After collective creation

Use the metadata gathered by PI Collective Manager to check the state of your collective (see Check collective health).

Verify that configuration changes on the primary server are replicated to all secondary servers (see Verify communication between collective members).

On an MDB-enabled Data Archive server, you might need to adjust the default installation settings for PI AF Link service. See the MDB to AF transition topics in the Data Archive Reference for more information.

Configure your interfaces and their buffering services.