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Resource Tag Name Restrictions
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » Resource Tag Name Restrictions
NOTE: Tag names are limited to ASCII characters only. Tag Name Length All tags within LifeKeeper must not exceed the 256 character limit. Available Special Characters Only the following characters can be used as special…
Restrictions
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper Troubleshooting » Restrictions
Included below are restrictions associated with DataKeeper and DataKeeper Cluster Edition as well as possible workarounds and/or solutions. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Bitlocker…
User Resource Name For Remote Access
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Microsoft SQL Server Administration Guide » 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…
Known Issues / Restrictions
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Administration Guide » Troubleshooting » Known Issues / Restrictions
Known Issues Description When creating a Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (RK for OCI) resource, if the startup process of the corresponding IP resource fails, the dependency will not be created. Solution: After configuring the IP…
Resource
LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC) » LKWMC GUI Operations and Layout » Resource
*This documentation section describes the LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC). Refer to the LifeKeeper Web Management Console for an overview. The Resource section of the left menu allows users to view the status of LifeKeeper-protected resources and perform…
Known Issues and Restrictions
LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC) » Known Issues and Restrictions
*This documentation section describes the LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC). Refer to the LifeKeeper Web Management Console for an overview. DataKeeper for Windows The following configurations are supported in the current version of LKWMC. Shared volume…
Known Issues and Restrictions
LifeKeeper for Windows Release Notes » Known Issues and Restrictions
Known Issues During an upgrade, the GUI shows the incorrect state for the target server When upgrading to LifeKeeper version 8.10.1 or newer from version 8.10.0 or earlier, the target server status will show an incorrect state. Please see this Known Issues and…
Resource Tree
LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC) » LKWMC GUI Operations and Layout » Resource » Resource Tree
*This documentation section describes the LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC). Refer to the LifeKeeper Web Management Console for an overview. The Resource Tree provides a view of LifeKeeper-protected resources and resource hierarchies, along with the current…
Resource States
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Introduction » Resource Hierarchies » Resource States
The LifeKeeper GUI status display shows the resources that are defined across all servers to which it is connected. The left pane of the status window displays the Resource Hierarchy Tree which reflects the global resource status (that is, the status of the resource…
Resource Hierarchies
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Introduction » Resource Hierarchies
The LifeKeeper GUI enables you to create a resource hierarchy on one server and extend that hierarchy to one or more backup servers. LifeKeeper for Windows then automatically builds the designated hierarchies on all servers specified. LifeKeeper for Windows maintains…
Unknown User Name or Bad Password
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » Unknown User Name or Bad Password
Access Denied: Unknown User Name or Bad Password Symptom If a LifeKeeper for Windows client tries to communicate with a server that is in the process of shutting down, the server may abort the validation process by refusing to allow the client to log on. In that…
QSP Resource Properties
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Quick Service Protection » QSP Resource Properties
Each QSP resource has the following properties: Protected Service Service Name The service name and display name of the Windows service protected by the QSP resource. Monitoring Status The status of whether service monitoring is enabled or disabled. If…
Creating a Resource
LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC) » LKWMC GUI Operations and Layout » Resource » Resource Tree » Creating a Resource
*This documentation section describes the LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC). Refer to the LifeKeeper Web Management Console for an overview. To create a resource, click the Operations button in the Resource Tree and select Create Resource Hierarchy from the…
Incomplete Resource Creation
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » 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…
Creating Resource Groups
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Microsoft Azure Guide » Building a Virtual Environment in Azure » Creating Cluster Nodes (Active System, Standby System) » Creating Resource Groups
Log in to Azure and open Azure Home, click Resource groups. Click Add. Enter the following values and click Review+Create. Resource Group Subscription Your subscription ID This is the subscription ID issued when…
Editing Resource Priorities
