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Unextending a Hierarchy
NO TOC » SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Administration » Working With Resource Hierarchies » Unextending a Hierarchy
The Unextend Resource Hierarchy option removes a complete hierarchy, including all of its resources, from a single server. This is different than the Delete Resource Hierarchy selection which removes a hierarchy from all servers. When using Unextend Resource…
Reassigning a Job
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Working With Jobs » Reassigning a Job
Use the Reassign Job function to move an existing mirror from one job to another without deleting the mirror. Select the job from the middle Summary panel. Right-click and select Reassign Job or select Reassign Job from the Actions panel. Select an existing…
GETMIRRORVOLINFO
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Using EMCMD with SIOS DataKeeper » GETMIRRORVOLINFO
EMCMD GETMIRRORVOLINFO This command provides a very terse output of the state of mirror. The command GETMIRRORVOLINFO can return multiple lines of output (one per target). It provides essentially the same information as the GETVOLUMEINFO command does. The…
GETVOLUMEDRVSTATE
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Using EMCMD with SIOS DataKeeper » GETVOLUMEDRVSTATE
EMCMD GETVOLUMEDRVSTATE This command retrieves the current state of the SIOS DataKeeper device driver. The parameters are: This can be either the source or the target systems. The drive letter of the volume you want to get the…
ISPOTENTIALMIRRORVOL
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Using EMCMD with SIOS DataKeeper » ISPOTENTIALMIRRORVOL
EMCMD ISPOTENTIALMIRRORVOL This command checks to determine if a volume is a candidate for mirroring. The command may only be run on the local system. The parameters are: This should be the local system. The drive letter of the…
GETMIRRORTYPE
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Using EMCMD with SIOS DataKeeper » GETMIRRORTYPE
EMCMD GETMIRRORTYPE This command provides a numeric output of the type of mirror. The parameters are: This can be either the source or the target systems. The driver letter of the volume you want information on. Output…
Setting Up SIOS DataKeeper
NO TOC » SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » DataKeeper » Setting Up SIOS DataKeeper
Follow these steps to start using SIOS DataKeeper: Connect to the servers you wish to configure for replication. You can select Connect to Server from the Action pull down menu, right-click on the job folder in the left panel tree display and select Connect to…
Setting Up SIOS DataKeeper
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Setup » Setting Up SIOS DataKeeper
Setting Up SIOS DataKeeper Follow these steps to start using SIOS DataKeeper: Connect to the servers you wish to configure for replication. You can select Connect to Server from the Action pull down menu, right-click on the job folder in the left panel tree…
Setup
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Setup
Setting Up SIOS DataKeeper Follow these steps to start using SIOS DataKeeper: Connect to the servers you wish to configure for replication. You can select Connect to Server from the Action pull down menu, right-click on the job folder in the left panel tree…
Setup of iSCSI Initiator on Windows 2012
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using Microsoft iSCSI Target With DataKeeper on Windows 2012 » Setup of iSCSI Initiator on Windows 2012
Once the virtual disks/targets are created, each of the cluster servers must initiate a connection to them via Microsoft’s iSCSI Initiator. From “Administrator Tools” in “Server Manager”, start “iSCSI Initiator”. Select the “Targets” tab and…
DKHEALTHCHECK
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » DKHEALTHCHECK
DKHealthCheck.exe, found in the \DKTools directory, is a tool that can provide basic mirror status and problem detection of mirror issues. SIOS Support may request that you run this tool as part of the Support process. Note: DKHEALTHCHECK output is captured by…
GETTARGETMIRROREDVOLUMES
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Using EMCMD with SIOS DataKeeper » GETTARGETMIRROREDVOLUMES
EMCMD GETTARGETMIRROREDVOLUMES This command displays information about the volumes on the system that are currently the target in a mirror. Sample output: ** Calling GetTargetMirroredVolumes ** Returned 1 Target Volumes Target Volume 1 information: Volume Root …
GETSOURCEMIRROREDVOLUMES
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Using EMCMD with SIOS DataKeeper » GETSOURCEMIRROREDVOLUMES
EMCMD GETSOURCEMIRROREDVOLUMES This command displays information about the volumes on the system that are currently the source in a mirror. Sample output: Status = 0 Source Volume = F: Source Label = New Volume Source #Targs = 2 Target 0 Target…
GETSERVICEINFO
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Using EMCMD with SIOS DataKeeper » GETSERVICEINFO
EMCMD GETSERVICEINFO This command retrieves version and other information about the SIOS DataKeeper service and driver that is running on the specified machine. The parameters are: This can be either the source or the target systems. Sample…
CLEARBLOCKTARGET
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Using EMCMD with SIOS DataKeeper » CLEARBLOCKTARGET
EMCMD CLEARBLOCKTARGET This command sets the state of the block target flag to FLASE. The block target flag when set to FALSE will allow that system to become a target for the selected volume. This command is for internal use only. No output is produced when running…
CLEARSNAPSHOTLOCATION
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Using EMCMD with SIOS DataKeeper » CLEARSNAPSHOTLOCATION
EMCMD CLEARSNAPSHOTLOCATION This command clears the snapshot location (directory path) for the given volume on the given system. Once this command executes successfully, snapshots will be disabled for the given volume. The parameters are: This is…
SETBLOCKTARGET
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Using EMCMD with SIOS DataKeeper » SETBLOCKTARGET
