Simply stated, multi-management support enables Assure MIMIX for PowerHA as well as MIMIX replication products to be managed from more than one node in the cluster. In addition, multi-management support also enables other significant benefits.
A key benefit for clustering is that multi-management support ensures that configuration information about data to be replicated is kept synchronized across nodes in the cluster. Even though a node may not be actively participating in data replication, it can easily assume the role of a backup node or the primary node because its replication configuration remains current.
Multi-management support can simplify the configuration, operation, and maintenance of multi-node data replication environments. For example, many data replication products are designed to function between two nodes, a production and a backup. Without multi-management support, a classic one-to-many network with three nodes would typically require multiple instances of a replication product to provide high availability and disaster recovery for the production system. Each instance would require separate configuration, operation, and maintenance. In the event that the production system is not available, each instance would have to be switched separately and management of the switching operation would require significant manual operations and planning. Multi-management support can significantly reduce, and may even eliminate, the need for multiple instances of the replication product.
Multi-management support enables Assure MIMIX for PowerHA to manage complex data replication configurations within a cluster along with all other cluster management operations from a single instance.