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Creating Resource Hierarchies » Editing Resource Priorities
You can edit or reorder the priorities of servers on which a resource hierarchy has been defined. First, bring up the Resource Properties dialog just as you would for viewing resource properties. The Resource Properties dialog displays the priority for a particular…
Editing Resource Properties
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Creating Resource Hierarchies » Editing Resource Properties
To edit the properties of a resource, bring up the Resource Properties dialog just as you would for viewing resource properties. If you are logged into that server with the appropriate permissions, the following items will be editable. • Switchback •…
Extending Resource Hierarchies
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Extending Resource Hierarchies
The LifeKeeper for Windows Extend Resource Hierarchy option copies an existing hierarchy from one server and creates a similar hierarchy on another LifeKeeper for Windows server. Once a hierarchy is extended to other servers, cascading failover is available for that…
Creating Resource Hierarchies
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Creating Resource Hierarchies
Select the server, and then select Create Resource Hierarchy from the server context menu or server context toolbar. A dialog entitled Create Protected Application will appear with a list of all recognized recovery kits installed within the cluster. Select the…
Resource Hierarchy Information
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Introduction » Resource Hierarchies » Resource Hierarchy Information
A snapshot of information about all the resources defined for a server can be displayed in the Server Properties dialog box. Other resource information can be viewed in the Status Table (main GUI window) or in the Viewing Resource Properties…
Resource Context Toolbar
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » 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
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » 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
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » 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…
Switchover a Resource
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Operator Tasks » Switchover a Resource
A switchover is a planned event, versus a failover which is an unplanned event. A switchover can be performed from the LifeKeeper GUI using the In Service option. LifeKeeper will move the resource(s) to whichever node you bring In Service as shown in the diagram below.…
LCD Resource Types
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » 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
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Maintenance Tasks » Transferring Resource Hierarchies
When you need to perform routine maintenance or other tasks on a LifeKeeper for Windows 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…
DNS Resource Requirements
LifeKeeper for Windows Installation Guide » Setting Up Your LifeKeeper for Windows Environment » DNS Resource Requirements
The DNS Recovery Kit included with the LifeKeeper for Windows Core product provides a mechanism to update DNS A and PTR records of the primary server or a LifeKeeper alias name on the DNS servers in your configuration. The DNS resource allows the user to select the A…
Oracle Resource Configuration Tasks
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Oracle Database Administration Guide » 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…
Creating a QSP Resource
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Quick Service Protection » Creating a QSP Resource
Before creating a QSP resource for a Windows service, make sure that the service is running on the primary LifeKeeper system. Create a resource by following the steps below: In the LifeKeeper GUI, click on the Create Resource Hierarchy button (button marked with a…
Unextending a Resource Hierarchy
LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC) » LKWMC GUI Operations and Layout » Resource » Resource Tree » Unextending a Resource Hierarchy
*This documentation section describes the LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC). Refer to the LifeKeeper Web Management Console for an overview. This feature is not available in LifeKeeper Single Server Protection. There are two ways to unextend a resource…
Deleting a Resource Hierarchy
LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC) » LKWMC GUI Operations and Layout » Resource » Resource Tree » Deleting a Resource Hierarchy
*This documentation section describes the LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC). Refer to the LifeKeeper Web Management Console for an overview. There are two ways to delete a resource hierarchy. Click the Operations button in the Resource Tree and select…
Incomplete Resource Priority Modification
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Creating Resource Hierarchies » Editing Resource Priorities » Incomplete Resource Priority Modification
A hierarchy in LifeKeeper for Windows is defined as all resources associated by parent/child relationships. For resources that have multiple parents, it is not always easy to discern from the GUI all of the root resources for a hierarchy. In order to maintain…
Edit Menu – Resource
