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SIOS TECHNOLOGY CORP.
  • DKCE LIVE — 8.7.2
    • DKCE LIVE — 8.10.2
    • DKCE LIVE — 8.10.1
    • DKCE LIVE — 8.10.0
    • DKCE LIVE — 8.9.2
    • DKCE LIVE — 8.9.1
    • DKCE LIVE — 8.9.0
    • DKCE LIVE — 8.8.2
    • DKCE LIVE — 8.8.1
    • DKCE LIVE — 8.8.0
    • DKCE LIVE — 8.7.2
    • DKCE LIVE — 8.7.1
GrabGrab
GrabGrab
  • SIOS DataKeeper Cluster Edition
  • DataKeeper Cluster Edition Release Notes
  • DataKeeper Cluster Edition Quick Start Guide
  • Deploying DataKeeper Cluster Edition in AWS
    • Best Practices
    • Recommended Instance Types
    • Manual Deployment of a SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance
  • Deploying DataKeeper Cluster Edition in Azure
    • ReadOnly Host Caching
  • Configure a File Server Cluster in Azure Spanning Multiple Availability Zones(AZ)
    • Deploy an Active Directory Domain Controller in Azure
    • Deploying a File Server Failover Cluster Instance using the Azure Portal
    • Install DataKeeper
  • DataKeeper Cluster Edition Installation Guide
    • Installation
      • Core Software
      • Installing Core
      • Third Party Product Files
      • Application Directory Anomaly
      • Localized Language Supplement
      • Silent Installation
      • Removing a Clustered DataKeeper Volume
    • About DataKeeper Licensing
      • How to Obtain a License
      • How to Install a License
    • Uninstalling SIOS DataKeeper Cluster Edition
    • Upgrading SIOS DataKeeper Cluster Edition
  • DataKeeper Cluster Edition Technical Documentation
    • User Interface
    • Components
    • DataKeeper Service Log On ID and Password Selection
      • Understanding Replication
        • SIOS DataKeeper Intent Log
        • Relocation of Intent Log
        • Resynchronization
        • Synchronous and Asynchronous Mirroring
        • Read and Write Operations
        • Volume Considerations
        • Specifying Network Cards for Mirroring
        • Performance Monitor Counters
      • Configuration
        • Sector Size
        • Network Bandwidth
        • Network Adapter Settings
        • DataKeeper Service Log On ID and Password Selection
        • Firewall Configurations
        • High-Speed Storage Best Practices
        • Configuration of Data Replication From a Cluster Node to External DR Site
        • Performance Tuning
        • Disable “Automatically manage paging file size for all drives”
        • WAN Considerations
          • Initial Synchronization of Data Across the LAN or WAN
          • Compression
          • Bandwidth Throttle
      • Administration
        • DataKeeper Event Log Notification
        • Primary Server Shutdown
        • Secondary Server Failures
        • Extensive Write Considerations
        • CHKDSK Considerations
        • CLEANUPMIRROR
        • DKHEALTHCHECK
        • DKSUPPORT
        • Event Log Considerations
        • Using Disk Management
        • Registry Entries
      • Using EMCMD with SIOS DataKeeper
        • Mirror State Definitions
        • Using the -proxy option with EMCMD
        • BREAKMIRROR
        • CHANGEMIRRORENDPOINTS
        • CHANGEMIRRORTYPE
        • CLEARBLOCKTARGET
        • CLEARSNAPSHOTLOCATION
        • CLEARSWITCHOVER
        • CONTINUEMIRROR
        • CREATEJOB
        • CREATEMIRROR
        • DELETEJOB
        • DELETELOCALMIRRORONLY
        • DELETEMIRROR
        • DROPSNAPSHOT
        • GETBLOCKTARGET
        • GETCOMPLETEVOLUMELIST
        • GETCONFIGURATION
        • GETEXTENDEDVOLUMEINFO
        • GETJOBINFO
        • GETJOBINFOFORVOL
        • GETMIRRORTYPE
        • GETMIRRORVOLINFO
        • GETREMOTEBITMAP
        • GETRESYNCSTATUS
        • GETSERVICEINFO
        • GETSNAPSHOTLOCATION
        • GETSOURCEMIRROREDVOLUMES
        • GETTARGETMIRROREDVOLUMES
        • GETVOLUMEDRVSTATE
        • GETVOLUMEINFO
        • ISBREAKUSERREQUESTED
        • ISPOTENTIALMIRRORVOL
        • LOCKVOLUME
        • MERGETARGETBITMAP
        • PAUSEMIRROR
        • PREPARETOBECOMETARGET
        • READREGISTRY
        • REGISTERCLUSTERVOLUME
        • RESTARTVOLUMEPIPE
        • RESYNCMIRROR
        • SETBLOCKTARGET
        • SETCONFIGURATION
        • SETSNAPSHOTLOCATION
        • STOPSERVICE
        • SWITCHOVERVOLUME
        • TAKESNAPSHOT
        • UNLOCKVOLUME
        • UPDATECLUSTERTARGET STATEPROPERTIES
        • UPDATEJOB
        • UPDATEVOLUMEINFO
      • Using DKPwrShell with SIOS DataKeeper
