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Cluster management using the System Management application (SMA)

The System Management application (SMA) can be used to quiesce Pega 7 Platform servers. To access it, click Designer Studio > System > Tools > System Management Application.

The SMA displays the following information for each node that is useful for high availability reference:

Under the Administration section, on the High Availability Management page, the following operations can be performed:

For upgrades to a cluster using rolling restarts, operation teams can notify the cluster that an upgrade is occurring. A flag is set for the cluster that prevents the creation of auto-generated rules. The flag can be reset when the rolling restart has completed.