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » 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…
Maintaining a Resource Hierarchy
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Maintenance Tasks » Maintaining a Resource Hierarchy
You can perform maintenance on a resource hierarchy while maintaining LifeKeeper for Windows 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…
Extending a Resource Hierarchy
LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC) » LKWMC GUI Operations and Layout » Resource » Resource Tree » Extending a Resource Hierarchy
*This documentation section describes the LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC). Refer to the LifeKeeper Web Management Console for an overview. This feature is not available in LifeKeeper Single Server Protection. There are three ways to extend an existing…
Generic Application Resource Scripts
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Generic Application Resource Scripts
In this section, scripts for HULFT, SVF, AWS Secondary Private IP Address, and AWS Transit Gateway will be introduced. HULFT HULFT is a data integration (file transfer) middleware that enables secure, reliable, and efficient file collaboration between systems,…
Removing a Resource Dependency
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Removing a Resource Dependency
Select a server-specific resource instance as the parent from which you want to remove a child dependency, and then select Remove Dependency from the resource context menu or resource context toolbar. Select the Child Resource from the drop down box. This should…
Adding a Resource Dependency
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Adding a Resource Dependency
While most Recovery Kits create their dependencies during the original resource hierarchy creation task, under certain circumstances, you may want to create new or additional resource dependencies or delete existing ones. An example might be that you wish to change an…
Working with Resource Hierarchies
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies
The topics in this section describe the tasks that are common across any type of resource hierarchy. These tasks function very much the same regardless of whether you are working with a core Recovery Kit or an optional Recovery Kit. The documentation for the optional…
IIS Resource Configuration Tasks
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Microsoft Internet Information Services Administration Guide » IIS Resource Configuration Tasks
The topics in this section describe the tasks involved in configuring resources. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Create an IIS Resource…
IIS Resource Hierarchy Failover
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Microsoft Internet Information Services Administration Guide » IIS Hierarchy Administration » IIS Resource Hierarchy Failover
A failover occurs in two situations: The first situation occurs when the hardware or operating system experiences a major failure and the server is no longer functioning. The LifeKeeper core on the backup server detects this condition when heartbeat messages from…
LANMAN Name May Be Seen Twice in Browse List
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » LANMAN Name May Be Seen Twice in Browse List
Symptom After creating a LANMAN resource, the LANMAN name may be seen twice in the browse list. Solution One of these entries is an unusable Workstation record. Please disregard this entry and use the other LANMAN Server name.
Testing Your Oracle Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Oracle Database Administration Guide » 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…
Resource Monitoring and Local Recovery
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Administration Guide » Resource Monitoring and Local Recovery
Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (RK for OCI) Quick Check The RK for OCI runs the following command to verify that the secondary private IP address is assigned to the VNIC on the active node. oci network private-ip list --vnic-id --query…
Viewing Resource and Server Status
LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC) » LKWMC GUI Operations and Layout » Resource » Resource Tree » Viewing Resource and Server Status
*This documentation section describes the LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC). Refer to the LifeKeeper Web Management Console for an overview. The status of each server and resource may be viewed from the Resource Tree. The status of a protected resource on a…
Viewing and Editing Resource Properties
LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC) » LKWMC GUI Operations and Layout » Resource » Resource Tree » Viewing and Editing Resource Properties
*This documentation section describes the LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC). Refer to the LifeKeeper Web Management Console for an overview. There are three ways to view or edit the properties for a resource. Click the Operations button in the Resource Tree…
Bringing a Resource In Service
LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC) » LKWMC GUI Operations and Layout » Resource » Resource Tree » Bringing a Resource In Service
*This documentation section describes the LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC). Refer to the LifeKeeper Web Management Console for an overview. There are two ways to bring a resource hierarchy in service. Click the Operations button in the Resource Tree and…
