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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 …
Creating a QSP Resource
Application Recovery Kits » Quick Service Protection Recovery Kit » 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: *At this time QSP Resources do not support Services with Parathesis or any other special…
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 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…
Creating/Extending/Modifying a Resource
Application Recovery Kits » LB Health Check Kit 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. …
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…
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…
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 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 LAN Manager Resource Hierarchy
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Creating Resource Hierarchies » Creating a LAN Manager Resource Hierarchy
The LAN Manager Recovery Kit provides a way to create a computer alias name with associated file shares. The computer alias name acts as a “switchable” computer name, and its associated file shares become available on the system that has the LifeKeeper for…
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
*Note: For ksh only, in order for shell scripts to be used in a GenApp resource, you have to make them executable using chmod +x command on each of the scripts. This must be done before you attempt to create the GenApp resource. !Note: For ksh only, the chmod command…
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…
Creating a Mirror
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper User Guide » Configuring Mirrors » Creating a Mirror
Before creating a mirror, ensure the following: You have created a job to hold the mirror. The volume on both the source and target systems must be of the NTFS file system type. The target volume must be greater than or equal to the size of the source…
Creating a Job
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper User Guide » Setting Up SIOS DataKeeper » Creating a Job
*Using non-ASCII characters in the DataKeeper Job Name or Description fields will result in errors in LifeKeeper Administration of that Job. If not already connected, connect to the server where you want to create a job. From the right Actions pane, select…
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.…
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 a load balancer
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Guide » Building a Virtual Environment in OCI » Creating a load balancer
There are two types of load balancers in OCI, but in this document we will use a network load balancer. The IP address of this network load balancer will also be used as the virtual IP address to be set later, which will be the access point for the protected…
Creating a VPC Network
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » LifeKeeper for Windows Step by Step Guide for Google Cloud » Configuration on Google Cloud » Creating a VPC Network
Create the VPC using the following two subnets. Subnet List Subnet Name Region IP Address Range lk-private asia-northeast1 10.0.101.0/24 lk-public 10.0.1.0/24 Log in to Google Cloud. From the…
Creating a VM Instance
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » LifeKeeper for Windows Step by Step Guide for Google Cloud » Configuration on Google Cloud » Creating a VM Instance
Create the following three VM instances. Instance List Name Region Zone Use lk-node01 asia-northeast1 asia-northeast1-b primary node lk-node02 asia-northeast1-c secondary node lk-client…
Creating a Communication Path
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 Communication Path
Create a communication path between the cluster nodes using the value in the following table. Communication Path Local Server LK-NODE01 Remote Server(s) LK-NODE02 Device Type TCP Heartbeat…
Creating a Load Balancer
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » LifeKeeper for Windows Step by Step Guide for Google Cloud » Creating a Load Balancer
Create the Cloud Load Balancer on Google Cloud as described in Introduction to the Load Balancer, in the following order. The client is able to communicate with the VM instances which are detected as healthy by the health check by connecting to the load balancer…
Creating a VM Instance
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » LifeKeeper for Windows Step by Step Guide for Google Cloud » Connecting from another VPC Client » Creating a VM Instance
Create the following instance. Instance Setting Value (Region/Zone) Name Region Zone client asia-northeast1 asia-northeast1-a Instance Setting Value (Machine configuration・Boot disk) Machine Configuration…
Creating a Virtual Network
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Microsoft Azure Guide » Building a Virtual Environment in Azure » Creating a Virtual Network
Create a virtual network for the new environment. We will create a single address space and two subnets here. One subnet is used for services, and the other for LifeKeeper for Windows communication paths and replication. Select Azure Home > Virtual networks > Add…
Creating a Load Balancer
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Microsoft Azure Guide » Building a Virtual Environment in Azure » Creating a Load Balancer
Azure load balancers have external and internal load balancers, but for the purpose of this document, we will use an internal load balancer. The IP address of this internal load balancer is also used as a virtual IP address later, making it an access point for…
Creating a Communication Path
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Administrator GUI Tasks » Creating a Communication Path
Before configuring a LifeKeeper for Windows communication path between servers, verify the hardware and software setup. See the Configuration section for requirements. Configuration Notes You should configure no more than one shared disk comm path between…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
Creating an AWS ECC Resource Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for 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…
