Chapter 3: Fleet Manager Configuration and Operation 1. Verify that fleet operations are normal and job processing is on schedule. 2. Reconfigure the Primary appliance as a Secondary appliance. See: Configure the Sec- ondary Appliance on page 28. MobilePlanner and fleet AMRs might lose their network connection to the appliance. 3. Reconfigure the Secondary appliance as the Primary appliance. See: EM2100 Con- figuration Overview on page 21. 4. Power off the Secondary appliance. 5. The Status tab in SetNetGo will now show that Autosync for the new Primary appliance is disabled (it is now a standalone appliance). 6.
Verify that MobilePlanner can connect to the Fleet IP, that fleet AMR operations resume, and jobs are processed as scheduled. To restore a removed EM2100 appliance or to replace it with a new appliance, it should be put into the role of Secondary Fleet Manager, not Primary. This will cause less disruption to the fleet. Remove a Secondary Fleet Manager from Autosync You might need to remove a Secondary Fleet Manager appliance from an Autosync con- figuration while maintaining fleet operations. For example, if the Secondary Fleet Manager appliance is generating errors that indicate a potential failure or degraded performance.
This operation is less disruptive than removing a Primary Fleet Manager. IMPORTANT: This procedure assumes that you do not make any changes to the Fleet Manager configuration or to the software and data stored on the appli- ance. To remove a Secondary Fleet Manager appliance from an Autosync configuration: 1. Verify that fleet operations are normal and job processing is on schedule. 2. Power off the Secondary Fleet Manager appliance. If a soft shutdown doesn't work, use a hard shutdown. Refer to the EM2100 Installation Guide for details on hard- vs. soft-shutdowns. 3.
Verify that MobilePlanner can connect to the Fleet IP, that fleet AMR operations con- tinue, and that jobs are processed as scheduled. To restore a removed Secondary Fleet Manager appliance: 1. Verify that fleet operations are normal and job processing is on schedule. 2. If you have removed any network cables, reinstall them. Configure Paired Appliances 3. Power on the Secondary Fleet Manager appliance. (This should not affect fleet oper- ations or Ethernet connections to MobilePlanner and AMRs.) Both appliances now indicate that Autosync is Active.
If no changes have been made to the configuration, the Secondary appliance will come back up as a Secondary, but the Primary will be running as a Standalone. 32 Fleet Operations Workspace Core User's Guide 20569-020 Rev. A