IIS Resource Hierarchy Creation Error
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » IIS Resource Hierarchy Creation Error
Symptom When creating an IIS Resource Hierarchy, you receive the following message: No qualified sites were found… and the create fails. BACKGROUND /…
Extending a Volume Resource Hierarchy
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Extending Resource Hierarchies » Extending a Volume Resource Hierarchy
This operation can be started automatically after you have finished creating a volume resource hierarchy, or from an existing volume resource hierarchy, as described in the section on extending resource hierarchies. The following additional data is required to extend a…
Creating/Extending/Modifying a Resource
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Load Balancer Health Check Administration Guide » Creating/Extending/Modifying a Resource
Creating a Resource Hierarchy To create an LB Health Check resource, complete the following steps: Start the Create Resource Wizard as described in Creating Resource Hierarchies. Select Backup Server. Select LB Health Check as a Recovery Kit. …
Testing Your SQL Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Microsoft SQL Server Administration Guide » 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
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for PostgreSQL Administration Guide » 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…
Viewing Resource Tags and IDs
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » 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…
Bringing A Resource In Service
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » 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…
Creating a Volume Resource Hierarchy
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Creating Resource Hierarchies » Creating a Volume Resource Hierarchy
When you want to protect resources on shared SCSI disks, you partition the shared disk into logical volumes using the Windows Disk Management tool. LifeKeeper for Windows can protect shared volumes by defining a volume resource instance. Each instance is assigned a…
Extending a DNS Resource Hierarchy
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Extending Resource Hierarchies » Extending a DNS Resource Hierarchy
This operation can be started automatically after you have finished creating a DNS resource hierarchy, or from an existing DNS resource hierarchy, as described in the section on extending resource hierarchies. The following additional data is required to extend a DNS…
Create an IIS Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Microsoft Internet Information Services Administration Guide » IIS Resource Configuration Tasks » Create an IIS Resource Hierarchy
Before creating an IIS resource hierarchy, ensure that the associated volume resources and IP address resources (if required) have already been created. To create an IIS resource on the primary node, complete the following steps: From the dropdown list accessed by…
Extend an IIS Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Microsoft Internet Information Services Administration Guide » IIS Resource Configuration Tasks » Extend an IIS Resource Hierarchy
There are multiple ways to extend an IIS resource hierarchy. The Extend Resource Hierarchy screen can be accessed using any of the following methods: Click the Operations button on the Resource Tree screen and select Extend Resource Hierarchy from the dropdown…
Delete an IIS Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Microsoft Internet Information Services Administration Guide » IIS Resource Configuration Tasks » Delete an IIS Resource Hierarchy
There are multiple ways to delete an IIS resource hierarchy. The Delete Resource Hierarchy screen can be accessed using any of the following methods: Click the Operations button on the Resource Tree screen and select Delete Resource Hierarchy from the dropdown…
Testing Your IIS Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Microsoft Internet Information Services Administration Guide » IIS Resource Configuration Tasks » Testing Your IIS Resource Hierarchy
You can test the Recovery Kit for IIS protection of an IIS Site resource hierarchy by performing a manual switchover. For instructions, see Manual Switchover for instructions. This operation simulates a failover of the IIS Site resource from the primary server to the…
Managing JP1/AJS Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for JP1/AJS Administration Guide » Managing JP1/AJS Resource Hierarchy
This section explains how to manage JP1/AJS resources using the Recovery Kit for JP1/AJS. The protection procedures for JP1/AJS3 – Manager and JP1/AJS3 – Agent are the same. Since JP1/Base is a prerequisite for JP1/AJS3, you must protect JP1/Base regardless of…
JP1/AJS Resource Hierarchy Properties
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for JP1/AJS Administration Guide » Managing JP1/AJS Resource Hierarchy » JP1/AJS Resource Hierarchy Properties
JP1/AJS resources have the following unique properties in addition to the common properties shared across all resource hierarchies: “Switchback Type”, “Quick Check Interval”, and “Local Recovery”. Property Default Value (seconds)…
Creating a DNS Resource Hierarchy
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Creating Resource Hierarchies » Creating a DNS Resource Hierarchy
