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Add IP on the Master Server

You need to add an additional IP address to the Master host, (which is denoted as Arcserve-IP in the following steps) to use Move IP redirection in your HA scenarios. This new IP address is used for Arcserve RHA internal communication and replication. This is necessary because once switchover occurs, the current production IP address is no longer available on the Master -- it switches to the Replica server.

Important! Perform the following only if you are using the Move IP redirection method.

To add IP Address to Master Server

1. Open the Control Panel and select Network Connections.
2. Right-click Local Area Network and select Properties.
3. Click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and then click the Properties button.
4. Click Advanced.
5. Click Add and enter an additional IP address (Arcserve-IP).

   In the following screenshot, the Arcserve-IP IP address is 192.168.220.23 and the current production server IP address is 192.168.220.111.

6. Click Add.
7. Click OK.
8. Click OK to exit the LAN settings.

After you add the IP to the Master, you must add the Arcserve-IP to your HA scenarios. There are two ways to add the Arcserve-IP address to an HA scenario:

• For new scenarios, from directly in the Wizard
• For existing scenarios, by modifying the master host name

The procedures for both ways follow.