        • New-DataKeeperMirror
        • New-DataKeeperJob
        • Remove-DataKeeperMirror
        • Remove-DataKeeperJob
        • Add-DataKeeperJobPair
        • Get-DataKeeperVolumeInfo
      • User Guide
        • Getting Started
          • Disk-to-Disk
          • One-to-One
          • One-to-Many (Multiple Targets)
          • Many-to-One
          • N-Shared-Disk Replicated to One
          • N-Shared-Disk Replicated to N-Shared-Disk
          • N-Shared-Disk Replicated to Multiple N-Shared-Disk Targets
          • Setting Up SIOS DataKeeper
          • Connecting to a Server
          • Disconnecting from a Server
          • Creating a Job
        • Configuring Mirrors
          • Creating a Mirror
          • Creating Mirrors With Shared Volumes
          • Safe Creation of a Shared-Storage Volume Resource
          • Creating Mirrors With Multiple Targets
          • Switchover and Failover with Multiple Targets
        • Working With Jobs
          • Jobs
          • Renaming a Job
          • Deleting a Job
          • Reassigning a Job
          • Switching Over a Mirror
        • Working With Mirrors
          • Managing Mirrors
          • Pause and Unlock
          • Continue and Lock
          • Partial Resync
          • Break
          • Resync
          • Deleting a Mirror
          • Replacing a Target
          • DataKeeper Volume Resize
          • Mirror Properties
          • Changing the Compression Level of an Existing Mirror
        • Working With Shared Volumes
          • Managing Shared Volumes
          • Adding a Shared System
          • Removing a Shared System
        • Using Microsoft iSCSI Target With DataKeeper on Windows 2012
          • Installation of the iSCSI Target
          • Mirror Creation and Cluster Configuration
          • Creation of iSCSI Virtual Disks
          • Setup of iSCSI Initiator on Windows 2012
        • DataKeeper Notification Icon
        • DataKeeper Target Snapshot
        • Using SIOS DataKeeper Standard Edition To Provide Disaster Recovery For Hyper-V Virtual Machines
        • Clustering
          • Add a Node to the Cluster
          • Running chkdsk on Cluster Volumes during Cluster Volume Online
          • Creating a DataKeeper Volume Resource in WSFC
            • Manual Creation of a Mirror in WSFC
          • DataKeeper Volume Resource Health Check
          • DataKeeper Volume Resource Private Properties
          • Evicting a Node from a Cluster
          • Extending a Clustered DataKeeper Volume to a Node Outside the Cluster
          • Extending a Single SQL Server Node to a Cluster
          • Extending a Traditional 2-Node WSFC Cluster to a Third Node via DataKeeper
          • Extending a Traditional 2-Node WSFC SQL Server Cluster to a Third Node via DataKeeper
          • Extending a Traditional 2-Node Cluster to a Shared-Replicated Configuration
          • Using DataKeeper Cluster Edition to Enable Multi-Site Hyper-V Clusters
          • Split-Brain Issue and Recovery
          • Switchover in an N-Shared x N-Shared Configuration
          • Installing and Using DataKeeper Cluster Edition on Windows Server 2008 R2 / 2012 Core Platforms
          • Non-mirrored Volume Resource
          • Using DKCE to Enable Multi-Site File Share Resources with Windows Server 2008R2 WSFC
          • Creating Other Server Resource in WSFC
      • FAQs
        • Add a New Disk / DK Volume to an Existing Clustered SQL Role
        • Awareness of Windows Filenames and Directory Names
        • AWS Issues and Workarounds
        • Change Mirror Endpoints
        • Change Mirror Type
        • Create a Mirror and Rename Job and Delete Job Actions Grayed Out
        • Data Transfer Network Protocols
        • Delete and Switchover Actions Grayed Out
        • Deleting a Mirror
        • Error Messages Log
        • Inability to Create a Mirror
        • Network Disconnect
        • Reclaim Full Capacity of Target Drive
        • Remove DataKeeper Storage from a Windows Server Failover Cluster Role
        • Resize or Grow Mirrored Volumes
        • Server 2012: Server Manager “File and Storage Services” Disk Status
        • Split-Brain FAQs
        • Stop Replication Between Source and Target
        • Using Volume Shadow Copy
        • Volumes Unavailable for Mirroring
      • DataKeeper Troubleshooting
        • Video Solutions
        • DKCE Common Solutions
          • Most Common DKCE Installation Solutions
