Add Server Node

A Server Node can be added in cluster any time. After adding a server node in a cluster, you need to start that node so that it can join the cluster.

Using NCache Manager

  • Right click on a cache name in Cache Explorer and select Add Server Node option.

  • Add Node Wizard will open. Specify the server IP which you want to add in text box and click Finish.

  • Added node will appear in Server Nodes list under this cache name.

Note

You might get prompted with a dialog box upon these changes, asking whether to reload or overwrite the cache config file. For more detail maintaining data integrity, refer to this chapter.

Using Windows PowerShell

Add-Node cmdlet enables the users to add a new server node to the existing Clustered cache on specified server.

This command adds a new server node '20.200.21.107' to a cache named demolusteredCache on existing server '20.200.20.38'.

Add-Node demoClusteredCache -ExistingServer 20.200.20.38 -NewServer 20.200.21.107

This command adds a new node 20.200.20.107 to the cache named demoClusteredCache existing on server node 20.200.20.38 which already exists using the port number 8251 since it is not using the default port.

Add-Node demoClusteredCache -ExistingServer 20.200.20.38 -NewServer 20.200.21.107
-Port 8251

Manually Editing NCache Configuration

Important

Make sure the cache is stopped before making any configuration changes.

  • To add a server node to a cache cluster, add a new <server-node> tag within the <servers> tag in config.ncconf of EACH of your cache server.

The following example adds a new node 20.200.20.107 to the cache named demoClusteredCache existing on server node 20.200.20.38:

<cache-deployment>
  ...
<servers>
  <server-node ip="20.200.21.38"/>
  <server-node ip="20.200.21.107"/>
</servers>
...
</cache-deployment>
Note

Repeat this step on all server nodes.

  • In client.ncconf of the server node from where the client is being executed, add the following information about the node under the <configuration> tag:
<cache id="demoClusteredCache" load-balance="True" enable-client-logs="False" log-level="error">
  <server name="20.200.21.38"/>
  <server name="20.200.21.107"/>
</cache>
  • Once changes are made, start the cache and restart NCache service.

See Also

Create a Cache
Remove Cache
Remove Server Node