Usage Metering in a geo-redundant environment

Last Updated : May 06, 2020 |
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In a geo-redundant environment, if the Usage Metering server fails in the primary data center or if a network outage is detected, you must perform a new installation of the Usage Metering server in the secondary data center. You must then restore the backup of the primary Usage Metering server on the secondary Usage Metering server by using the Usage Metering backup file.
To implement the Usage Metering Collector, you must create a secondary data center virtual machine to run the Usage Metering Collector application if the primary data center fails. The deployment process of a Usage Metering Collector in a geo-redundant data center starts with installation, configuration, usage data collection and ends with verification of the collected data. You can create a virtual machine in the secondary data center, and then install the Usage Metering Collector on the virtual machine in the secondary data center. For more information, see Moving Usage Metering Collector between data centers.
After the primary data center starts working, you can install the Usage Metering Collector in the primary data center and restore the data by using the Usage Metering backup file.
The topics in the section provide the following information to configure Usage Metering for geo-redundancy:
  • Primary Usage Metering.
  • Secondary Usage Metering.
  • Cold standby.
  • Method to move the service back to the primary data center.
  • Secondary data center recovery process.
  • Test the recovery process.