The DNS Recovery Kit provides a mechanism to create, update, and manage a DNS A record and associated PTR record for a virtual server name. The DNS resource allows the administrator to configure the managed virtual server name and also the IP address it will be…
Creating a Dependency between a GenLB Resource and an Oracle PDB Resource
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » LifeKeeper for Windows Step by Step Guide for Google Cloud » Protecting Oracle » Creating a Dependency between a GenLB Resource and an Oracle PDB Resource
Log in to the Windows OS on the active system (lk-node01) as LKDOMAIN\lkadmin. Launch the LifeKeeper GUI and log in as LKDOMAIN\lkadmin. Click the Add Dependency icon. Enter the values as described in the table below: Create Dependency …
Taking a Resource Out of Service
LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC) » LKWMC GUI Operations and Layout » Resource » Resource Tree » Taking a Resource Out of Service
*This documentation section describes the LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC). Refer to the LifeKeeper Web Management Console for an overview. There are two ways to take a resource hierarchy out of service. Click the Operations button in the Resource Tree and…
Creating or Deleting a Resource Dependency
LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC) » LKWMC GUI Operations and Layout » Resource » Resource Tree » Creating or Deleting a Resource Dependency
*This documentation section describes the LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC). Refer to the LifeKeeper Web Management Console for an overview. There are two ways to create or delete a dependency between two resources. Click the Operations button in the…
Creating a Mirror Volume Resource Hierarchy
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Microsoft Azure Guide » Oracle Specific Environment » Creating a Mirror Volume Resource Hierarchy
Here we create a mirrored volume using the 30GB disk (F drive) added to each cluster node. Log in to sios20lknode01 and launch the LifeKeeper GUI. Click Create Resource Hierarchy (the green +) Follow the prompts to enter the details in the following…
Creating a Generic Application Resource Hierarchy
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Creating Resource Hierarchies » Creating a Generic Application Resource Hierarchy
*General Application VB scripts will only operate on your Windows Server 2025 environment if the VBScript support feature on demand is enabled. *Note: For ksh only, in order for shell scripts to be used in a GenApp resource, you have to make them executable using…
Creating a LAN Manager Resource Hierarchy
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Creating Resource Hierarchies » Creating a LAN Manager Resource Hierarchy
!Lan Manager is no longer supported and will be removed from LifeKeeper in a future release. It is not available in the new LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC). The LAN Manager Recovery Kit provides a way to create a computer alias name with associated file…
IP Resource Quickchk and Deepchk Behavior
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Creating Resource Hierarchies » Creating an IP Address Resource Hierarchy » IP Resource Quickchk and Deepchk Behavior
The health check scripts for an IP resource behave as follows. quickchk Verify that the adapter’s media is connected. If the cable is found to be disconnected for 10 seconds then exit with failure. Verify that the protected IP address is configured on the…
Extending a LAN Manager Resource Hierarchy
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Extending Resource Hierarchies » Extending a LAN Manager Resource Hierarchy
This operation can be started automatically after you have finished creating a LAN manager resource hierarchy, or from an existing LAN manager resource hierarchy, as described in the section on extending resource hierarchies. No additional data is required to extend a…
Extending a File Share Resource Hierarchy
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Extending Resource Hierarchies » Extending a File Share Resource Hierarchy
This operation can be started automatically after you have finished creating a file share resource hierarchy, or from an existing file share resource hierarchy, as described in the section on extending resource hierarchies. No additional data is required to extend a…
Extending a Generic Application Resource Hierarchy
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Extending Resource Hierarchies » Extending a Generic Application Resource Hierarchy
This operation can be started automatically after you have finished creating a generic application resource hierarchy, or from an existing generic application resource hierarchy, as described in the section on extending resource hierarchies. No additional data is…
AWS ECC Resource Monitoring and Configuration
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Amazon EC2™ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for EC2™ Configuration » AWS ECC Resource Monitoring and Configuration
Route Table scenario (Backend Cluster): The recovery kit uses AWS CLI to perform the monitoring of the Route Table settings to enable an access from clients within the VPC to the protected IP resources. The recovery kit ensures that the target of the IP resources for…
