Control-M with active/active (load balancing) clusters

Control-M does not support the use of network load balancers or broadcast IP addressing, to describe an active/active cluster. Control-M/Server must be able to connect to a definitive address on a Control-M/Agent computer that runs the job. For this reason, the following configuration is recommended for an active/active cluster:

• Each node in the cluster should have a Control-M/Agent installed that listens on a non-load balanced, or broadcast IP, address. The Server-to-Agent port should be reachable without going through any network load balancer or port address translation.
• Discover each agent through Control-M/Server.
• Create a node group for the application. This is the name that should be used when scheduling jobs for this application. We recommend using the virtual name or the application name for familiarity with schedulers.
• Update or create your job definitions to refer to the node group that was created in the previous step.