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Removing a Shared System

SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Working With Shared Volumes » Removing a Shared System

To remove a shared system from either side of the mirror, bring up the Manage Shared Volumes dialog and uncheck the Include box for the system to be removed. When you click Done, the job will be updated so that the system is not part of the job. Warning: If a shared…

Maintaining a Resource Hierarchy

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » SIOS Protection Suite for Windows User Guide » Maintenance Tasks » Maintaining a Resource Hierarchy

You can perform maintenance on a resource hierarchy while maintaining SIOS Protection Suite protection of all other hierarchies on the system. This involves taking the hierarchy in need of maintenance out of service and then bringing it back in service after you…

Removing Microsoft IIS

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction » IIS Hierarchy Administration » Removing Microsoft IIS

Remove LifeKeeper protection for the IIS Web/FTP/SMTP site before removing either the site itself or the entire software package. This is important so that LifeKeeper will not try to protect something that does not exist. *Note: This release of the kit was tested with…

Bringing A Resource In Service

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » SIOS Protection Suite for Windows User Guide » Operator Tasks » Bringing A Resource In Service

To bring a resource in service: Select a server-specific resource instance that you want to bring in service and then select In Service from the Resource Context Menu or Resource Context Toolbar. A dialog appears confirming the server and resource(s) that you…

Taking a Resource Out Of Service

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » SIOS Protection Suite for Windows User Guide » Operator Tasks » Taking a Resource Out Of Service

To take a resource out of service: Select a server-specific resource instance that you want to take out of service and then select Out of Service from the Resource Context Menu or Resource Context Toolbar. A dialog appears confirming the selected resource(s) to…

Extend of a SQL Resource Fails

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft SQL Server Recovery Kit Introduction » Troubleshooting » Extend of a SQL Resource Fails

Symptom: The Extend of a Microsoft SQL resource will fail if the primary and backup configurations are different (i.e. Microsoft SQL ID mismatch). Below is an example of the error message displayed in the LifeKeeper GUI during the can extend operation: Process:…

Expanding and Collapsing A Resource Hierarchy Tree

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » SIOS Protection Suite for Windows User Guide » Common Tasks » Expanding and Collapsing A Resource Hierarchy Tree

The resource MSExch.0 is collapsed in this tree. The resource MSExch.0 is expanded in this tree. appears if it is collapsed. appears to the left of a resource icon if it is expanded. To expand a resource hierarchy, click the …

Creating a DataKeeper Volume Resource in WSFC

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Clustering » Creating a DataKeeper Volume Resource in WSFC

Automatic Creation of a Mirror in WSFC Use the SIOS DataKeeper GUI to configure a mirror. At the completion of the mirror creation operation, the following dialog box will pop up which will allow you to automatically add the mirror as a DataKeeper volume…

Safe Creation of a Shared-Storage Volume Resource

SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Configuring Mirrors » Safe Creation of a Shared-Storage Volume Resource

DataKeeper allows mirrors to be created on shared volumes where more than one system has access to the same physical storage. The shared volume can be on the source side of the mirror or on the target side. Note: Dynamic disks are not supported with Shared Storage…

Resource Context Toolbar

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » SIOS Protection Suite for Windows User Guide » LifeKeeper GUI » Toolbars » Resource Context Toolbar

The resource context toolbar is displayed in the properties panel when you select a server-specific resource instance in the status table. The default toolbar is described here but this toolbar might be customized for specific resource types in which case the custom…

Resource Context Menu

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » SIOS Protection Suite for Windows User Guide » LifeKeeper GUI » Menus » Resource Context Menu

The resource context menu appears when you right-click on a global (cluster-wide) resource, as shown above, or a server-specific resource instance, as shown below, in the status table. The default resource context menu is described here, but this menu might be…

Viewing Resource Properties

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » SIOS Protection Suite for Windows User Guide » Common Tasks » Viewing Resource Properties

To view resource properties: If the Properties Panel is enabled, simply select the server-specific resource instance in the Status Table and the properties will be displayed in the Properties Panel. If the Properties Panel is disabled, select the server-specific…

