There are 2 ways to create a server farm. The first is done at installation time, and the second is done by merging existing farms into a single farm. To learn about merging farms, visit the Server Farm section.
The following steps will create a multi-server farm from scratch (during installation). For more installation details please refer to Symphony Server – Installation Guide.
Choose the appropriate situation for your installation and proceed to the corresponding steps:
The configuration database will reside on one of the Symphony servers. Go to Step 2.
The configuration database will reside on a dedicated external SQL server. Go to Step 5.
Choose which server will run the configuration database. Install Symphony on that server first. During installation select the default option for Database Configuration "New Local Database".
Enable Remote SQL Connections on this Symphony server (Appendix C of Symphony Server – Installation Guide).
Go to Step 7.
Install SQL server 2005 or later on the computer that will be the dedicated external configuration database server.
Enable Remote SQL Connections on this external server (Appendix C of Symphony Server – Installation Guide).
During installation of (subsequent) Symphony servers, we need to point them all to the existing configuration database. Do this by selecting the option for Database Configuration "Existing Database".
