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8.9.1
8.9.0
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8.8.1
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SIOS TECHNOLOGY CORP.
DKCE LIVE — 8.9.2
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
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
AWS Cross Region Support
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
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
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”
How to add a newly-created volume to DataKeeper
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
How to Replace A DKCE Node
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
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 Does Not Support Lowercase Drive Letters as Mirror Endpoint for Jobs
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
Dangling Sources
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
Download as PDF
DKCE Common Solutions
The following are the most commonly requested solutions.
Installation Solutions
Clustering Solutions
Storage Solutions
Networking Solutions
Video Solutions
Most Common DKCE Installation Solutions
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