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Safe Creation of Shared Disk Volume Instances
LifeKeeper for Windows Installation Guide » Setting Up Your LifeKeeper for Windows Environment » Safe Creation of Shared Disk Volume Instances
The creation of a shared disk volume resource with LifeKeeper will ensure that only one system at a time has write access to the volume. LifeKeeper is able to recognize that the volume is shared during instance creation so no special steps are required prior to…
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 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…
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 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 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…
Installation – Shared Storage Systems
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Microsoft SQL Server Administration Guide » SQL Server Installation » Installation – Shared Storage Systems
!Configure the instance data and log files so that they are stored on volumes that are protected by the LifeKeeper. On the Primary Server Power down the backup server so that there is no chance of simultaneous access to your shared storage. Use the Windows Disk…
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…
Volume Locking for Shared SCSI Volumes
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Operator Tasks » Volume Locking for Shared SCSI Volumes
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…
Manual Creation of a Mirror in WSFC
Manual Creation of a Mirror in WSFC
!Before creating an Empty Role, verify that your mirror(s) are Highly Available by confirming that they are listed in the Failover Cluster Manager\Storage Disk as Available Storage. If you do NOT see your mirror(s) listed as Available Storage, they are NOT Highly…
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 /…
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…
Adding a Shared System
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper 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,…
Removing a Shared System
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper 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…
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…
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…
Creation of iSCSI Virtual Disks
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper 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…
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…
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.…
Windows Restore result shared storage in a locked and RAW state
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper Troubleshooting » Known Issues and Workarounds » Windows Restore result shared storage in a locked and RAW state
Performing a Windows Restore of a LifeKeeper node results in shared storage being in a locked and RAW state. LifeKeeper cannot clear the locks because the drive(s) are locked outside of the control of LifeKeeper.
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…
If the database to be protected is not on a volume protected by LifeKeeper, resource creation will fail.
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Microsoft SQL Server Administration Guide » Troubleshooting » If the database to be protected is not on a volume protected by LifeKeeper, resource creation will fail.
Suggested Actions: Before protecting the database, enable LifeKeeper protection for the volume on which the database is installed.
If the database to be protected is not on a volume protected by LifeKeeper, resource creation will fail.
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Oracle Database Administration Guide » Oracle Troubleshooting Tips » If the database to be protected is not on a volume protected by LifeKeeper, resource creation will fail.
Suggestion Before protecting the database, enable LifeKeeper protection for the volume on which the database is installed.
Shared Equivalencies
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Introduction » Resource Hierarchies » Shared Equivalencies
When you create a LifeKeeper for Windows resource hierarchy, you create the hierarchy initially on the primary server and extend the hierarchy to a backup server. Most resource instances can be active on only one server at a time. For such resources, LifeKeeper for…
Volume Considerations
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » Introduction » Understanding Replication » Volume Considerations
*Note: SIOS DataKeeper primary and secondary systems have three types of volumes: system, non-mirrored and mirrored. During mirroring operations, system and non-mirrored volumes are not affected and the user has full access to all applications and data on these…
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…
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…
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…
Performing CHKDSK on a protected volume
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Maintenance Tasks » Performing CHKDSK on a protected volume
Disk volumes that are under LifeKeeper protection do not have automatic boot-time CHKDSK performed on them. Administrators should occasionally perform CHKDSK on their volumes manually. To do this, follow these instructions: Take all resources that depend on the…
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…
Storage Mode
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Configuration » LifeKeeper Quorum » Storage Mode
With this mode each node writes information about itself to a shared storage device on a regular basis and periodically reads the information written by the other nodes. A cluster is considered to have quorum consensus when a majority of nodes are able to access the…
