Adding a VISULOX Revision Server

Overview

In a VISULOX Cluster one node can be enabled/promoted to be a Revision / Archive Server.

The Revision Server is disabled for VISULOX application loadbalancing (no session controllers, no recorders).

VISULOX supports one Revision Server to guarantee 100% of the audit data from all production servers.

Requirement

All nodes must be joined in one cluster before Archive mode is enabled
Archive retention times must be defined before setting the node tag "archive"
Configuration of nodes must be in sync (visulox config list -name layout)
If the node runs the VISULOX Cockpit (and is not on the VISULOX Access Node), the replication mode has to be set to all

Configuration

Enable Archive mode on the node which will be promoted to be an Archive Node

CODE

visulox archive -set
(From another node: visulox archive -set -node <archive-nodename>)

Forced enabling of the Archive mode without prompting

CODE

visulox archive -set -force
(From another node: visulox archive -set -force -node <archive-nodename>)

Archive mode cannot be disabled!

Setting the Archive lifetimes

Archive lifetimes are separated from the lifetimes in the production environment:

Archive lifetimes

CODE

visulox config list -name lifetime.archive

    --------------------------------------------------------
    | parameter                        |      type | value |
    --------------------------------------------------------
    | lifetime.archive.application     | OPERATION | 180   |
    | lifetime.archive.bigfiletransfer | OPERATION | 180   |
    | lifetime.archive.default         | OPERATION | 180   |
    | lifetime.archive.filetransfer    | OPERATION | 180   |
    | lifetime.archive.input           | OPERATION | 180   |
    | lifetime.archive.login           | OPERATION | 180   |
    | lifetime.archive.script          | OPERATION | 180   |
    | lifetime.archive.sgdaudit        | OPERATION | 180   |
    | lifetime.archive.system          | OPERATION | 180   |
    --------------------------------------------------------

The lifetimes (in days) are adjusted with:

CODE

visulox config edit -name lifetime.archive.filetransfer=360

During replication of the data on the Revision Server, the new retention time is set, if is is greater than the time in the production environment.

Standard retention data is 90 days, on the Revision Server it is 180 days. If an application enforces 500 days, this will not be overwritten.

X11 native port

The Revision Server must be able to communicate via X11 native (port 6000+).

Accessing the information

To access the data on the Revision Server a VISULOX Cockpit has to be configured in the VISULOX PORTAL Datastore with the assigned Revision Server.

It is helpful to use -name vlxarchive in the "Arguments of Command" field of the Archive Cockpit to display only the relevant pages.

Troubleshooting

Is the Archive mode enabled?

CODE

visulox archive

Relevant services

CODE

vlxService replication.tcl
vlxService archive.tcl