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LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Windows
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Windows
Introduction LifeKeeper Single Server Protection (SSP) allows for application monitoring in a single node configuration (i.e., no cluster requirements or restraints). Single node environments may be physical or virtual (vSphere, KVM, Amazon EC2). LifeKeeper SSP is…
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Windows Installation Guide
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Windows » LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Windows Installation Guide
About LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Windows LifeKeeper Single Server Protection (SSP) allows for application monitoring in a single node configuration (i.e., no cluster requirements or restraints). Single node environments may be physical or virtual…
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Windows Technical Documentation
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Windows » LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Windows Technical Documentation
About LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Windows LifeKeeper Single Server Protection (SSP) allows for application monitoring in a single node configuration (i.e., no cluster requirements or restraints). Single node environments may be physical or virtual…
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Windows Release Notes
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Windows » LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Windows Release Notes
Release Notes Version 10.0 Released November 11, 2025 Read the following topics before attempting to install or use this product! The documents contain last minute information that must be considered before, during and after…
Installing LifeKeeper for Windows
LifeKeeper for Windows Installation Guide » Installing LifeKeeper for Windows
If you have completed planning and setting up your LifeKeeper for Windows environment, you should be ready to install the LifeKeeper for Windows software on each server in your…
LifeKeeper for Windows Heartbeat
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Introduction » Communication Paths » LifeKeeper for Windows Heartbeat
The heartbeat is a key LifeKeeper for Windows fault detection mechanism. The heartbeat is a periodic signal sent over the comm path between a pair of servers. The regular signals tell each server that the other is still active. When you define your comm path, the…
Uninstalling LifeKeeper for Windows
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Maintenance Tasks » Uninstalling LifeKeeper 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 LifeKeeper for Windows protection are not on the server. Never remove…
LifeKeeper for Windows Configurations
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Configuration » LifeKeeper for Windows Configurations
LifeKeeper for Windows works on the basis of resource hierarchies you define for groups of two or more servers. The following three topics introduce the LifeKeeper for Windows failover configuration concepts. Common Hardware Components System Grouping…
Uninstalling LifeKeeper for Windows
LifeKeeper for Windows Installation Guide » Installing LifeKeeper for Windows » Uninstalling LifeKeeper 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 LifeKeeper for Windows protection are not on the server. Never remove…
Upgrading LifeKeeper for Windows
LifeKeeper for Windows Installation Guide » Installing LifeKeeper for Windows » Upgrading LifeKeeper for Windows
*v10.0 refers to all v10.0.x product versions. !Before upgrading to v10.0.0, see this Known Issue. !Before upgrading from v8.10.2 or v8.11.0 to releases v10.0.0 or later, see this Known Issue. You may upgrade from previous versions of LifeKeeper for Windows while…
LifeKeeper for Windows Common Solutions
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » LifeKeeper for Windows Common Solutions
The following are the most commonly requested solutions. Installation Solutions Storage Solutions Networking Solutions Application Solutions Subscription License Solution *See Most Common DataKeeper Solutions for DataKeeper related…
LifeKeeper for Windows Product Overview
LifeKeeper for Windows Product Overview
LifeKeeper Product Descriptions LifeKeeper for Windows is a software bundle that integrates high availability clustering and data replication functionality to protect mission-critical data and applications and includes DataKeeper (DK), LifeKeeper (LK) and optional…
LifeKeeper for Windows Installation Guide
LifeKeeper for Windows Installation Guide
The topics in this Installation Guide will assist in defining your LifeKeeper for Windows cluster environment. Once your requirements have been determined and your LifeKeeper for Windows configuration has been mapped, these topics will assist you in setting up,…
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation
About LifeKeeper for Windows LifeKeeper for Windows integrates high availability clustering and data replication functionality to protect mission-critical data and applications. LifeKeeper for Windows also integrates with SIOS Application Recovery Kits, which provide…
LifeKeeper for Windows Configuration Steps
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Configuration » LifeKeeper for Windows Configuration Steps
Follow the steps below which contain links to topics with additional details. Perform these tasks on each server in the cluster. Ensure that the LifeKeeper services are running by checking the Services in the Administrative Tools on the Control Panel. You should see…
LifeKeeper for Windows Startup Guide
LifeKeeper for Windows Startup Guide
This startup guide provides the minimum necessary steps and related information to start using LifeKeeper. For specific operations of the Windows OS itself, please check the manual of your OS. Installing LifeKeeper for Windows Starting LifeKeeper Configuring the…
LifeKeeper for Windows Release Notes
LifeKeeper for Windows Release Notes
Version 10.0 *v10.0 refers to all v10.0.x product versions. Released November 11, 2025 Read the following topics before attempting to install or use this product! The documents contain last minute information that must be considered before, during and after…
Configuring LifeKeeper for Windows for Multibyte Language Encodings
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Configuration » Configuring LifeKeeper for Windows for Multibyte Language Encodings
LifeKeeper can operate in all system locales that are supported by Windows. However, locales that use multibyte character encodings (such as Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and other Eastern languages) may require that LifeKeeper be configured to use the correct encoding…
Recovery Kit for Quick Service Protection
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Quick Service Protection
The Recovery Kit for Quick Service Protection provides a simplified method to easily and quickly protect Windows services.