LCD Resource Types

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » SIOS Protection Suite for Windows User Guide » Advanced Topics » LCD Resource Types

The LCD is maintained in both shared memory and in the $LKROOT directory. As highlighted on the directory structure diagram, subsys contains application resource sets you can use to define your application interface: filesys – file system related resources…

Transferring Resource Hierarchies

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » SIOS Protection Suite for Windows User Guide » Maintenance Tasks » Transferring Resource Hierarchies

When you need to perform routine maintenance or other tasks on a SIOS Protection Suite Server, you can use the LifeKeeper GUI to move in-service resources to another server. To transfer in-service resource hierarchies from Server A to Server B, use the GUI to bring the…

Incomplete Resource Creation

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Troubleshooting » Incomplete Resource Creation

Description If the resource setup process is interrupted leaving instances only partially created, you must perform manual cleanup before attempting to install the hierarchy again. Use the LifeKeeper GUI to delete any partially-created resources. See Deleting a…

Resource Tag Name Restrictions

Resource Tag Name Restrictions

Tag Name Length All tags within DataKeeper may not exceed the 256 character limit. Valid “Special” Characters - _ . / However, the first character in a tag should not contain “.” or “/”. Invalid…

Edit Menu – Resource

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » SIOS Protection Suite for Windows User Guide » LifeKeeper GUI » Menus » Edit Menu – Resource

This submenu of the main menu bar is the same as the default resource context menu except that you must select a resource and server when you invoke actions from this menu. The Edit > Resource menu cannot be customized. In Service. Bring a resource hierarchy into…

IP Resource Create Issue

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Troubleshooting » IP Resource Create Issue

Symptom IP resource Pre-Extend Wizard can fail if new IP address partially matches an existing IP address. Workaround Currently no workaround is available. This will be addressed in a future release.

Resource Tag Name Restrictions

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Troubleshooting » Resource Tag Name Restrictions

Tag Name Length All tags within SIOS Protection SuiteDataKeeper may not exceed the 256 character limit. Valid “Special” Characters - _ . / However, the first character in a tag should not contain…

Resource Hierarchy for Oracle

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Oracle Recovery Kit Introduction » Resource Hierarchy for Oracle

The typical Oracle resource hierarchy consists of the following resources: Oracle Shared communication resource (IP or LAN Manager alias name) Volume(s) All Oracle data, log, and trace (core database) files for the protected SID are stored on shared or…

Oracle Resource Configuration Tasks

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Oracle Recovery Kit Introduction » Oracle Resource Configuration Tasks

Once you have completed the setup tasks as described in the previous section, you are ready to create and extend your Oracle resource hierarchies. The following four tasks are described in this guide, as they are unique to an Oracle resource instance and different for…

Non-mirrored Volume Resource

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Clustering » Non-mirrored Volume Resource

A non-mirrored volume resource is a DataKeeper resource where no data is replicated to any node in the cluster. This resource type should only be used where the data is temporary and/or non-critical such as MS SQL Server tempdb space. In this case, when MS SQL restarts…

IIS Resource Configuration Tasks

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction » IIS Resource Configuration Tasks

The topics in this section describe the tasks involved in configuring resources. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Create an IIS Resource…

Viewing Resource Tags and IDs

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » SIOS Protection Suite for Windows User Guide » Common Tasks » Viewing Resource Tags and IDs

A resource’s tag and ID can be viewed quickly by positioning the cursor over a resource icon in the status window and clicking the left mouse button once (single-click). The resource tag and ID of the server having the lowest priority number are displayed in the…

Testing Your SQL Resource Hierarchy

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft SQL Server Recovery Kit Introduction » SQL Server Configuration Considerations » Testing Your SQL Resource Hierarchy

You can test your SQL resource hierarchy by initiating a manual switchover. This will simulate a failover of a resource instance from the primary server to the backup server. Selecting Edit, then Resource, then In Service. For example, an In Service request executed…

