Implementing highly available systems

High availability is important for organizations that are running mission-critical applications and that must maintain high levels of access to system content. By implementing a highly available environment for your product, you can minimize the effects that a component or overall system failure has on daily operations.

You can implement high availability for products that are based on Tivoli®'s process automation engine, such as IBM® Maximo® Asset Management, Maximo industry solutions, and IBM SmartCloud Control Desk.

The solution relies on the high availability of the underlying components, such as IBM WebSphere® Application Server, IBM DB2®, and IBM Tivoli Directory Server.

For organizations that can withstand small periods of middleware downtime, IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms provides the necessary continuity of service without total redundancy.

You can configure the components of your product environment for high availability in various ways. Different high availability configurations handle failover differently. For this reason, it is important to choose the correct configuration to suit the needs of your organization.



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