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 Virtual Cloud Network
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Guide » Building a Virtual Environment in OCI » Creating a Virtual Cloud Network
Create a virtual cloud network (VCN) to use in this environment. Select [≡] > Networking > Virtual cloud network. Select the compartment sios20-c created in the previous step in Compartment, then click Create VCN. Enter the following value 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…
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…
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 Password File (Active node)
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Guide » Oracle Specific Environment » Oracle Installation and Configuration » Creating a Password File (Active node)
Log in to SIOS-NODE1 as SIOS20-AD\lkadmin. Create a password file to use for login through the listener. Refer to the official Oracle documentation for the syntax of the password files. C:\> orapwd file=orapworcl force=y ignorecase=y password= Verify…
Creating a Password File (Standby System)
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Microsoft Azure Guide » Oracle Specific Environment » Oracle Installation and Configuration » Creating a Password File (Standby System)
Create a password file and check the connectivity to the database via the listener using the same steps as you did for the active node. See Creating a Password File (Active System) for details. Now the installation and configuration on the standby node have…
Creating a Password File (Active System)
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » LifeKeeper for Windows Step by Step Guide for Google Cloud » Installing and Configuring Oracle » Creating a Password File (Active System)
Log in to lk-node01 as LKDOMAIN\lkadmin. Run cmd.exe as Administrator. Create a password file to use for logging in through the listener. Refer to the official Oracle documentation for the syntax of the password files. C:\> orapwd file=orapworcl force=y…
Creating a Password File (Standby node)
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Guide » Oracle Specific Environment » Oracle Installation and Configuration » Creating a Password File (Standby node)
Create a password file and check the connectivity to the database via the listener using the same steps as you did for the active node. See Creating a Password File for details. Now the installation and configuration on the standby node have been…
Creating a Password File (Standby System)
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » LifeKeeper for Windows Step by Step Guide for Google Cloud » Installing and Configuring Oracle » Creating a Password File (Standby System)
Create a password file and check the connectivity to the database via the listener using the same steps used for the active node; Creating a Password File (Active System) . Now the installation and configuration on the standby node have been completed.…
Creating a Password File (Active System)
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Microsoft Azure Guide » Oracle Specific Environment » Oracle Installation and Configuration » Creating a Password File (Active System)
Log in to sios20lknode01 as SIOS20\lkadmin. Create a password file to use for login through the listener. Refer to the official Oracle documentation for the syntax of the password files. C:\> orapwd file=orapworcl force=y ignorecase=y password=XXXXXXXX Verify…
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…
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 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 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…
Extend of a SQL Resource Fails
Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper for Windows Microsoft SQL Server Recovery Kit Introduction » Troubleshooting » Extend of a SQL Resource Fails
Symptom: The Extend of a Microsoft SQL resource will fail if the primary and backup configurations are different (i.e. Microsoft SQL ID mismatch). Below is an example of the error message displayed in the LifeKeeper GUI during the can extend operation: Process:…
Creating Compartments
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Guide » Building a Virtual Environment in OCI » Creating Compartments
Select [≡] (On the upper left corner of the screen) > Identity & Security > Compartments. Click Child Compartments > Create Compartment. Enter the following values in the displayed form and click Create Compartment. Item Value …
Creating Clients
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Microsoft Azure Guide » Building a Virtual Environment in Azure » Creating Clients
In Azure Home > Virtual machines, click Add and create a virtual machine for the client with the settings shown in the following table. The virtual machine is created using the same method as for cluster nodes, so a screenshot is omitted here. Note that the red…
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…
Creating a domain user for LifeKeeper / DataKeeper
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Guide » Configuring OS » Creating a domain user for LifeKeeper / DataKeeper
Create a service account for LifeKeeper and DataKeeper as domain user lkadmin. Configuring a bastion server Start PowerShell for administrators. Check if lkadmin exists as a domain user. PS > Get-ADUser "lkadmin" If not, add lkadmin as a domain user. PS…
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…
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…
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 …
Safe Creation of a Shared-Storage Volume Resource
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper User Guide » Configuring Mirrors » Safe Creation of a Shared-Storage Volume Resource
DataKeeper allows mirrors to be created on shared volumes where more than one system has access to the same physical storage. The shared volume can be on the source side of the mirror or on the target side. Note: Dynamic disks are not supported with Shared Storage…
Creating Cloud NAT
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » LifeKeeper for Windows Step by Step Guide for Google Cloud » Configuration on Google Cloud » Creating Cloud NAT