Testing Your PostgreSQL Resource Hierarchy

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite PostgreSQL Server Recovery Kit Introduction » Server Configuration Considerations » Testing Your PostgreSQL Resource Hierarchy

You can test your PostgreSQL resource hierarchy by initiating a manual switchover. This will simulate a failover of a resource instance from the primary server to the backup server. Select Edit, then Resource, then In Service. For example, an In Service request…

Testing Your Oracle Resource Hierarchy

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Oracle Recovery Kit Introduction » Oracle Resource Configuration Tasks » Testing Your Oracle Resource Hierarchy

You can test your Oracle resource hierarchy by initiating a manual switchover. This will simulate a failover of a resource instance from the primary server to the backup server. You can select Edit, then Resource, then In Service. For example, an In Service request…

DataKeeper Volume Resource Health Check

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Clustering » DataKeeper Volume Resource Health Check

A DataKeeper Volume resource provides two functions that are used by the Microsoft Cluster service to check for availability and health of the DataKeeper Volume resource. A simple check LooksAlive and a more rigorous check IsAlive. LooksAlive The Cluster service…

DataKeeper Volume Resource Private Properties

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Clustering » DataKeeper Volume Resource Private Properties

A DataKeeper Volume resource includes several private properties that are used by DataKeeper Cluster Edition. Among these properties are: VolumeLetter (REG_SZ) – the volume letter that is replicated by DataKeeper and associated with this DataKeeper Volume…

Create an IIS Resource Hierarchy

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction » IIS Resource Configuration Tasks » Create an IIS Resource Hierarchy

Before creating your IIS hierarchy, be sure you have created the associated IP and volume (if needed) resource hierarchies first. To create a resource instance from the primary server, you should complete the following steps: From the LifeKeeper GUI menu, select…

Extend an IIS Resource Hierarchy

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction » IIS Resource Configuration Tasks » Extend an IIS Resource Hierarchy

This operation can be started from the Edit menu or initiated automatically upon completing the Create IIS Resource Hierarchy option, in which case you should refer to Step 2 below. On the Edit menu, select Resource then Extend Resource Hierarchy. The Pre-Extend…

Delete an IIS Resource Hierarchy

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction » IIS Resource Configuration Tasks » Delete an IIS Resource Hierarchy

To delete a resource hierarchy from all the servers in your LifeKeeper environment, complete the following steps: From the LifeKeeper GUI menu, select Edit then Resource. From the drop down menu, select Delete Resource Hierarchy. Select the Target Server where…

Testing Your IIS Resource Hierarchy

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction » Testing Your IIS Resource Hierarchy

The topics in this section assist in testing your IIS resource hierarchy. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Performing a Manual Switchover from the…

User Resource Name For Remote Access

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft SQL Server Recovery Kit Introduction » SQL Server Hierarchy Administration » User Resource Name For Remote Access

Unless the application is cluster-aware, when using Microsoft SQL Enterprise Manager to administer the service, you should register it by the switchable resource name (the name by which users access the server using TCP/IP). This gives you a continuous monitor of the…

Creating Other Server Resource in WSFC

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Clustering » Creating Other Server Resource in WSFC

When creating an Other Server resource in WSFC, you will be prompted for a storage resource (DataKeeper resource) twice. You will check the first one, but do not need to check the second dialog. Click the “checkbox” for the first dialog “Select…

WSFC – MS DTC Resource Failure

WSFC – MS DTC Resource Failure

Error/Message The cluster resource host subsystem (RHS) stopped unexpectedly. An attempt will be made to restart it. This is usually due to a problem in a resource DLL. Please determine which resource DLL is causing the issue and report the problem to the resource…

Creating a Job

SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Setup » Creating a Job

If not already connected, connect to the server where you want to create a job. From the right Actions pane, select Create Job. The Job Wizard will prompt you for a Job Name and Description. Enter the appropriate information and select Create Job to…

Creating a Mirror

SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Configuring Mirrors » Creating a Mirror

Before creating a mirror, ensure the following: You have created a job to hold the mirror. The volume on both the source and target systems must be of the NTFS file system type. The target volume must be greater than or equal to the size of the source…