Creating an AWS ECC Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Amazon EC2™ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for EC2™ Configuration » Creating an AWS ECC Resource Hierarchy
To create a resource instance from the primary server, complete the following steps: From the LifeKeeper GUI menu, select Edit, then Server. From the drop down menu, select Create Resource Hierarchy. A dialog box will appear with a drop down list showing all of…
Deleting an AWS ECC Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Amazon EC2™ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for EC2™ Configuration » Deleting an AWS ECC Resource Hierarchy
To delete a resource hierarchy from all of the servers in your LifeKeeper environment, complete the following steps: From the LifeKeeper GUI menu, select Edit, then Resource. From the dropdown menu, select Delete Resource Hierarchy. Select the name of the Target…
Extend of a SQL Resource Fails
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Microsoft SQL Server Administration Guide » 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:…
Taking a Resource Out Of Service
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » 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…
Creating an IP Address Resource Hierarchy
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Creating Resource Hierarchies » Creating an IP Address Resource Hierarchy
The LifeKeeper for Windows provides a mechanism to recover an IP address from a failed primary server to a backup server in a LifeKeeper environment. By creating an IP address resource, you can define an IP address that can be used to connect to a LifeKeeper-protected…
Extending an IP Address Resource Hierarchy
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Extending Resource Hierarchies » Extending an IP Address Resource Hierarchy
This operation can be started automatically after you have finished creating an IP address resource hierarchy or from an existing IP address resource hierarchy as described in the section on extending resource hierarchies. The following additional data is required to…
Creating a Mirrored Volume Resource Hierarchy
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » LifeKeeper for Windows Step by Step Guide for Google Cloud » Installing and Configuring LifeKeeper » Initial LifeKeeper GUI Configuration » Creating a Mirrored Volume Resource Hierarchy
Here we create a mirrored volume using a 30GB disk (F drive) added to each cluster node. Log in to lk-node01 and launch the LifeKeeper GUI. Click Create Resource Hierarchy (the green + button). Follow the prompts and enter the details as described in the…
Creating an LB Health Check Resource
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » LifeKeeper for Windows Step by Step Guide for Google Cloud » Creating an LB Health Check » Creating an LB Health Check Resource
!Please be sure to verify the following are in place in order to minimize issues moving forward with the creation of an LB Health Check resource: 1. A Windows firewall rule to allow access to the ILB port (12345) 2. A Google Firewall rule that lists the address…
Creating a JP1/AJS Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for JP1/AJS Administration Guide » Managing JP1/AJS Resource Hierarchy » Creating a JP1/AJS Resource Hierarchy
The procedure for creating a JP1/AJS Resource Hierarchy with LKWMC is as follows: Select Resource > Resource Tree from the left pane menu to display the Resource Tree screen. Select Create Resource Hierarchy from the Operations dropdown at the top of the screen to…
Deleting a JP1/AJS Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for JP1/AJS Administration Guide » Managing JP1/AJS Resource Hierarchy » Deleting a JP1/AJS Resource Hierarchy
The procedure for deleting the JP1/AJS resource hierarchy by LKWMC is as follows: *Note: The following procedure deletes the target JP1/AJS resource and all dependent child resource hierarchies. If there are child resource hierarchies that must remain protected, you…
Unextending a JP1/AJS Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for JP1/AJS Administration Guide » Managing JP1/AJS Resource Hierarchy » Unextending a JP1/AJS Resource Hierarchy
*Note: This feature is not available with LifeKeeper Single Server Protection. The procedure for unextending the JP1/AJS resource hierarchy extended with LKWMC is as follows: *Note: The following procedure unextends the target JP1/AJS resource and all dependent child…
Extending a JP1/AJS Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for JP1/AJS Administration Guide » Managing JP1/AJS Resource Hierarchy » Extending a JP1/AJS Resource Hierarchy
*Note: This feature is not available with LifeKeeper Single Server Protection. After creating the resource hierarchy on the primary server, it needs to be extended to the standby server in the cluster. In LKWMC, the resource hierarchy can be extended from the primary…
Creating Oracle Resource Hierarchies (Active System)
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » LifeKeeper for Windows Step by Step Guide for Google Cloud » Protecting Oracle » Creating Oracle Resource Hierarchies (Active System)
Log in to the Windows OS on the active system (lk-node01) as LKDOMAIN\lkadmin. Launch the LifeKeeper GUI and log in as LKDOMAIN\lkadmin. Click the Create Resource Hierarchy icon (green + sign) to create an Oracle resource hierarchy. Enter the values as…