Planning Your LifeKeeper for Windows Environment
LifeKeeper for Windows Installation Guide » Planning Your LifeKeeper for Windows Environment
This section will assist you in defining your LifeKeeper for Windows cluster environment enabling you to successfully achieve your high availability goals quickly and effectively. The major subjects covered are listed below.…
Installing and Removing LifeKeeper for Windows
LifeKeeper for Windows Release Notes » Installing and Removing LifeKeeper for Windows
LifeKeeper for Windows uses InstallShield to provide a standard installation interface with choices for Typical, Compact or Custom installation. See the LifeKeeper for Windows Installation Guide for details about installing, removing or upgrading your LifeKeeper for…
Silent Installation of LifeKeeper for Windows
LifeKeeper for Windows Installation Guide » Installing LifeKeeper for Windows » Silent Installation of LifeKeeper for Windows
*Note: To perform the silent installation for LifeKeeper for Windows, you must contact Support to get separate LifeKeeper and DataKeeper installation files. *Silent installs are not supported with bundles. You can install LifeKeeper for Windows silently through the…
Technical Support
Technical Support
As a SIOS Technology Corp. customer with a valid Support contract, you are entitled to access the SIOS Technology Corp. Support Self-Service Portal. The SIOS Technology Corp. Support Self-Service Portal offers you the following capabilities: Search our Solution…
LifeKeeper Support for AWS Cross Region Environments
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Amazon Web Services Guide » LifeKeeper Support for AWS Cross Region Environments
This page lists the features that LifeKeeper supports for AWS Cross Region Environments. Recovery Kit for EC2™ Frontend/ElasticIP is currently not supported by LifeKeeper due to AWS not supporting this feature. Recovery Kit for Route53™ is fully supported in…
Setting Up Your LifeKeeper for Windows Environment
LifeKeeper for Windows Installation Guide » Setting Up Your LifeKeeper for Windows Environment
Now that you have determined your requirements and mapped your LifeKeeper for Windows configuration, you can start setting up the components of your LifeKeeper for Windows environment. The major tasks of this topic…
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment
LifeKeeper for Windows Step by Step Guide for Google Cloud Microsoft Azure Guide AWS Direct Connect Quick Start Guide Connection Between LifeKeeper Cluster and Clients Using AWS Transit Gateway Quick Start Guide Multi-VPC Cluster Configuration Using AWS VPC…
Building HA Clusters with LifeKeeper for Windows
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Guide » Building HA Clusters with LifeKeeper for Windows
Install LifeKeeper for Windows and build an HA cluster. Installing LifeKeeper and ARK for applications Installing DataKeeper Initial LifeKeeper GUI Configuration Creating common resources
Cloning LifeKeeper for Windows Environment Using Sysprep
LifeKeeper for Windows Installation Guide » Cloning LifeKeeper for Windows Environment Using Sysprep
This section describes how to use Sysprep to efficiently build multiple identically configured cluster environments in LifeKeeper for Windows. Key topics include: Overview of cloning environment using Sysprep Creating a template environment for Sysprep and…
I/O Fencing in LifeKeeper for Windows
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Configuration » I/O Fencing in LifeKeeper for Windows
LifeKeeper for Windows supports three types of storage – all protected by the “volume” resource type. Fully mirrored volume (data is replicated from source node to all cluster nodes) Mixed mirrored / shared (volume is shared between some nodes,…
Most Common LifeKeeper for Windows Networking Solutions
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » LifeKeeper for Windows Common Solutions » Most Common LifeKeeper for Windows Networking Solutions
The following are the most commonly requested networking related solutions. LifeKeeper GUI Running Slow Issue: When should I use the Interface metric for a specific NIC? Solution: For LifeKeeper GUIs that are performing slowly (and/or showing question marks for…
Most Common LifeKeeper for Windows Application Solutions
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » LifeKeeper for Windows Common Solutions » Most Common LifeKeeper for Windows Application Solutions
The following are the most commonly requested application related solutions. Resource can not be extended after the Target node has been replaced ISSUE: The server (Target) from an existing 1×1, LifeKeeper for Windows configuration, was replaced, i.e. OS…