Renaming a Job

SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Working With Jobs » Renaming a Job

Select the job in the left Console Tree pane of the main DataKeeper window. You can select Rename Job from the Actions pane or right-click on the selected job and choose Rename Job from the menu that displays. Enter the new Job Name and new Job…

Deleting a Job

SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Working With Jobs » Deleting a Job

Select the job in the left Console Tree pane of the main DataKeeper window. You can select Delete Job from the Actions pane or right-click on the selected job and choose Delete Job from the menu that displays. Select Yes to delete the selected job and…

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…

Deleting a Mirror

SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Working With Mirrors » Deleting a Mirror

This action discontinues replication and removes the mirror from the associated job. The target volume is unlocked and made fully accessible. Select the job that contains the mirror you want to delete. Right-click on the mirror and choose Delete Mirror or…

Replacing a Target

SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Working With Mirrors » Replacing a Target

When replacing the target volume, you must either break the mirror or delete the mirror in order to ensure a full resync of the data from the source volume to the target volume when the target volume is back in place. Though similar to the Pause and Unlock, breaking…

Deleting a Mirror

SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » FAQs » Deleting a Mirror

Question What actually happens when you delete a mirror? Answer The data remains on both sides, but the target and source data are no longer synchronized. The target volume is unlocked and made fully accessible.

Win2008 – IIS Resource Hierarchy Creation Error

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Troubleshooting » Win2008 – IIS Resource Hierarchy Creation Error

Symptom On a Win2008 system when creating an IIS Resource Hierarchy, you receive the following message: No qualified sites were found… and the create fails. BACKGROUND /…

DataKeeper Volume Not Available as Cluster Resource Type

DataKeeper Volume Not Available as Cluster Resource Type

WSFC Server – The DataKeeper Volume is Not Available as a Cluster Resource Type After DataKeeper is Installed in a Microsoft WSFC Environment Error/Message The DataKeeper Volume is not available as a cluster resource type after DataKeeper is installed in a…

Extending a Single SQL Server Node to a Cluster

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Clustering » Extending a Single SQL Server Node to a Cluster

This guide explains how to install a single SQL Server node and extend it to a clustered node. Please read this document carefully prior to installation. Planning Steps: Start with a Microsoft SQL Server standalone node, where data resides on the C drive. Note:…

Connecting to a Server

SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Setup » Connecting to a Server

Use this dialog to connect to the server of your choice. You may enter the IP address, system NetBIOS name or the full system domain name for the server. Click Connect to select it.

Disconnecting from a Server

SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Setup » Disconnecting from a Server

Use this dialog to disconnect from a server. You may use this option if you no longer wish to view the server in the Administration Window. From the list of servers, select the server(s) that you wish to disconnect from and click Disconnect.

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…

Adding a Shared System

SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Working With Shared Volumes » Adding a Shared System

To add a shared system to either the source or target side of a mirror, you must be connected to that system. You can connect to the system prior to starting the Manage Shared Volumes dialog, or you can click Connect to Server from within the dialog. In either case,…

Connecting To A Cluster

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » SIOS Protection Suite for Windows User Guide » Common Tasks » Connecting To A Cluster

From the File Menu or the Global Toolbar, select Connect. In the Server Name field of the Cluster Connect Dialog, enter the name of a server within the cluster to which you want to connect. Note: If using an IPv6 address, this address will need to be enclosed…

Disconnecting From a Cluster

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » SIOS Protection Suite for Windows User Guide » Common Tasks » Disconnecting From a Cluster

This task disconnects your client from all servers in a cluster. Select a server from which you want to disconnect and then select Disconnect from the Server Context Menu or Server Context Toolbar. A Confirmation dialog listing all servers in the cluster is…

Recovering After a Failover

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » SIOS Protection Suite for Windows User Guide » Maintenance Tasks » Recovering After a Failover

After SIOS Protection Suite performs a failover recovery from a primary server (ServerA) to a backup server (Server B), perform the following steps: Monitor failover. When SIOS Protection Suite on Server B performs a failover recovery from Server A, status messages…

