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DKCE LIVE — 8.9.0
  • 8.9.1
  • 8.9.0
  • 8.8.2
  • 8.8.1
  • 8.8.0
  • 8.7.2
  • 8.7.1
  • 8.7.0
  • 8.6.5
  • 8.6.4
  • 8.6.3
  • 8.6.2
  • 8.6.1
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SIOS TECHNOLOGY CORP.
  • DKCE LIVE — 8.9.0
    • 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
    • DKCE LIVE — 8.7.0
    • DKCE LIVE — 8.6.5
    • DKCE LIVE — 8.6.4
    • DKCE LIVE — 8.6.3
    • DKCE LIVE — 8.6.2
    • DKCE LIVE — 8.6.1
  • SIOS DataKeeper Cluster Edition
  • DataKeeper Cluster Edition Release Notes
    • DataKeeper Cluster Edition Quick Start Guide
    • DataKeeper Cluster Edition in a Cloud Environment
      • 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
      • How to cluster SAP ASCS and ERS on Windows in AWS using WSFC with SIOS DataKeeper
        • Step 1: Provision Servers
        • Step 2: Configure Server Settings on each Cluster Node
        • Step 3: Create the Windows Server Failover Cluster
        • Step 4: Format the EBS Volumes
        • Step 5: Adjust Pagefile
        • Step 6: Install DataKeeper
        • Step: 7 Relocate the Intent Log (Bitmap file)
        • Step: 8 Configure DataKeeper
        • Step: 9 SAP High-Availability System Installation
        • Step 10: Second Cluster Node Installation
        • Step 11: Primary Application Server and Additional Application Server Installation
      • 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
      • Licensing
        • 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
            • 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 Intent Log files on AWS Ephemeral Storage
            • DataKeeper Target Snapshot
            • How to Replace A DKCE Node
            • 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
              • How to create a DK Replicated Volume that has Multiple Targets via CLI
          • 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
            • Solutions
              • Video Solutions
              • DKCE Common Solutions
                • Most Common DKCE Installation Solutions
                • Most Common DKCE Clustering Solutions
                • Most Common DKCE Storage Solutions
                • Most Common DKCE Networking Solutions
            • Known Issues and Workarounds
              • Access to Designated Volume Denied
              • Antivirus Software, Malware, etc. Exclusions 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
              • Resources cannot Failover after a Target VOLUME has been replaced
              • Resources cannot Failover after a Target NODE/SYSTEM has been replaced
              • 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 2008 R2 Specific Issues
                • Some SQL Server features do not work properly when installing DataKeeper on Windows Server 2008 R2 & SQL Server 2008
              • 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
              • DataKeeper Failover Clustering Resource DLL (DataKeeperVolume) Message Catalog
              • DataKeeper Service (ExtMirrSvc) Message Catalog
              • DataKeeper Driver (ExtMirr) Message Catalog
              • DataKeeper GUI (SDRSnapIn) 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
        • DKCE Support Matrix
        • Product Support Schedule
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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

        How to create a DK Replicated Volume that has Multiple Targets via CLI
        Add a New Disk / DK Volume to an Existing Clustered SQL Role

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