Distributed Deployment Issues

[jguevin]

I have tried to add an additional server to help with the increased demand in my organization.  I only installed the application tier on the new box because it is my understanding that this would help.  I configured the new box and have made sure all settings point to the right place in cognos configuration.  When I start the service the new server shows up in Cognos Connection as "Available" while my existing server becomes "Unavailable".  I then try launch Analysis Studio and an empty window appears.  I close it and the application closes.  I stop the new server and things are back to normal.  Can't seem to get both servers available for requests.

Layout and specs are as follows:

Production Box A
Quad Core AMD
2.21 ghz 2.96 gbs of ram
Application Tier
Content Mgr
Gateway

New Box B
Quad Core AMD
2.41 ghz 2 gb of ram
Application Tier

until now we have been ok with all services on one box. Now things have slowed so I tried adding a new server with application tier only.  We are on version 8.4

Any thoughts?

Thanks

[MFGF]

Hi,

Can you post up the config settings you used on the new server?  If necessary, change the hostnames of the servers to protect identity etc, but make sure we can still distinguish between each - perhaps call them oldserver and newserver?

The other question is: are you sure you are installing the same version of C8 on the new app server?  Could the issue be down to version mismatches between the app servers?

Sorry - just questions and no real answers for now...

MF.

[jguevin]

Thanks MF,

Versions are the same on both servers, just double checked the cmplst.txt files for both servers.  As far as config settings, would it be easiest to attach the cogstartup.xml files here or would it be easiest just to list the settings from the environment properties in Cognos Configuration?