Extending a SQL Hierarchy

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft SQL Server Recovery Kit Introduction » SQL Server Installation » Extending a SQL Hierarchy

This operation can be started from the Edit menu or initiated automatically upon completing the Create Resource Hierarchy option, in which case you should refer to Step 2 below. From the Edit menu, select Resource then Extend Resource Hierarchy. The Pre-Extend…

Unextending a SQL Hierarchy

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft SQL Server Recovery Kit Introduction » SQL Server Installation » Unextending a SQL Hierarchy

To remove a resource hierarchy from a single server in the SIOS Protection Suite cluster, do the following: On the Edit menu, select Resource, then Unextend Resource Hierarchy. Select the Target Server where you want to unextend the SQL resource. It cannot be…

Deleting a SQL Hiearchy

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft SQL Server Recovery Kit Introduction » SQL Server Installation » Deleting a SQL Hiearchy

Before deleting a SQL hierarchy or instance, make sure that the hierarchy is active (green) on its primary server. You may also wish to remove the dependencies before deleting the hierarchy; otherwise, the dependencies will be deleted also. To delete a resource…

Extending a PostgreSQL Hierarchy

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite PostgreSQL Server Recovery Kit Introduction » Server Configuration Considerations » Extending a PostgreSQL Hierarchy

This operation can be started from the Edit menu or initiated automatically upon completing the Create Resource Hierarchy option, in which case you should refer to Step 2 below. From the Edit menu, select Resource then Extend Resource Hierarchy. The Pre-Extend…

Unextending a PostgreSQL Hierarchy

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite PostgreSQL Server Recovery Kit Introduction » Server Configuration Considerations » Unextending a PostgreSQL Hierarchy

To remove a resource hierarchy from a single server in the SIOS Protection Suite cluster, do the following: On the Edit menu, select Resource, then Unextend Resource Hierarchy. Select the Target Server where you want to unextend the SQL resource. It cannot be…

Deleting a PostgreSQL Hiearchy

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite PostgreSQL Server Recovery Kit Introduction » Server Configuration Considerations » Deleting a PostgreSQL Hiearchy

Before deleting a PostgreSQL hierarchy or instance, make sure that the hierarchy is active (green) on its primary server. You may also wish to remove the dependencies before deleting the hierarchy; otherwise, the dependencies will also be deleted. To delete a resource…

WSFC 2012 File Server Resource Manager Event Log Errors

WSFC 2012 File Server Resource Manager Event Log Errors

Description In Windows 2012, if a File Server Role is created which uses one or more DataKeeper Volume resources and the File Server Resource Manager feature is enabled on the system, then a series of “SRMSVC” errors (ID 8228) will be received on the…

Extending a Clustered DataKeeper Volume to a Node Outside the Cluster

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Clustering » Extending a Clustered DataKeeper Volume to a Node Outside the Cluster

DataKeeper Volume cluster resources can be extended to a DR Node for Disaster Recovery purposes. In the event of a complete failure of all systems in the cluster, data will be accessible on the DR Node (referred to as the “DR Node”). Here you will find instructions…

Extending a Traditional 2-Node Cluster to a Shared-Replicated Configuration

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Clustering » Extending a Traditional 2-Node Cluster to a Shared-Replicated Configuration

Add a Shared Node Using Windows Server 2008R2 or 2012 When using Windows Server 2008R2 or 2012, a 1×1 2-Node replicated cluster using DataKeeper Volumes can be extended to a 2×1 shared and replicated 3-Node cluster by using either of the following…

Inability to Create a Mirror

SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » FAQs » Inability to Create a Mirror

Question Why can’t I create a mirror? Answer The common cause of this problem is that the volume on either source or target is in use by another process. Stop the process that is accessing the volume and try again. The SIOS DataKeeper software requires…

Managing a SQL Server Configuration

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft SQL Server Recovery Kit Introduction » SQL Server Configuration Considerations » Managing a SQL Server Configuration