Create the following NAT so that the VM instances on the private subnet have internet access. NAT Configuration Values List (Cloud Router) Network Region Cloud Router Name Network Region lk-vpc asia-northeast1…
Creating IP Resources
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 IP Resources
Create an IP resource in the LifeKeeper GUI. Click Create Resource Hierarchy (the green + button). Follow the wizard prompts to enter the details as described in the following tables. IP address (create) Primary Server…
Creating common resources
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Guide » Building HA Clusters with LifeKeeper for Windows » Creating common resources
Create a common resource for use with both the Oracle ARK and the PostgreSQL ARK. Create an LB Health Check Resource In the LifeKeeper GUI, create an LB Health Check resource. From the menu bar, click Edit > Server > Create Resource Hierarchy and follow the prompts…
Creating Firewall Rules
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » LifeKeeper for Windows Step by Step Guide for Google Cloud » Connecting from another VPC Client » Creating Firewall Rules
Change the firewall rule setting so that the created VM instance can connect to the existing instance. In addition, create a new firewall rule to connect via RDP from the local PC. Change the current firewall configuration. From the navigation menu, select VPC…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
QSP Resource Properties
Application Recovery Kits » Quick Service Protection Recovery Kit » 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…
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…
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…
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 •…
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 Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Introduction » Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Configuration » Creating a Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Hierarchy
To create a resource instance on the primary server, complete the following steps. From the LifeKeeper for Windows GUI menu, select Edit then Server. From the dropdown menu, select Create Resource Hierarchy. The Create Protected Application dialog box will display.…
Creating an Oracle Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper Oracle Recovery Kit Introduction » Oracle Resource Configuration Tasks » Creating an Oracle Hierarchy
After you have completed the necessary setup tasks, use the following steps to define the Oracle Server hierarchy to protect your database(s). From the LifeKeeper GUI menu, select Edit, then Server. From the menu, select Create Resource Hierarchy. The Create…
Creating another VPC Network
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » LifeKeeper for Windows Step by Step Guide for Google Cloud » Connecting from another VPC Client » Creating another VPC Network
Create the following VPC network. Name: client-vpc VPC Network Setting Values Subnet Name Region IP address range client-public asia-northeast1 172.31.0.0/24 Perform the same steps described in Creating a VPC…
Creating VPC Network Peering
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » LifeKeeper for Windows Step by Step Guide for Google Cloud » Connecting from another VPC Client » Creating VPC Network Peering
VPC Network Peering List Name VPC network Peered VPC network VPC network name lk-peer01 lk-vpc In project XXX client-vpc lk-peer02 client-vpc lk-vpc From the Navigation menu, click VPC network >…
Creating the SQL Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper for Windows Microsoft SQL Server Recovery Kit Introduction » SQL Server Installation » Creating the SQL Hierarchy
After you have completed the necessary setup tasks outlined in the LifeKeeper for Windows Installation Guide, use the following steps to define the SQL Server hierarchy to protect your database(s). !Important: If you have an existing SQL database installed, you must…
Creating the PostgreSQL Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper for Windows PostgreSQL Recovery Kit Introduction » Server Configuration Considerations » Creating the PostgreSQL Hierarchy
After you have completed the necessary setup tasks outlined in the LifeKeeper for Windows Installation Guide, use the steps listed below to create the PostgreSQL hierarchy to protect your database cluster. Important If you have an existing…
Deleting a Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Resource Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Introduction » 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…
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…
IIS Resource Configuration Tasks
Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction » IIS Resource Configuration Tasks
The topics in this section describe the tasks involved in configuring resources. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Create an IIS Resource…
Oracle Resource Configuration Tasks
Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper Oracle Recovery Kit Introduction » Oracle Resource Configuration Tasks
Once you have completed the setup tasks as described in the previous section, you are ready to create and extend your Oracle resource hierarchies. The following four tasks are described in this guide, as they are unique to an Oracle resource instance and different for…
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…
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…
Resource Tag Name Restrictions
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper Troubleshooting » Restrictions » Resource Tag Name Restrictions
Tag Name Length All tags within DataKeeper may not exceed the 256 character limit. Valid “Special” Characters - _ . / However, the first character in a tag should not contain “.” or “/”. Invalid…
IP Resource Create Issue
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » IP Resource Create Issue
Symptom IP resource Pre-Extend Wizard can fail if new IP address partially matches an existing IP address. Workaround Currently no workaround is available. This will be addressed in a future release.
