During installation, the installer adds a node to a host in a topology. A node can have one or more instances of the run-time components. Each node in a default topology runs the application services, such as the service controllers, the event processor, and the activity manager.
If you configure the run-time components for scalability, you can add one or more nodes to a default topology configuration, and distribute the application services across nodes. When you add more nodes, you can configure them on the same host or across multiple hosts.
If you configure high availability for the run-time components, you can add one or more nodes to a default topology configuration, create primary and backup instances of the application services, and distribute the application services across the nodes.
You can also edit or remove a node from a topology. A host agent runs on each of the hosts in a topology and manages communication between the grid manager and the nodes that run on that particular host.
Use the
Topology
view on the
Administration
tab to manage nodes, configure node properties, and remove nodes from a domain.