A Quick Installation Guide of XLink’s ClusterBalancer

Before install, you need to check the system requirements to make sure your systems meet the requirements to run ClusterBalancer software properly. One license key is to be used on both servers in the clustered system for installation.

Install From CD ROM

Insert the XLink ClusterBalancer CD ROM into the CD ROM player. The InstallShield will automatically start the installation process. Follow the details listed below to finish.

Install From Web Download

Download the program installer from XLink’s web site. Save it on a local drive. Double click on the installer to activate the InstallShield to start the installation process. Follow the details listed below to finish.

Installation Details

From either web download or CD install, you will see the "welcome" screen coming up. Click on "continue" to get to the following screen.

Click on button “Next” to move on to next screen.

Read through the License agreement. If you agree all the terms listed, click on button “yes” to continue. Otherwise, click on button “No” to quit installation.

If “Yes” was selected for licensing agreement, following screen will come up for some simple user information. If a license key is purchased, replace DEMO with the license key. If using Demo package, a 15-day free evaluation is set. The software will be disabled after the 15th day of installation.

Click "next" to go to the next screen which asks for the IP address of the Primary and the Secondary system of the clustered server systems. Because both systems must be in the same network, this means the first three parts of the IP addresses of the Primary and the Secondary systems must be identical.

As shown in the example, the Primary IP address is 123.123.123.42 and the Secondary IP address is 123.123.123.41. This setting means to the outside world, the server's IP is always 123.123.123.42 even if when it is down (failover will keep it up then).

From first figure below, users can change the folder where files of ClusterBalancer are to be kept. Click on button “Browse” to select the folder where you want to keep the files for ClusterBalancer. Otherwise, leave it as in default and click “Next”.

Above figure simply sets the program name that will appear in the ‘Programs’ list in Windows ‘Start’ menu. Unless you want to change the program name, click on button “Next” to move on.

Following screen, will come up to show the components of ClusterBalancer. A successful installation should show five items as shown below.

Close up the software components screen when program file copy is done and you will see following dialog box.

Leave the radio button to "yes" and click on "finish". The system must be rebooted to complete the installation procedure. Without rebooting, ClusterBalancer will not function correctly.

When the system is started again, from Windows ‘Start’ menu, in the ‘Programs’ list, you will find ‘XLink ClusterBalancer’. Click on it will open up the ClusterBalancer Status screen.

This screen, looks the same on the Primary and Secondary systems. Now the installation is completed and successful.