Performing Offline Maintenance On A Shared Disk
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » 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…
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…
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. …
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…
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…
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…
Managing Shared Volumes
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper User Guide » Working With Shared Volumes » Managing Shared Volumes
Once your mirrors have been created, DataKeeper allows you to manage your shared volumes. By choosing Manage Shared Volumes from the DataKeeper GUI, you can add another system, which is sharing a mirrored volume, to a job. It also allows you to remove a shared system…
DataKeeper Volume Resize
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper User Guide » Working With Mirrors » DataKeeper Volume Resize
DataKeeper allows users to extend and shrink their DataKeeper volumes dynamically while retaining mirror settings. Once the resize is complete, a partial resync will be performed. Note: This resize procedure should be performed on only one volume at a time. !WARNING …
Taking Volume Resources In and Out Of Service
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Operator Tasks » Taking Volume Resources In and Out Of Service
Some background processes such as virus scanners and Windows Services will try to access a shared volume for write access. These processes may be required to run applications and cannot be arbitrarily turned off for long periods of time. In most cases, these…
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…
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 …
N-Shared-Disk Replicated to N-Shared-Disk
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper User Guide » Getting Started » N-Shared-Disk Replicated to N-Shared-Disk
This configuration replicates data between sites where each site utilizes shared storage. Note that the number of systems in the Primary Site does not have to equal the number of systems in the Remote Site. Also note that only the Source Server has access to the…
Configuring Your Storage
LifeKeeper for Windows Installation Guide » Setting Up Your LifeKeeper for Windows Environment » Configuring Your Storage
LifeKeeper for Windows may be used with either shared storage or with replicated storage. Follow the instructions that apply to your configuration below. Shared Storage Configuration If you are using shared storage, then after your Windows environment is installed,…
Extending a Traditional 2-Node Cluster to a Shared-Replicated Configuration
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
Occasional Job Creation Failure
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper Troubleshooting » Known Issues and Workarounds » Windows Server 2016 Specific Issues » Occasional Job Creation Failure
Occasionally, new job creation on Windows 2016 systems can fail. If this occurs, retry the create.
Working With Shared Volumes
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper User Guide » Working With Shared Volumes
Managing Shared Volumes Adding a Shared System Removing a Shared System
DataKeeper Volume Resize Restriction
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper Troubleshooting » Restrictions » DataKeeper Volume Resize Restriction
The DataKeeper volume resize procedure should be performed on only one volume at a time.
Replicated Volume Switchover Failure
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » Replicated Volume Switchover Failure
Description If the DELETEMIRROR command fails during switchover of a replicated volume, the following error message will display in the Output panel: WARNING (No. 12104) Delete mirror action for volume R: failed with status 51 (command=C:/SDR/EMCmd10.10.1.2…
Using Volume Shadow Copy
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » FAQs » Using Volume Shadow Copy
Question Can Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) be Used with DataKeeper Volumes? Answer VSS Shadow Copy can be enabled for DataKeeper volumes. However, the following guidelines apply: VSS snapshot images must not be stored on a DataKeeper volume. Storing VSS snapshots on…
Volume Shadow Copy (VSS)
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Operator Tasks » Volume Shadow Copy (VSS)
Using Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) with DataKeeper/LifeKeeper for Windows Volumes VSS Shadow Copy can be enabled for LifeKeeper for Windows-protected (shared or replicated) volumes. However, the following guidelines apply: VSS snapshot images must not be stored on a…
Monitoring Replicated Volume Resources
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Data Replication » Monitoring Replicated Volume Resources
The state of all LifeKeeper for Windows protected replicated volume resources is displayed in the LifeKeeper GUI. Refer to the SIOS DataKeeper topic, Mirror State Definitions, for details on mirror states. The example below shows that the mirror state of the…
How to add a newly-created volume to DataKeeper
LifeKeeper for Windows Installation Guide » Setting Up Your LifeKeeper for Windows Environment » How to add a newly-created volume to DataKeeper
After a new volume has been created, formatted, and assigned a drive letter, run the following command from the command line in order to be able to start using the volume for mirror and job creation: From a CMD prompt: “%ExtMirrBase%\EMCMD” .…