Most Common LifeKeeper for Windows Installation Solutions
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » LifeKeeper for Windows Common Solutions » Most Common LifeKeeper for Windows Installation Solutions
The following are the most commonly requested installation related solutions. Can’t extend resources on new installation Issue: When attempting to extend a SQL Resource in a new installation, the Extend Wizard may yield the following information: “An…
Most Common LifeKeeper for Windows Storage Solution
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » LifeKeeper for Windows Common Solutions » Most Common LifeKeeper for Windows Storage Solution
The following is the most commonly requested storage related solution. How to remove DataKeeper Storage from LifeKeeper Scenario: A customer wants to remove an existing DataKeeper Resource/Mirror from LifeKeeper for Windows: Without impacting the existing…
Maintaining a LifeKeeper for Windows Protected System
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Maintenance Tasks » Maintaining a LifeKeeper for Windows Protected System
When performing shutdown and maintenance on a LifeKeeper for Windows-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…
LifeKeeper for Windows Step by Step Guide for Google Cloud
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » LifeKeeper for Windows Step by Step Guide for Google Cloud
LifeKeeper for Windows is an HA cluster software which is developed and delivered by SIOS Technology, Inc.. DataKeeper is a data replication software which is developed and delivered by SIOS Technology, Inc. DataKeeper provides an integrated data mirroring capability…
Antivirus Software, Malware, etc. Exclusions for LifeKeeper and DataKeeper for Windows
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper Troubleshooting » Known Issues and Workarounds » Antivirus Software, Malware, etc. Exclusions for LifeKeeper and DataKeeper for Windows
Description Antivirus software, Malware tools and other system security monitoring tools could interfere with the proper running of LifeKeeper and DataKeeper and stop LifeKeeper from updating a LifeKeeper registry key. All of the following should be considered as…
Building an HA Cluster with LifeKeeper for Windows
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Microsoft Azure Guide » Building an HA Cluster with LifeKeeper for Windows
Install LifeKeeper for Windodws (Active System, Standby System) Contact SIOS to purchase LifeKeeper for Windows or obtain the evaluation version of the software. Email: sales@us.sios.com US: +1.617.245.6955 or toll-free (US) 866.318.0108 International:…
SIOS DataKeeper Intent Log
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » Introduction » Understanding Replication » SIOS DataKeeper Intent Log
SIOS DataKeeper uses an intent log (also referred to as a bitmap file) to track changes made to the source, or to target volume during times that the target is unlocked. This log is a persistent record of write requests which have not yet been committed to both…
Setting Up SIOS DataKeeper
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper User Guide » Setting Up SIOS DataKeeper
Follow these steps to start using SIOS DataKeeper: Connect to the servers you wish to configure for replication. You can select Connect to Server from the Action pull down menu, right-click on the job folder in the left panel tree display and select Connect to…
Setting Up SIOS DataKeeper
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper User Guide » Setting Up SIOS DataKeeper » Setting Up SIOS DataKeeper
Setting Up SIOS DataKeeper Follow these steps to start using SIOS DataKeeper: Connect to the servers you wish to configure for replication. You can select Connect to Server from the Action pull down menu, right-click on the job folder in the left panel tree…
Installing and Configuring SQL Server with LifeKeeper for Windows
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Microsoft SQL Server Administration Guide » SQL Server Installation » Installing and Configuring SQL Server with LifeKeeper for Windows
Proper operation of the LifeKeeper for Windows Microsoft SQL Server Recovery Kit depends upon correct setup of the hardware and software. This section provides general guidelines, configuration details and troubleshooting hints to help you administer Microsoft SQL…
Overview of LifeKeeper for Windows Event Forwarding via SNMP
