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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.

LB Health Check Parameters List

Application Recovery Kits » LB Health Check Kit Administration Guide » LB Health Check Parameters List

The configurable parameters list for each script is below. Parameter Description HC_TIMEOUT Set this parameter as the connection timeout value from the Load Balancer. If there is no connection for the specified number of seconds, it is…

LB Health Check Message Catalog

Application Recovery Kits » LB Health Check Kit Administration Guide » LB Health Check Message Catalog

Use Control F to search for a specific error code in each catalog. To search for any error code, select the Search button at the top right of the screen. Code Severity …

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…

LB Health Check Kit Administration Guide

Application Recovery Kits » LB Health Check Kit Administration Guide

Overview The LB Health Check Kit provides a mechanism to listen and respond to health check probes to load balancing target instances of load balancers in cloud environments. This document describes the details of the operation of the LB Health Check Kit. Please…

Operations Overview

Application Recovery Kits » LB Health Check Kit Administration Guide » Operations Overview

Bringing a Resource In Service (restore) Start the LB Health Check resource in the following order: The restore script uses the specified resource ID to determine if the associated daemon process has already been started. If it has already started, the restore…

Health Check Timeouts

LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » Health Check Timeouts

SYMPTOM: Occasionally, LifeKeeper for Windows is installed on a system that is not performing well. There are tell-tale signs of abnormal system behavior that LifeKeeper for Windows can detect such as the health check processes not starting or ending properly. The most…

Upgrading Generic Application Kit for Load Balancer Health Checks to LB Health Check Kit

Application Recovery Kits » LB Health Check Kit Administration Guide » Upgrading Generic Application Kit for Load Balancer Health Checks to LB Health Check Kit

*The LifeKeeper LB (Load Balancer) Health Check Kit replaces the Generic Load Balancer (GenLB) Recovery Kit. The GenLB recovery kit was a collection of action scripts available for download for 8.9.2 to be used with a generic application (gen/app) resource. The GenLB…

Restore and Health Check Account Failures

LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » Restore and Health Check Account Failures

Symptom Some recovery kits monitor protected resources by performing query operations that simulate user and/or client activity. This provides LifeKeeper for Windows with accurate status information about a protected application or service. It also requires that a…

Recovery Operations

Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction » Testing Your IIS Resource Hierarchy » Recovery Operations

When the primary server fails, the LifeKeeper Microsoft IIS Recovery Kit software performs the following tasks: Brings the IIS resource hierarchy into service on the backup server by bringing In Service the IP address(s) on one of that server’s physical network…

Safety Check

LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Introduction » Communication Paths » Safety Check

When all the communications paths on a server are DEAD, LifeKeeper for Windows assumes that the paired system is DEAD (or down) and attempts to fail over. However, LifeKeeper for Windows performs a safety check to ensure that the failure occurred in the server rather…

GUI Overview

LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » LifeKeeper GUI » GUI Overview

The GUI allows users working on any machine to administer, operate or monitor servers and resources in any cluster as long as they have the required group memberships on the cluster machines. (For details, see Configuring GUI Users.) The GUI Server and Client…

IIS Overview

Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction » IIS Overview

The LifeKeeper Microsoft IIS Recovery Kit protects Internet servers from the following problems: System failure or server shutdown Network Interface Card (NIC) failures Communication failures (Web server is running but stops responding) Startup failures…

Oracle Overview

Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper Oracle Recovery Kit Introduction » Oracle Overview

The LifeKeeper Oracle Recovery Kit provides the ability to concurrently run Oracle database instances on other servers, and to optionally place these instances under LifeKeeper protection. Such a configuration is known as Active/Active and allows LifeKeeper servers to…

Read and Write Operations

LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » Introduction » Understanding Replication » Read and Write Operations

After the volume mirror is created and the two drives on the primary and secondary servers are synchronized, the following events occur: The system locks out all user access to the target volume; reads and writes are not allowed to the target volume. The source…

Google Cloud Overview

LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » LifeKeeper for Windows Step by Step Guide for Google Cloud » Google Cloud Overview