Resource Tag Name Restrictions
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » Resource Tag Name Restrictions
Tag Name Length All tags within LifeKeeper for Windows DataKeeper may not exceed the 256 character limit. Valid “Special” Characters - _ . / However, the first character in a tag should not contain “.” or…
Creating and Attaching Block Volumes
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Guide » Building a Virtual Environment in OCI » Creating and Attaching Block Volumes
Create block volumes that will be the data storage area for Oracle or PostgreSQL, and attach it to the cluster node. Creating Block Volumes Create two block volumes for sios20-node1 and sios20-node2. Select ≡ > Storage > Block Volumes. Select sios20-c in…
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…
Creating Mirrors With Multiple Targets
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper User Guide » Configuring Mirrors » Creating Mirrors With Multiple Targets
SIOS DataKeeper provides the ability to replicate data from a single source volume to one or more target volumes. In addition, DataKeeper also allows you to switch over control and make any of the target volumes become the source. Assuming you have already created a…
Creating an LB Health Check
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » LifeKeeper for Windows Step by Step Guide for Google Cloud » Creating an LB Health Check
The LB Health Check provides a mechanism to receive and respond to a health check probe for instances to be balanced by a load balancer in a cloud environment.
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)
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…
Create an IIS Resource Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction » IIS Resource Configuration Tasks » Create an IIS Resource Hierarchy
Before creating your IIS hierarchy, be sure you have created the associated IP and volume (if needed) resource hierarchies first. To create a resource instance from the primary server, you should complete the following steps: From the LifeKeeper GUI menu, select…
Extend an IIS Resource Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction » IIS Resource Configuration Tasks » Extend an IIS Resource Hierarchy
This operation can be started from the Edit menu or initiated automatically upon completing the Create IIS Resource Hierarchy option, in which case you should refer to Step 2 below. On the Edit menu, select Resource then Extend Resource Hierarchy. The Pre-Extend…
Delete an IIS Resource Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction » IIS Resource Configuration Tasks » Delete an IIS Resource Hierarchy
To delete a resource hierarchy from all the servers in your LifeKeeper environment, complete the following steps: From the LifeKeeper GUI menu, select Edit then Resource. From the drop down menu, select Delete Resource Hierarchy. Select the Target Server where…
Testing Your IIS Resource Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction » Testing Your IIS Resource Hierarchy
The topics in this section assist in testing your IIS resource hierarchy. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Performing a Manual Switchover from the…
Testing Your SQL Resource Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper for Windows Microsoft SQL Server Recovery Kit Introduction » SQL Server Configuration Considerations » Testing Your SQL Resource Hierarchy
You can test your SQL resource hierarchy by initiating a manual switchover. This will simulate a failover of a resource instance from the primary server to the backup server. Selecting Edit, then Resource, then In Service. For example, an In Service request executed…
Testing Your Oracle Resource Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper Oracle Recovery Kit Introduction » Oracle Resource Configuration Tasks » Testing Your Oracle Resource Hierarchy
You can test your Oracle resource hierarchy by initiating a manual switchover. This will simulate a failover of a resource instance from the primary server to the backup server. You can select Edit, then Resource, then In Service. For example, an In Service request…
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 /…