EMCMD SETBLOCKTARGET This command sets the state of the block target flag to TRUE. The block target flag when set to TRUE will prevent that system from ever becoming a target for the selected volume. This command is for internal use only. No output is produced when…
GETSNAPSHOTLOCATION
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Using EMCMD with SIOS DataKeeper » GETSNAPSHOTLOCATION
EMCMD GETSNAPSHOTLOCATION This command retrieves the currently configured snapshot location (directory path) for the given volume on the given system. It will return an empty result if the snapshot location is not configured on the given volume. The parameters…
GETEXTENDEDVOLUMEINFO
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Using EMCMD with SIOS DataKeeper » GETEXTENDEDVOLUMEINFO
EMCMD GETEXTENDEDVOLUMEINFO This command returns extended volume information about the selected volume such as disk signature, physical disk offset and internal disk id. The parameters are: This can be either the source or the target systems.…
ISBREAKUSERREQUESTED
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Using EMCMD with SIOS DataKeeper » ISBREAKUSERREQUESTED
EMCMD ISBREAKUSERREQUESTED This command checks whether a broken mirror is a result of a user request. The parameters are: This can be either the source or the target system. The drive letter of the volume that you want to check.…
GETBLOCKTARGET
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Using EMCMD with SIOS DataKeeper » GETBLOCKTARGET
EMCMD GETBLOCKTARGET This command provides the current state of the block target flag, either TRUE or FALSE. The block target flag if set to TRUE will prevent that system from ever becoming a target for the selected volume. This command is for internal use…
GETCOMPLETEVOLUMELIST
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Using EMCMD with SIOS DataKeeper » GETCOMPLETEVOLUMELIST
EMCMD GETCOMPLETEVOLUMELIST This command displays information on all volumes eligible to be mirrored or already in a mirror. Sample output: Volume 1 information: Volume Root = F: Volume Label = New Volume Volume File System…
Using DKCE to Enable Multi-Site File Share Resources with Windows Server 2008R2 WSFC
NO TOC » SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Clustering » Using DKCE to Enable Multi-Site File Share Resources with Windows Server 2008R2 WSFC
Use the following procedure to protect File Share resources using SIOS DataKeeper and Microsoft Failover Cluster (WSFC). *IMPORTANT NOTE: DataKeeper Cluster Edition registration with Failover Cluster is automatic and occurs 60 seconds after detecting a Failover…
Firewall Configurations
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Configuration » Firewall Configurations
SIOS DataKeeper cannot function properly if the firewall settings for the source and target machines are not configured correctly. This means you will need to configure a rule for inbound and outbound connections on each server running SIOS DataKeeper as well as any…
SETSNAPSHOTLOCATION
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Using EMCMD with SIOS DataKeeper » SETSNAPSHOTLOCATION
EMCMD SETSNAPSHOTLOCATION “” This command sets the snapshot location (directory path) for the given volume on the given system. The directory must be valid on the system in question, must be a local drive/path, must be an absolute path and cannot be left…
GETCONFIGURATION
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Using EMCMD with SIOS DataKeeper » GETCONFIGURATION
EMCMD GETCONFIGURATION This command retrieves and displays the net alert settings (also referred to as “volume attributes”) for the volume. The parameters are: This can be either the source or the target systems. The…
Switching Over a Mirror
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Working With Jobs » Switching Over a Mirror
The Switchover Mirror function enables you to switch over all the mirrors in a job or just one of the mirrors in a job. A “mirror” includes all variants for mirrors such as standard single-target replication and complex geometries such as multi-target…
GETVOLUMEINFO
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Using EMCMD with SIOS DataKeeper » GETVOLUMEINFO
EMCMD GETVOLUMEINFO This command returns information about the selected volume. The parameters are: This can be either the source or the target systems. The drive letter of the volume you want information on. A…
GETRESYNCSTATUS
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Using EMCMD with SIOS DataKeeper » GETRESYNCSTATUS
EMCMD GETRESYNCSTATUS This command returns information indicating the overall status of a resync operation. The parameters are: This can be either the source or the target systems. The drive letter of the volume you want to set…
Uninstalling SIOS DataKeeper Cluster Edition
NO TOC » DataKeeper Cluster Edition Installation Guide » Uninstalling SIOS DataKeeper Cluster Edition
Before Removing DataKeeper If planning to uninstall DataKeeper and reinstall a previous version, all jobs/mirrors must be deleted on each node prior to uninstalling. These will need to be recreated once software is reinstalled. Uninstall DataKeeper Cluster…
Creation of iSCSI Virtual Disks
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using Microsoft iSCSI Target With DataKeeper on Windows 2012 » Creation of iSCSI Virtual Disks
Perform the following on the primary server, wherever the iSCSI Target server is online at the moment. From Server Manager, navigate to File and Storage Services and select iSCSI. Click on the link “To create an iSCSI virtual disk, start the New iSCSI Virtual Disk…
DataKeeper Notification Icon
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » DataKeeper Notification Icon
The DataKeeper Notification Icon is an application that will show a summary of your DataKeeper mirrors in the Windows Notification Tray. The icon displayed indicates what conditions have been detected, with the following priority. Error: An error condition, such as…
Registry Entries
SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Registry Entries
The following registry entries are associated with the SIOS DataKeeper service or driver and can be viewed using Regedt32. The first section contains entries that may be modified; the second section contains entries that are for viewing only and should not be…