To administer a protected SQL Server resource from the LifeKeeper GUI, right-click on the SQL Server resource (on the right-hand side of the LifeKeeper GUI) and select properties, then select the SQL Server Configuration tab. Use the SQL Server Configuration page to…

Licensing – Licensed Recovery Kit Resource Fails to Come In Service

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Troubleshooting » Licensing – Licensed Recovery Kit Resource Fails to Come In Service

Symptom After upgrade, licensed recovery kit resource fails to come in service and the following error is logged to the Application Event Log by SIOS Protection Suite: “Process: lcdmachfail(3176) *ERROR* (No. 1001) resource requires a license (for Kit )…

Extending a Traditional 2-Node WSFC Cluster to a Third Node via DataKeeper

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Clustering » Extending a Traditional 2-Node WSFC Cluster to a Third Node via DataKeeper

When replicating from a WSFC 2-node cluster to a third node via DataKeeper, the following tasks are required: Replace the existing WSFC physical disk resource with a DataKeeper volume resource that supports data replication. Change the quorum type to Node…

Viewing The Status Of A Server

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » SIOS Protection Suite for Windows User Guide » Common Tasks » Viewing The Status Of A Server

The state of a server can be determined by looking at the graphic representation of the server in the table’s header as shown below. Server State Visual State What it Means ALIVE Client has valid connection to the…

Recovering From a SIOS Protection Suite Server Failure in a 1 × 1 Configuration

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Troubleshooting » Recovering From a SIOS Protection Suite Server Failure in a 1 × 1 Configuration

If a server in your SIOS Protection Suite cluster experiences a failure that causes re-installation of the operating system (and thus SIOS Protection Suite), you will have to re-extend the resource hierarchies from each server in the cluster. If a server in the cluster…

Extending a Traditional 2-Node WSFC SQL Server Cluster to a Third Node via DataKeeper

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Clustering » Extending a Traditional 2-Node WSFC SQL Server Cluster to a Third Node via DataKeeper

When replicating from a WSFC SQL Server 2-node cluster to a third node via DataKeeper, the following tasks are required: Replace the existing WSFC physical disk resource with a DataKeeper volume resource that supports data replication. Change the quorum type to…

Duplicate IP Addresses Disallowed Within a Job

SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » Restrictions » Duplicate IP Addresses Disallowed Within a Job

A DataKeeper job contains the endpoint information for all mirrors that are part of the job. This information includes the host name, IP address, and drive letter of each mirror endpoint. Within a job, an IP address cannot be duplicated on more than one node. For…

Performing Offline Maintenance On A Shared Disk

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » SIOS Protection Suite for Windows User Guide » Maintenance Tasks » Performing Offline Maintenance On A Shared Disk

When performing offline maintenance on a shared SCSI host adapter or a disk on a shared bus, you must stop LifeKeeper and power down all servers and shared disks. Perform these actions in the following order: Stop LifeKeeper. Use the Services tool to stop the…

Maintaining a SIOS Protection Suite Protected System

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » SIOS Protection Suite for Windows User Guide » Maintenance Tasks » Maintaining a SIOS Protection Suite Protected System

When performing shutdown and maintenance on a SIOS Protection Suite-protected server, you must put that system’s resource hierarchies in-service on the backup server before performing maintenance. This process stops all activity for shared disks on the system needing…

Manual Creation of a Mirror in WSFC

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Clustering » Creating a DataKeeper Volume Resource in WSFC » Manual Creation of a Mirror in WSFC

Wait until the mirrors are in the Mirroring state. Create an Empty Application. Open the Microsoft Windows Failover Cluster GUI Right-click on Services and Applications (in Windows 2012, right-click on Roles) Expand More Actions (not in Windows…

Performing a Manual Switchover from the GUI

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction » Testing Your IIS Resource Hierarchy » Performing a Manual Switchover from the GUI

You can initiate a manual switchover from the LifeKeeper GUI by selecting Edit, then Resource, then In Service. For example, an In Service request executed on a backup server causes the application hierarchy to be taken out of service on the primary server and placed…