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Overview of LifeKeeper for Windows Event Forwarding via SNMP
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) defines a device-independent framework for managing networks. Devices on the network are described by MIB (Management Information Base) variables that are supplied by the vendor of the device. An SNMP agent runs on each…
Install and Configure LifeKeeper for Windows and Recovery Kits
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Microsoft Internet Information Services Administration Guide » Installation and Configuration » Install and Configure LifeKeeper for Windows and Recovery Kits
Before proceeding with the steps in this section, ensure that the storage and network configurations recommended in the previous section have been completed. Installation Sequence The installation and configuration steps must be performed in the following order (see…
Start and Stop SQL Server Only Through LifeKeeper for Windows
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Microsoft SQL Server Administration Guide » SQL Server Hierarchy Administration » Start and Stop SQL Server Only Through LifeKeeper for Windows
Although much of your administration of the Microsoft SQL Server is done through the Microsoft SQL Enterprise Manager, you derive two distinct benefits from bringing the Microsoft SQL Server in service and out of service using the LifeKeeper for Windows administration…
Running the GUI Application on a LifeKeeper for Windows Server
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » LifeKeeper GUI » Running the GUI Application on a LifeKeeper for Windows Server
You can also run the LifeKeeper GUI as an application on a LifeKeeper for Windows 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 LifeKeeper for Windows server are allowed to…
Using EMCMD with SIOS DataKeeper
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper Administration » Using EMCMD with SIOS DataKeeper
The EMCMD utility that ships with SIOS DataKeeper provides users with a command line method to manipulate the mirror. Because these scripts run in situations where the “normal” validation rules may not apply, EMCMD does not perform the same kinds of sanity…
Using DKPwrShell with SIOS DataKeeper
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper Administration » Using DKPwrShell with SIOS DataKeeper
SIOS DataKeeper includes a powershell module (DKPwrShell) that allows a user to manipulate a DataKeeper mirror using Microsoft Powershell. Commands are passed to a SIOS DataKeeper service and will fail if the service is not running. With Microsoft Powershell v3 or…
Windows Domain Settings (optional)
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » LifeKeeper for Windows Step by Step Guide for Google Cloud » Configuring the OS » Windows Domain Settings (optional)
Though the use of the Windows domain is not required, the steps in this document assume the cluster nodes are members of a Windows domain. Add the cluster nodes (lknode-01 and lknode-02) to the domain (lkdomain.internal) and log in as the domain administrator…
Bitlocker Does Not Support DataKeeper
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper Troubleshooting » Restrictions » Bitlocker Does Not Support DataKeeper
According to Microsoft, Bitlocker is not supported to work with Software RAID configurations. Since DataKeeper is essentially a software RAID 1, Microsoft does not support Bitlocker working with DataKeeper. * EFS (Encrypting File System) , *TDE (Transparent Disk…
DataKeeper Does Not Support Lowercase Drive Letters as Mirror Endpoint for Jobs
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper Troubleshooting » Known Issues and Workarounds » DataKeeper Does Not Support Lowercase Drive Letters as Mirror Endpoint for Jobs
Lowercase volume letters for jobs in Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ExtMirr\Parameters\Jobs is not compatible with DataKeeper. If the drive letters become lowercase, they will need to be manually changed to uppercase in the registry. If…
Error When Attempting to Run LifeKeeper for Windows Command From Command Prompt
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » Error When Attempting to Run LifeKeeper for Windows Command From Command Prompt
Symptom When attempting to run a LifeKeeper for Windows command from a command prompt, you receive the following error: [File:lock.CLine:1610] Win32 Error: 2 CRITICAL (No. 472) Can’t run this application without LCD Daemon running. Solution LifeKeeper for Windows…
Windows Server 2016 Specific Issues
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper Troubleshooting » Known Issues and Workarounds » Windows Server 2016 Specific Issues
