Geneos - How to ensure that two different Self Announcing Netprobes connect to the same Gateway.

Question:

• Is there a method to ensure that two different self-announcing Netprobes connect to the same gateway so that gatewaySQL can function? When using gatewaySQL, I know I may specify only one gateway in the self-announcing setup, however, it negates some of the benefits of self-announcing, such as load balancing and rebalancing.

Answer:

• This setup is not possible.
• Remember that the rationale for connecting to a certain gateway is not changeable to this level; the SAN determines which GW to connect to, but it is dependent on the GW load at the time, precisely to maintain the environment balanced. 

• Score

  Self-Announcing Netprobes use the Gateway score to determine what Gateway to connect to.
  Each Netprobe gives an individual score which represents the load it puts on a Gateway. The Gateway score is the total of the scores from every Netprobe on a Gateway. The score is a measure of how loaded a Gateway is and represents the number of samplers configured on a Netprobe.
• Keep in mind that load balancing will continue to function on the remaining netprobes. The system should rebalance itself as long as not all netprobes have this Gateway constraint.

Reference:

• https://docs.itrsgroup.com/docs/geneos/6.6.0/collection/netprobe/configuration/manage-self-announcing-netprobes/index.html#Set_up_the_Gateway 

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