Recovering From Databases in Suspect State After a Switchover

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft SQL Server Recovery Kit Introduction » SQL Server Hierarchy Administration » Recovering From Databases in Suspect State After a Switchover

A database which gets marked as suspect may be caused by starting Microsoft SQL Server when the volume(s) on which it resides is unavailable to this system. When SIOS Protection Suite is used to protect SQL databases, the starting and stopping of SQL should be…

Running the GUI Application on a SIOS Protection Suite Server

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » SIOS Protection Suite for Windows User Guide » LifeKeeper GUI » Running the GUI Application on a SIOS Protection Suite Server

You can also run the LifeKeeper GUI as an application on a SIOS Protection Suite server. By doing so, you are, in effect, running the GUI client and server on the same system. Only users with administrator privileges on the SIOS Protection Suite server are allowed to…

Using a Non-Admin Local System Account on Target System

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft SQL Server Recovery Kit Introduction » SQL Server Installation » Using a Non-Admin Local System Account on Target System

There are certain cases where the SQL Server service account (sql_svc) cannot be added to the local admin or domain admin groups. In such cases, there will be permission problems on the files for that service account. Users will notice “Access Denied” errors like…

Configuration of Data Replication From a Cluster Node to External DR Site

SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Configuration » Configuration of Data Replication From a Cluster Node to External DR Site

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

SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » FAQs » Create a Mirror and Rename Job and Delete Job Actions Grayed Out

Question Why are the Create a Mirror, Rename Job and Delete Job actions grayed out? Answer If a node that is part of the job is down, these actions will not be enabled.

Global Toolbar

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » SIOS Protection Suite for Windows User Guide » LifeKeeper GUI » Toolbars » Global Toolbar

This toolbar is a combination of the default server context toolbar and resource context toolbar which are displayed on the properties panel, except that you must select a server and possibly a resource when you invoke actions from this toolbar. …

LCD Configuration Data

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » SIOS Protection Suite for Windows User Guide » Advanced Topics » LCD Configuration Data

LCD stores the following related types of data: Dependency Information Resource Status Information Inter-Server Equivalency Information Dependency Information For each defined resource, SIOS Protection Suite maintains a list of dependencies and a list of…

Adding Microsoft SQL Server Volumes

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft SQL Server Recovery Kit Introduction » SQL Server Hierarchy Administration » Adding Microsoft SQL Server Volumes

As your environment grows, you may need to add new Microsoft SQL Server databases on new shared or replicated volumes. You should perform the following tasks to add the new volumes to the SIOS Protection Suite hierarchy before administering the new databases within…

Uninstalling SPS for Windows

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » SIOS Protection Suite for Windows User Guide » Maintenance Tasks » Uninstalling SPS for Windows

Before Removing LifeKeeper Included below are the requirements for removing LifeKeeper software. Move or stop applications. Before removing the software, verify that applications requiring SIOS Protection Suite protection are not on the server. Never remove…

Using DKCE to Enable Multi-Site File Share Resources with Windows Server 2008R2 WSFC

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…

Intelligent Versus Automatic Switchback

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Configuration » Intelligent Versus Automatic Switchback

By default, the switchback setting of a resource is intelligent. This means that once the failover occurs for that resource from Server A to Server B, the resource remains on Server B until another failure or until an administrator intelligently switches the resource…

Installation – Replicated Storage Systems

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft SQL Server Recovery Kit Introduction » SQL Server Installation » Installation – Replicated Storage Systems

On the Primary Server Use the Windows Disk Management tool to configure your disk resources and define the replicated volumes that you want to use. (Be sure the volume size is adequate.) It is recommended that you use Windows Explorer to unshare from the network…

Oracle Hierarchy Administration Guidelines

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Oracle Recovery Kit Introduction » Oracle Hierarchy Administration » Oracle Hierarchy Administration Guidelines

Follow these guidelines for administering your Oracle hierarchy: Access via protected communication paths. To ensure that users can access the Oracle SID, regardless of the physical system on which it is running, all remote access of the database should be done…