Creating a DataKeeper Volume Resource in WSFC
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…
Creating a File Share List Resource Hierarchy
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Creating Resource Hierarchies » Creating a File Share List Resource Hierarchy
The Windows File Manager function allows you to define file shares. The File Share List Resource type allows you to create a resource that includes one or more of those file shares. Criteria for File Share List Resources Not all file shares are available to be…
Expanding and Collapsing A Resource Hierarchy Tree
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » 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 …
Generic ARK for HULFT Resource Creation/Extension
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Generic Application Resource Scripts » Generic ARK for HULFT Administration Guide » Generic ARK for HULFT Resource Creation/Extension
To create or extend HULFT resources, use the Generic Application. Launch the LifeKeeper GUI, click Edit > Servers > Create Resource Hierarchy, and select Generic Application from the Resource Creation Wizard. For details on the items, refer to Creating a Generic…
Generic ARK for AWS Transit Gateway Resource Hierarchy
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Amazon Web Services Guide » Multi-VPC Cluster Configuration Using AWS Transit Gateway Quick Start Guide » Generic ARK for AWS Transit Gateway Resource Hierarchy
The following is a typical Generic ARK for AWS Transit Gateway resource hierarchy. [Any application resource] + [Generic ARK for AWS Transit Gateway resource] + [IP resource] Note that IP resources must be placed under…
DataKeeper Volume Not Available as Cluster Resource Type
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper Troubleshooting » Known Issues and Workarounds » 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…
Creating a Mirrored Volume Resource Hierarchy (Active System)
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Microsoft Azure Guide » PostgreSQL Specific Environment » Creating a Mirrored Volume Resource Hierarchy (Active System)
In this example we created a mirrored volume using a 30GB disk (F drive) added to each cluster node. Log in to sios20lknode01 and launch the LifeKeeper GUI. Click Create Resource Hierarchy (the green ＋) Follow the prompts and enter the details in the…
Creating Oracle Pluggable Database (PDB) Resource Hierarchies (Active System)
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » LifeKeeper for Windows Step by Step Guide for Google Cloud » Protecting Oracle » Creating Oracle Pluggable Database (PDB) Resource Hierarchies (Active System)
Log in to the Windows OS on the active system (lk-node01) as LKDOMAIN\lkadmin. Launch the LifeKeeper GUI and log in as LKDOMAIN\lkadmin. Click the Create Resource Hierarchy icon (green + sign) to create an Oracle Pluggable Database resource hierarchy. Enter…
Deleting a Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Amazon Route 53™ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Configuration » Deleting a Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Resource Hierarchy
To delete a resource hierarchy from all of the servers in your environment, complete the following steps. From the LifeKeeper for Windows GUI menu, select Edit then Resource. From the dropdown menu select Delete Resource Hierarchy. Select the name of the Target…
Extending Your Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Amazon Route 53™ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Configuration » Extending Your Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Resource Hierarchy
After you have created a hierarchy, you must extend that hierarchy to another server in the cluster. There are three possible scenarios to extend your resource instance from the template (primary) server to a target server. Continue from creating the resource into…
Unextending Your Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Amazon Route 53™ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Configuration » Unextending Your Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Resource Hierarchy
To unextend a hierarchy complete the following steps. From the LifeKeeper for Windows GUI menu, select Edit, then Resource. From the dropdown menu, select Unextend Resource Hierarchy. Select the Target Server that you are unextending from the Route53 resource. It…
Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Resource Monitoring and Recovery
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Amazon Route 53™ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Configuration » Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Resource Monitoring and Recovery
The Recovery Kit for Route 53™ resource monitors the normality of the retrieval of the DNS A record registered at the time of creation and the association with the virtual IP address. The monitoring process is as follows. Obtain the address set in the Route53 A…
Creating a Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Administration Guide » Configuration » Creating a Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Resource Hierarchy
To create a Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (RK for OCI) resource, complete the following steps: Launch the Create Resource Wizard by referring to Creating Resource Hierarchies. Select OCIVIP for the application you are going to protect. Enter the…