For issues related to Windows Server 2016, see the following topic: AWS Ephemeral Storage must be Initialized Occasional Job Creation Failure WSFC 2016 File Shares Cannot be Created for File Server Role Using Server Manager or Failover Cluster…
Using SIOS DataKeeper Standard Edition To Provide Disaster Recovery For Hyper-V Virtual Machines
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper User Guide » Using SIOS DataKeeper Standard Edition To Provide Disaster Recovery For Hyper-V Virtual Machines
Considerations When preparing a Hyper-V environment that spans subnets, subnetting may need to be taken into consideration for any applications that are running inside the virtual machine. Some applications “hard code” IP addresses into their…
Recovering From a LifeKeeper for Windows Server Failure in a 1 × 1 Configuration
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » Recovering From a LifeKeeper for Windows Server Failure in a 1 × 1 Configuration
If you uninstall LifeKeeper on one of your systems, you will need to follow these steps. If a server in your LifeKeeper for Windows cluster experiences a failure that causes re-installation of the operating system (and thus LifeKeeper for Windows), you will have to…
Setup of iSCSI Initiator on Windows 2012
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper User Guide » Using Microsoft iSCSI Target With DataKeeper on Windows 2012 » Setup of iSCSI Initiator on Windows 2012
Once the virtual disks/targets are created, each of the cluster servers must initiate a connection to them via Microsoft’s iSCSI Initiator. From “Administrator Tools” in “Server Manager”, start “iSCSI Initiator”. Select the “Targets” tab and…
Awareness of Windows Filenames and Directory Names
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » FAQs » Awareness of Windows Filenames and Directory Names
Question Is SIOS DataKeeper aware of Windows filenames and directory names? Answer SIOS DataKeeper is implemented with a Windows kernel mode filter driver that sits above the physical disk driver but below the file system. As a result, the SIOS DataKeeper driver…
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection Heartbeat with VMware HA
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Windows » LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » LifeKeeper Single Server Protection Heartbeat with VMware HA
The LifeKeeper Single Server Protection heartbeat is the signal sent to VMware HA (every 10 seconds if running in a VMware guest OS and if HA is enabled) indicating that the protected applications are OK. If an application fails, LifeKeeper Single Server Protection…
Maintaining a LifeKeeper Single Server Protection Protected System
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Windows » LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Maintaining a LifeKeeper Single Server Protection Protected System
When performing system or application maintenance on a LifeKeeper Single Server Protection-protected server, you should either stop LifeKeeper Single Server Protection monitoring or place the protected resources into maintenance mode. This will stop LifeKeeper Single…
Error Creating a Mirror, return value 61 when extending a Volume in the LK for Windows GUI
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper Troubleshooting » Known Issues and Workarounds » Error Creating a Mirror, return value 61 when extending a Volume in the LK for Windows GUI
Error/Message Extending a Volume in LifeKeeper for Windows: Cause/Workaround This is caused by a mirror remnant on the target system that needs to be removed with cleanupmirror (run on the source and then on the target)
Configuration Considerations for Generic ARK for AWS Transit Gateway
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Amazon Web Services Guide » Multi-VPC Cluster Configuration Using AWS Transit Gateway Quick Start Guide » Configuration Considerations for Generic ARK for AWS Transit Gateway
In this section, the following items should be considered before configuring and managing the Generic ARK for AWS Transit Gateway. Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) VPCs where cluster nodes are located must be connected via Transit Gateway and be able to communicate…
Requirements for Legacy GUI
LifeKeeper for Windows Release Notes » Requirements for Legacy GUI
LifeKeeper for Windows requires that the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) be installed on each server. The 64-bit Windows Java OpenJDK is installed with the LifeKeeper for Windows Core software. Java OpenJDK has been fully tested with the LifeKeeper GUI Server and GUI…