Use Different Volume for Multiple IIS Sites

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction » IIS Configuration Definitions and Restrictions » Use Different Volume for Multiple IIS Sites

When the LifeKeeper Microsoft IIS Recovery Kit creates an IIS resource hierarchy, it creates dependencies associated with the IP address and content volume using the home directory path designated in the IIS configuration. We recommend that if you protect multiple…

Hyper-V Host Cluster Error

Hyper-V Host Cluster Error

Failover Cluster Error After Changing Virtual Machine Configuration While VM Is Clustered Description If Failover Cluster Manager is used to modify the VM configuration while the VM is clustered such as adding a Network Interface to the VM, “Refresh Virtual…

Before Installing Oracle

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Oracle Recovery Kit Introduction » Installation » Before Installing Oracle

Before you install the Oracle software, the servers and storage must be configured and LifeKeeper must be installed on each server in the cluster. By doing so, you can then install Oracle onto a volume that is already LifeKeeper-protected. Replicated Storage…

Installing and Using DataKeeper Cluster Edition on Windows Server 2008 R2 / 2012 Core Platforms

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Clustering » Installing and Using DataKeeper Cluster Edition on Windows Server 2008 R2 / 2012 Core Platforms

Prepare the servers. Install Windows Server 2008 R2/2012 Core on two servers, configure IP, join a domain, configure firewall for remote administration, configure the server for remote access and install the Failover Cluster feature. Server Core Installation…

Using DataKeeper Cluster Edition to Enable Multi-Site Hyper-V Clusters

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Clustering » Using DataKeeper Cluster Edition to Enable Multi-Site Hyper-V Clusters

Prerequisite Familiarity with Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Failover Cluster Server Management and Hyper-V Virtual Management procedures and commands is highly recommended. Note: DataKeeper ClusterCluster Edition does not support Cluster Shared Volumes;…

Working With Shared Volumes

SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Working With Shared Volumes

Managing Shared Volumes Adding a Shared System Removing a Shared System

Installation and Configuration – Adding PostgreSQL to an Existing LifeKeeper Configuration

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite PostgreSQL Server Recovery Kit Introduction » PostgreSQL Server Installation » Installation and Configuration – Adding PostgreSQL to an Existing LifeKeeper Configuration

This section covers installation and configuration of the SIOS Protection Suite and PostgreSQL software when adding PostgreSQL to an existing LifeKeeper cluster. These steps must be followed in order. On the Primary Server: Use the Window Disk Management tool to…

Installation and Configuration Details – Adding LifeKeeper to an Existing PostgreSQL Configuration

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite PostgreSQL Server Recovery Kit Introduction » PostgreSQL Server Installation » Installation and Configuration Details – Adding LifeKeeper to an Existing PostgreSQL Configuration

This section covers installation and configuration of the SIOS Protection Suite and PostgreSQL software when adding LifeKeeper to an existing PostgreSQL configuration. The Primary server is assumed to be the location of the active PostgreSQL database cluster that will…

Kit Removal

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction » Installation » Kit Removal

!CAUTION: Be sure to remove all SIOS Protection Suite IIS resources from service and delete them prior to removing the recovery kit. Once the kit is removed these resources will be unusable. The SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft IIS Recovery Kit is included with the…

N-Shared-Disk Replicated to Multiple N-Shared-Disk Targets

SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Getting Started » N-Shared-Disk Replicated to Multiple N-Shared-Disk Targets

This is a complex configuration which combines the aspects of replicating a shared storage environment to multiple shared targets. Example: USE CASE Users who wish to provide the same level of availability in their DR site will deploy this…

N-Shared-Disk Replicated to One

SIOS DataKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Getting Started » N-Shared-Disk Replicated to One

This configuration allows you to replicate the shared volume(s) of the primary site to a remote system across the network. This configuration is ideal for providing local failover within the Primary Site and disaster recovery protection should the entire Primary…

IIS Hierarchy Administration

SIOS Protection Suite for Windows » Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction » IIS Hierarchy Administration

The topics in this section assist in the administration of IIS hierarchies. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Modifying Quick Check Interval, Deep Check…