Set the JAVA_HOME variable with the following command (adjust for your actual JRE location):
    set JAVA_HOME="c:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7"
  • Start the JGroups receiver:
    %JAVA_HOME%\bin\java -cp Desktop\jgroups-all.jar org.jgroups.tests.McastReceiverTest -mcast_addr 239.255.0.1 -port 23311
• On the secondary UMP system:
  • Open a Command Prompt
  • Set the JAVA_HOME variable with the following command (adjust for your actual JRE location):
    set JAVA_HOME="c:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7"
  • Start the JGroups?sender:
    %JAVA_HOME%\bin\java -cp Desktop\jgroups-all.jar org.jgroups.tests.McastSenderTest -mcast_addr 239.255.0.1 -port 23311 ?MKR:
  • Type a message
• On the primary UMP system:
  • Confirm the message was received?