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It is recommended that your ServiceOptimizer instance be run in non-distributed mode initially, to confirm that the basic server installation and configuration is correct.
Admin ServiceOptimizer System Configuration Example Configurations has a worked example showing how to migrate from a non-distributed ServiceOptimizer instance to a distributed ServiceOptimizer instance. It is recommended that initially a single ServiceOptimizer process is configured to run on a different node: once this has been verified then other processes can be reconfigured as required.
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