Communication among VBS daemons

Last published : Jun 19, 2026
You can choose to configure a virtual IP address for every VBS daemon in a multi-node cluster. Alternatively, you can allow VBS to auto discover the IP address of every VBS daemon. VBS daemons communicate across clusters over IP addresses. You can choose to configure a virtual IP address for every VBS daemon in a multi-node cluster. Alternatively, you can allow VBS to auto discover the IP address of every VBS daemon.
The three methods for VBS daemon communication are:
  • Auto discovery of IP addresses for every VBS daemon in the cluster
  • Manually configuring a virtual IP address for every VBS daemon in the cluster
  • Configure virtual IP for a few tiers and allow auto discovery of the remaining IPs.
Consider a VBS consisting of multi-node clusters on three-tiers. One tier is configured to use a virtual IP address and the remaining tiers are configured to automatically discover the IP address. Every cluster updates the IP addresses of the VBS Daemons running on other clusters. This ensures communication among VBS Daemons.
Note: In a VBS that has one of the tier configured for GCO, VBS daemons across tiers communicate using the virtual IP address set in the ClusterAddress attribute of the GCO tier.
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