N-Shared-Disk Replicated to Multiple N-Shared-Disk Targets
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper 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. Note that the number of systems in the Primary Site does not have to equal the number of systems in the Remote Site. Also note that…
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…
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 …
Storage and Adapter Requirements
LifeKeeper for Windows Installation Guide » Planning Your LifeKeeper for Windows Environment » Storage and Adapter Requirements
LifeKeeper for Windows configurations may use the facilities of shared SCSI host adapters and shared disk hardware to switch resources from a failed server to a designated backup server. A Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN) may also be used to switch resources…
Mirror Creation and Cluster Configuration
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper User Guide » Using Microsoft iSCSI Target With DataKeeper on Windows 2012 » Mirror Creation and Cluster Configuration
Create your DataKeeper volumes and your cluster. See Creating a DataKeeper Volume Resource in WSFC for reference. *IMPORTANT: The iSCSI Target Role only supports DataKeeper Volumes that are mirrors of Simple Volumes placed on Basic Disks. If any of your mirrors are…
Creating Mirrors With Shared Volumes
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper User Guide » Configuring Mirrors » Creating Mirrors With Shared Volumes
In order to properly configure DataKeeper in a shared volume configuration, use the DataKeeper GUI to connect to all systems where the shared volumes are configured. When connected, the DataKeeper GUI uses hardware signatures to automatically detect which volumes are…
Access to Designated Volume Denied
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper Troubleshooting » Known Issues and Workarounds » Access to Designated Volume Denied
If access to the designated volume is denied, then check whether you are attempting to create the mirror while other applications are accessing the volume. During Mirror Creation, the volumes must be locked on the target system for exclusive access by the SIOS…
Viewing The Status Of A Server
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » 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…
Remove DataKeeper Storage from a Windows Server Failover Cluster Role
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » FAQs » Remove DataKeeper Storage from a Windows Server Failover Cluster Role
To remove an existing DataKeeper Resource/Mirror from Windows Server Failover Clustering: Without impacting the existing role in WSFC, i.e. File Shares, SAP, Oracle, SQL Without having to run various emcmd commands, e.g. deletelocalmirroronly,…
Remove DataKeeper Storage from LifeKeeper
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » Remove DataKeeper Storage from LifeKeeper
To remove an existing DataKeeper Resource/Mirror from LifeKeeper for Windows: Without impacting the existing resources in LifeKeeper for Windows, i.e. File Shares, Oracle, SQL, DNS Without having to run various emcmd commands, e.g. deletelocalmirroronly,…
Installation – Replicated Storage Systems
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Microsoft SQL Server Administration Guide » SQL Server Installation » Installation – Replicated Storage Systems
!Configure the instance data and log files so that they are stored on volumes that are protected by the LifeKeeper. 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.…
Moving Storage on Hyper-V
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Maintenance Tasks » Moving Storage on Hyper-V
LifeKeeper supports moving the virtual machine storage running on Hyper-V hosts between local and shared storage. Additionally, Hyper-V allows simultaneous switching of the running host and storage. Therefore, if your configuration supports both migration and storage…
High-Speed Storage Best Practices
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper Configuration » High-Speed Storage Best Practices
Configure Bitmaps If the DataKeeper default bitmap location (%ExtMirrBase%\Bitmaps) is not located on high-speed storage, you should move the bitmaps to a high-speed storage device in order to eliminate I/O bottlenecks with bitmap access. To do this, allocate a small…
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 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…
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…
N-Shared-Disk Replicated to One
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper 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…
Viewing the Status of a Communication Path
LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC) » LKWMC GUI Operations and Layout » Server » Communication Path » Viewing the Status of a Communication Path
*This documentation section describes the LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC). Refer to the LifeKeeper Web Management Console for an overview. Clicking the Communication Path menu item in the Server section of the left menu will display a list of all…
AWS Ephemeral Storage must be Initialized
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper Troubleshooting » Known Issues and Workarounds » Windows Server 2016 Specific Issues » AWS Ephemeral Storage must be Initialized
If SIOS AMIs are not being deployed on an AWS server, these disk initialization steps must be considered. This was introduced with Windows 2016 and continues in later releases. AWS ephemeral storage (Instance Store) must be initialized every time a node starts up…