Configuration for Unattended Connections
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for PostgreSQL Administration Guide » PostgreSQL Hierarchy Administration » Configuration for Unattended Connections
During the creation of a LifeKeeper PostgreSQL resource, the user must enter a PostgreSQL administrative username for that database cluster. No password is requested for this username by the PostgreSQL recovery kit. Therefore, for the connection tests performed during…
Volumes Unavailable for Mirroring
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » FAQs » Volumes Unavailable for Mirroring
Question Why are some of my volumes not available for mirroring? Answer The SIOS DataKeeper service filters out the following types of disk partitions: Windows system volume Volume(s) that contain the Windows pagefile Non-NTFS formatted volumes (e.g. FAT,…
RK for IIS Overview
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Microsoft Internet Information Services Administration Guide » RK for IIS Overview
Recovery RK for IIS protects sites as IIS resource hierarchies to prevent the following types of failures: System failure or server outage Network interface card (NIC) failure Communication failure (the site is running but not responding) Startup failure (the…
Enabling VMware HA Integration with LifeKeeper Single Server Protection
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Windows » LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Enabling VMware HA Integration with LifeKeeper Single Server Protection
By default LifeKeeper Single Server Protection integration with VMware HA is disabled when installed on a VMware VM. To enable integration requires the following steps: Installation of VMware tools in the LifeKeeper Single Server Protection VM. Edit…
Using Microsoft iSCSI Target With DataKeeper on Windows 2012
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper User Guide » Using Microsoft iSCSI Target With DataKeeper on Windows 2012
The following topics will guide you in setting up Microsoft iSCSI Target with DataKeeper via the user interface. *NOTE: This configuration is not supported in a VMware ESX environment. …
Generic ARK for HULFT Requirements
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Generic Application Resource Scripts » Generic ARK for HULFT Administration Guide » Generic ARK for HULFT Requirements
Generic ARK for HULFT Requirements Before creating a HULFT resource, the following requirements must be met. OS and Environmental Requirements The HULFT configuration file is located on a shared disk. The HULFT service name is identical on each node. The…
Specifying Network Cards for Mirroring
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » Introduction » Understanding Replication » Specifying Network Cards for Mirroring
SIOS DataKeeper allows the administrator to specify which IP addresses should be used as mirror end-points. This allows the replicated data to be transmitted across a specific network which permits the user to segment mirrored traffic away from the client network if…
Generic ARK for HULFT Overview
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Generic Application Resource Scripts » Generic ARK for HULFT Administration Guide » Generic ARK for HULFT Overview
HULFT resources have four operations. Bringing a Resource In Service (restore) To set the HULFT resource to ISP (In Service Protected), the HULFT service is started using the HULFT executable binary program. This operation corresponds to when the startup process for…
GUI Network Related – Long Connection Delays on Windows Platforms
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » GUI Network Related – Long Connection Delays on Windows Platforms
There are two ways to address this issue. One is described here in “Solution 1 – IPV4 Interface Metric”, the other in “Solution 2 – local hosts file”. Symptom Long Connection Delays on Windows Platforms. Solution 1 – IPV4…
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,…
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.
Reserve Volumes For Exclusive SQL Use
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Microsoft SQL Server Administration Guide » SQL Server Hierarchy Administration » Reserve Volumes For Exclusive SQL Use
The volumes containing the protected SQL files should be reserved for use by SQL exclusively. A LifeKeeper for Windows protected volume may fail to switch over if it is accessed by an application, process or remote user.
