You can add a new master host to a distributed system. You need to do this if the capacity of the existing master hosts is insufficient.
This has the following effect on the distribution of the indexes:
The assignment of existing indexes remains unchanged.
The new master index server receives all new indexes until all master index servers have the same number of indexes. TREX then distributes the new indexes among all master index servers according to a round robin procedure.
The same principle is used for queues.
If you previously had one master host and add another, the indexes are distributed as follows:
If you are using backup hosts, the new master host needs to receive a backup host.
If there is one backup host for all master hosts, this backup host is automatically made backup host for the new master host.
If each master host has its own backup host, you have to add a new backup host for the new master host.