Create and set the locations of the Austin and New York server instances.
  1. On the Austin servers, create two instance locations, newyork and austin. 
    ./bin/dsconfig --no-prompt create-location --location-name austin

./bin/dsconfig --no-prompt create-location --location-name newyork \
--set preferred-failover-location:austin
  2. Set the location of the Austin server instances to austin. 
    ./bin/dsconfig --no-prompt set-location-prop --location-name austin \
--add preferred-failover-location:newyork

./bin/dsconfig --no-prompt set-global-configuration-prop \
--set location:austin
  3. On the New York servers, create two instance locations, newyork and austin. 
    ./bin/dsconfig --no-prompt create-location \
--location-name austin

./bin/dsconfig --no-prompt create-location \
--location-name newyork \
--set preferred-failover-location:austin
  4. Set the location of on the New York server instances to newyork. 
    ./bin/dsconfig --no-prompt set-location-prop \
--location-name austin \ 
--add preferred-failover-location:newyork

./bin/dsconfig --no-prompt set-global-configuration-prop \
--set location:newyork