Considerations for cloning environment using Sysprep
LifeKeeper for Windows Installation Guide » Cloning LifeKeeper for Windows Environment Using Sysprep » Considerations for cloning environment using Sysprep
For the template server to be cloned with Sysprep, do not create LifeKeeper for Windows communication paths or resource hierarchies before executing Sysprep. It is not possible to clone an existing cluster environment with already created resource hierarchies using…
Generic ARK for HULFT Configuration Examples
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Generic Application Resource Scripts » Generic ARK for HULFT Administration Guide » Generic ARK for HULFT Configuration Examples
Operating System and Application Environment The following is a configuration example of using Generic ARK for HULFT. LifeKeeper Requirements IP resources and volume resources must be created in advance. The virtual IP address protected by the IP resource…
Recommended Settings for Using S3 Quorum
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Configuration » LifeKeeper Quorum » Storage Mode » Recommended Settings for Using S3 Quorum
LifeKeeper for Windows periodically issues signed URLs internally when accessing Amazon S3 QWK objects. Issuing signed URLs consumes more computing resources than usual. Installing the AWS.Tools.S3 module in the PowerShell bundled with the operating system can reduce…
Generic ARK for HULFT Execution Time
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Generic Application Resource Scripts » Generic ARK for HULFT Administration Guide » Generic ARK for HULFT Execution Time
The script execution time and timeout are as follows restore, remove, recover, quickCheck These scripts have a time limit for processing. The completion time depends on the execution time of OS commands and HULFT binaries used within the script. Delays may occur…
Generic ARK for HULFT Parameters List
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Generic Application Resource Scripts » Generic ARK for HULFT Administration Guide » Generic ARK for HULFT Parameters List
The list of parameters configurable within each script is provided below. When modifying any of the parameters listed below, ensure that all scripts registered as restore, remove, quickCheck, or recover are updated with the same changes on all cluster nodes. …
Recovery Kit for EC2™ Overview
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Amazon EC2™ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for EC2™ Overview
The Recovery Kit for EC2™ has two features: “Route Table Scenario” and “Elastic IP Scenario”. An overview of these features is provided below. Route table scenario (backend cluster): Manage a route table to allow clients to connect to…
Recovery Kit for EC2™ Requirements
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Amazon EC2™ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for EC2™ Requirements
Before attempting to install or remove the Recovery Kit for EC2™ you must understand Amazon Web Service software requirements, as well as the installation and removal procedures for the Recovery Kit for EC2™ package. Amazon Web Service and Software…
Recovery Kit for EC2™ Configuration
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Amazon EC2™ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for EC2™ Configuration
To ensure that your LifeKeeper configuration provides the protection and flexibility you require you’ll need to be aware of the configuration requirements. To appropriately plan your configuration you must understand Amazon, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud, (VPC),…
Additional Setup Tasks for Extended Configurations
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Microsoft SQL Server Administration Guide » SQL Server Installation » Additional Setup Tasks for Extended Configurations
If your configuration uses a shared storage device or you are using SIOS DataKeeper, you may choose a configuration that will be extended to a third (or more) server(s). Configure two systems following the steps given in Installing and Configuring SQL Server with…
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…
Additional Setup Tasks for Extended Configurations
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for PostgreSQL Administration Guide » PostgreSQL Installation » Additional Setup Tasks for Extended Configurations
If your configuration uses a shared storage device or you are using SIOS DataKeeper, you may choose a configuration that will be extended to a third (or more) server(s). If it has not already been done, configure two systems following the steps given in Installation…
Reserve Volumes For Exclusive PostgreSQL Use
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for PostgreSQL Administration Guide » PostgreSQL Hierarchy Administration » Reserve Volumes For Exclusive PostgreSQL Use
The volumes containing the protected PostgreSQL files should be reserved for use by PostgreSQL exclusively. A LifeKeeper protected volume may fail to switch over if it is accessed by an another application, process or remote user.
