DualShield includes a utility program, dsclone that enables you to easily create a backup image of the primary DualShield server and install replica servers from the image. If the internal MySQL server was also installed when the primary DualShield was installed, then the MySQL server and database will be also included in the backup image and will be installed on the replica server machines. 

Prerequisites

  1. The replica server machine should have similar hardware and OS to the primary machine.
  2. Windows OS on both servers must have the same drive letter and the same path, e.g. c:\windows

Installation  

  1. unzip "dsclone.zip" to a folder, e.g. c:\backup where it is readable  and writable;
  2. open windows console with administrator privilege, go to the folder, e.g. c:\backup;
  3. run dsclone.exe. It will self-extract its contents to a subfolder called "clonepack";
  4. go into the subfolder, e.g. c:\backup\clonepack
  5. in the command line, run "dsclone backup";
  6. wait for it to finish;
  7. copy the entire folder, e.g. c:\backup\clonepack, to the replica machine;
  8. run "dsclone mutate" on the replica machine and follow the instructions.

Having successfully cloned the second server, you now have 2 DualShield servers installed on 2 different machines. Both DualShield servers have the same FQDN.


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