Activate: Sym3 Configuration

The file used to configure Activate service is an XML file located here:

C:/Program Files (x86)/Sym3/Sym3 Activate/BCS.Sym3.ActivateService.exe.config

Configure services to monitor

The following fragment sets up which services Activate should control/monitor:

<services>
    <add name="Sym3 Operator Service" priority="1" monitorOnly="true" maxNumberOfRetries="3"/>
    <add name="Sym3 Alarm Service" priority="1" maxNumberOfRetries="3"/>
    <add name="Sym3 Authentication Service" priority="1" monitorOnly="true" maxNumberOfRetries="3"/>
</services>

Attribute	Description
KeepAlive	Set to true if this service should be started if it is not already running
monitorOnly	Setting this to true will prevent activate starting/stopping the service when it goes active/passive
priority	A priority value determining start order where 1 is highest

Settings and Options

The appSettings section of the configuration file is read by the framework, each entry has a key and a value, these keys are detailed within the following table:

Attribute	Description
StandaloneMode	Boolean: if True, Activate is working without a peer. Can be useful if you want to monitor services.
StatusListeningPort	The port to receive status updates from Sym3 services.
ServiceControlStatusCheckInterval	The time interval in milliseconds to check Sym3 services status (monitor only).
ServiceControlRetryInterval	The time interval in milliseconds to check Sym3 services status and restart a service if not started. Only effective in Active state.
ServiceControlStartTimeOut	The timeout in milliseconds to wait to start a service
ServiceControlStopTimeOut	The timeout in milliseconds to wait to stop a service
VirtualIPAddress	The IP address that is shared between the two servers, this is the address Sym3 Operator is connected to.
NetworkAdapter	The network adapter the shared IP address is assigned to
SubnetMask	Subnet mask for virtual IP
EnforceVirtualIP	Whether or not to force using shared IP Address to make outbound connection
PrimaryServer	Boolean: Flag to indicate this is the primary server. Only one of the systems maybe set as the primary server, this is a fallback to ensure only one will ever be active
PeerIPAddress	The peer activate IP address
RefIPAddress	The IP address of the reference server to ping periodically.
RefInterval	The time between sending the ping requests to the reference server (milliseconds)
RefPingTimeout	The amount of time to wait for a response from the reference server, before aborting the ping request
PeerStatusListeningPortRemote	The port number that the remote activate server has bound to for receiving status updates
PeerStatusListeningPortLocal	The port number activate binds to, to receive status updates from the peer
StatusSendingInterval	The rate (in seconds) at which Activate status updates are sent
StatusReceiveTimeout	The time interval to wait for an Activate status update before reporting it as a timeout