Recovery Kit for PostgreSQL Administration Guide
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for PostgreSQL Administration Guide
The LifeKeeper for Windows Recovery Kit for PostgreSQL software lets you tie the data integrity of PostgreSQL-based databases to the increased availability provided by LifeKeeper for Windows. The LifeKeeper GUI allows you to easily create a PostgreSQL resource…
Generic ARK for HULFT Administration Guide
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Generic Application Resource Scripts » Generic ARK for HULFT Administration Guide
This guide explains how to protect HULFT using Generic ARK for HULFT RecoveryKit scripts. The GenApp resource created by specifying Generic ARK for HULFT scripts is used to start, stop, and monitor HULFT services. Hereafter, any reference to “script” within this…
Generic ARK for HULFT Messages List
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Generic Application Resource Scripts » Generic ARK for HULFT Administration Guide » Generic ARK for HULFT Messages List
The following is a list of messages output by the script. Each message is written to the event log. Code Category Message Description 51050000 WARN $service_name : Changed the startup type to demand The startup type for…
Generic ARK for HULFT Script Specification
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Generic Application Resource Scripts » Generic ARK for HULFT Administration Guide » Generic ARK for HULFT Script Specification
The specifications of the script (hulft_generic_ark.pl) are described below. When creating a Generic resource, register this script with restore, remove, quickCheck, and recover so that each operation will run based on each script behaviour. Examples of the execution…
Create a domain user for Oracle
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Guide » Oracle Specific Environment » Oracle Installation and Configuration » Create a domain user for Oracle
*Note: Although LifeKeeper can build Oracle clusters in both Windows domain and non-domain environments, in this document we create a valid domain with a domain user named “SIOS20-AD\oracle” and create an environment with this user. Create an account for Oracle as…
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…
Installing/Removing the RK for IIS
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Microsoft Internet Information Services Administration Guide » Installation and Configuration » Installing/Removing the RK for IIS
Installing the RK for IIS The RK for IIS is included in the LifeKeeper for Windows Core product. Removing the RK for IIS !Important: Be sure to remove all IIS resources from service and delete them before removing the RK for IIS. Once the RK for IIS is removed,…
Changing the RK for IIS Configuration
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Microsoft Internet Information Services Administration Guide » IIS Hierarchy Administration » Changing the RK for IIS Configuration
Modifying Connection Check Settings The connection check settings configured when an IIS Site resource hierarchy is created can be modified using LKWMC. To modify these settings, right-click the resource and select Edit Properties. The following information is…
Disabling Connection Check for FTP Sites
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Microsoft Internet Information Services Administration Guide » IIS Hierarchy Administration » Disabling Connection Check for FTP Sites
If your protected FTP site has disabled anonymous authentication and you do not want to use the login script described in Using an FTP Login Script, you can disable connection checking by the deep check process. There are two methods for disabling connection…
Tunable Settings for the PostgreSQL Recovery Kit
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for PostgreSQL Administration Guide » PostgreSQL Hierarchy Administration » Tunable Settings for the PostgreSQL Recovery Kit
The PostgreSQL Recovery Kit provides tunable environment variables to help customize resource protection in certain scenarios. To change the values of these variables, edit the file %LKROOT%\etc\default\LifeKeeper. No processes need to be restarted for the new settings…
Updating Oracle Username and Password for LifeKeeper
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Oracle Database Administration Guide » Oracle Hierarchy Administration » Updating Oracle Username and Password for LifeKeeper
During the creation of a LifeKeeper Oracle resource, the user must enter an Oracle username and password for that instance of Oracle. Should the password of this username change at some point in the future, the LifeKeeper Oracle resource must be updated on all systems…
Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Requirements
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Amazon Route 53™ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Requirements
Prior to installing and configuring the Recovery Kit for Route 53™, be sure your configuration meets the following requirements. AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) version 2 must be installed on all EC2 instances. Refer to Installing AWS Command Line Interface…
Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Configuration
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Amazon Route 53™ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Configuration
This section will assist in configuring the Recovery Kit for Route 53™. You need to configure LifeKeeper for Windows to provide required protection capability and flexibility. This guide assumes you have an understanding of Amazon, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud…
Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Troubleshooting
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Amazon Route 53™ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Troubleshooting
Updating the record associated with the Recovery Kit for Route 53™ resource startup may take time Amazon provides the following information regarding the propagating speed of changes made to the DNS record. Q: How quickly will changes I make to my DNS settings on…
Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Notes
Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Notes
When you create a Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (RK for OCI) resource, the corresponding IP resource is created. If an IP resource already exists before the RK for OCI resource is created: It matches the configuration of the RK for OCI resource and a…