          • Most Common DKCE Clustering Solutions
          • Most Common Storage Solutions
          • Most Common Networking Solutions
        • Known Issues and Workarounds
          • Access to Designated Volume Denied
          • Antivirus Software Exclusion List for LifeKeeper and DataKeeper for Windows
          • DataKeeper Cannot be used as a Quorum Device for a Cluster
          • DataKeeper Volume cannot come Online after Network failure with clustered IP Address on Replication network
          • DataKeeper Volume Not Available as Cluster Resource Type
          • Failed to Create Mirror
          • Hyper-V Host Cluster Error
          • Live Migration Failure
          • MaxResyncPasses Value
          • Mirroring with Dynamic Disks
          • New Resources Offline But Unlocked
          • Server Login Accounts and Passwords Must Be Same on Each Server in the Cluster
          • System Event Log – Create Mirror Failed in the GUI
          • Unable to Determine Previous Install Path
          • User Interface – Failed to Create Mirror
          • User Interface – Shows Only One Side of the Mirror
          • WSFC – MS DTC Resource Failure
          • WSFC 2008 R2 SP1 Procedure Change
          • Windows Server 2012 Specific Issues
            • Windows Server 2012 MMC Snap-in Crash
            • Windows Server 2012 -- Simultaneous Move of Multiple Clustered File Server Roles Can Result in DataKeeper Switchover Failures
            • Windows Server 2012 iSCSI Target Role Does Not Support Dynamic Disks
            • Windows Server 2012 Default Information Missing During Mirror Creation
            • Windows Server 2012 NIC Teaming Issue
            • WSFC 2012 Cluster Creation Default Setting Issue
            • WSFC 2012 Failover Cluster Manager UI Defect (Delete Action Missing)
            • WSFC 2012 File Server Resource Manager Event Log Errors
            • WSFC 2012 File Shares Cannot be Created for File Server Role Using Server Manager or Failover Cluster Manager
            • WSFC File Server Type Not Supported
            • WSFC 2012 Server Manager -- Incorrect Volume Display
            • WSFC 2012 Server Manager -- DataKeeper “Disk” Not Shown as Clustered
            • Windows 2012 File Share
          • Windows Server 2016 Specific Issues
            • Occasional Job Creation Failure
            • WSFC 2016 File Shares Cannot be Created for File Server Role Using Server Manager or Failover Cluster Manager
        • Message Catalogs
          • DKCE with WSFC Message Catalog
          • DKCE Service ExtMirrSvc Message Catalog
          • DKCE Driver ExtMirr – System Event Log Messages
          • SIOS SDRSnapin (DataKeeper GUI) Message Catalog
        • Restrictions
          • Bitlocker Does Not Support DataKeeper
          • CHANGEMIRRORENDPOINTS
          • CHKDSK
          • DataKeeper Volume Resize Restriction
          • Directory for Bitmap Must Be Created Prior to Relocation
          • Duplicate IP Addresses Disallowed Within a Job
          • Intensive I-O with Synchronous Replication
          • Resource Tag Name Restrictions
          • SQL FCI on Workgroup Clusters
      • Solutions
    • DKCE Support Matrix
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    FAQs

    Refer to this section for answers to the most frequently asked questions about SIOS DataKeeper and SIOS DataKeeper Cluster Edition.

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    Add a New Disk / DK Volume to an Existing Clustered SQL Role

    Awareness of Windows Filenames and Directory Names

    AWS Issues and Workarounds

    Change Mirror Endpoints

    Change Mirror Type

    Create a Mirror and Rename Job and Delete Job Actions Grayed Out

    Data Transfer Network Protocols

    Delete and Switchover Actions Grayed Out

    Deleting a Mirror FAQ

    Error Messages Log

    Evict a Node from a Cluster

    Inability to Create a Mirror

    Network Disconnect

    Reclaim Full Capacity of Target Drive

    Remove DataKeeper Storage from a Windows Server Failover Cluster Role

    Resize or Grow Mirrored Volumes

    Server 2012: Server Manager “File and Storage Services” Disk Status

    Split-Brain FAQs

    Stop Replication Between Source and Target

    Using Volume Shadow Copy

    Volumes Unavailable for Mirroring

    Creating Other Server Resource in WSFC
    Add a New Disk / DK Volume to an Existing Clustered SQL Role

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