Google Cloud, offered by Google, is a suite of cloud computing services that runs on the same infrastructure that Google uses internally for its end-user products, such as Google Search, Gmail, file storage, and YouTube. Users can easily create, deploy, and manage…

Microsoft Azure Overview

LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Microsoft Azure Guide » Microsoft Azure Overview

Azure is a public cloud service provided by Microsoft that enables users to utilize hardware, networks, disks and storage. The service can be used on Windows and Linux operating systems, web servers, RDBMS, and other middleware, groupware, server applications, and…

Modifying Quick Check Interval, Deep Check Interval and Local Recovery

Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction » IIS Hierarchy Administration » Modifying Quick Check Interval, Deep Check Interval and Local Recovery

The default values for the quick check interval, deep check interval and local recovery may be modified after the resource has been placed under LifeKeeper protection by using the LifeKeeper GUI. To change the default values, right-click on the resource and select the…

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Overview

LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Guide » Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Overview

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a public cloud service provided by Oracle that enables users to utilize hardware, networks, disks and storage. The service can be used on Windows and Linux operating systems, web servers, RDBMS, and other middleware, groupware,…

Overview of QSP Functionality

Application Recovery Kits » Quick Service Protection Recovery Kit » Overview of QSP Functionality

A Quick Service Protection (QSP) resource protects a single Windows service. During create, the startup type of the protected service is set to “Manual”. In order to create a QSP resource, the service to be protected must be in the Running state. The kit…

Disabling the FTP Deep Check Process

Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction » IIS Hierarchy Administration » Disabling the FTP Deep Check Process

If the protected FTP site does not permit anonymous logins and you prefer not to use a login script as described above, you may disable the deep check process for a particular LifeKeeper protected resource. Change directory to the LifeKeeper “bin” folder…

Settings and Operations Considerations with this configuration

LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Amazon Web Services Guide » Multi-VPC Cluster Configuration Using AWS VPC Peering Connections Quick Start Guide » Settings and Operations Considerations with this configuration

In addition to the Requirements, please note the following topics. Considering the Use of LifeKeeper Quorum Since I/O fencing using shared volumes is not available in the AWS environment, a split-brain cannot be prevented without the help of LifeKeeper Quorum. For…

Recovery Kit for EC2™ Overview

Application Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for 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…

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…

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 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…

LifeKeeper Specific Configuration Considerations on Google Cloud

LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » LifeKeeper for Windows Step by Step Guide for Google Cloud » LifeKeeper Specific Configuration Considerations on Google Cloud

Introduction to the Load Balancer In a cluster environment, requests from a client must be sent to the node which becomes newly active after a failover. LifeKeeper normally handles routing by using address resolution protocol (ARP). However, since the routing by ARP…

Configuration using a load balancer in AWS

LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Amazon Web Services Guide » Configuration using a load balancer in AWS

Overview When configuring LifeKeeper on AWS, typically the Recovery Kit for EC2 or Recovery Kit for Route 53 is used. Both use the AWS CLI to control AWS services; however, there are some cases where these kits cannot be used. You do not want to make configuration…

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:…

Azure Specific Settings

LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Microsoft Azure Guide » Azure Specific Settings

Installing the Internal Load Balancer (ILB) Azure cannot recognize a [VIP protected by IP resource] in an Azure VNET. As a result, network communication using [VIP protected by IP resource] normally used in LifeKeeper for Windows cannot be performed. In this…

OCI Specific Settings

LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Guide » OCI Specific Settings

Installing the Network Load Balancer (NLB) OCI cannot recognize a [VIP protected by IP resource] in an OCI VCN. As a result, network communication using [VIP protected by IP resource] normally used in LifeKeeper for Windows cannot be performed. In this configuration,…

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…

Application Recovery Kits

LifeKeeper for Windows Application Recovery Kits (ARKs) include tools and utilities that allow LifeKeeper for Windows to manage and control a specific application. The following optional recovery kits are available with this release of LifeKeeper for…

Protecting a PostgreSQL Database (Active Node)

LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Guide » PostgreSQL Specific Environment » Protecting a PostgreSQL Database (Active Node)

Create a PostgreSQL Resource Hierarchy It is assumed that the PostgreSQL service has stopped on both the active and the standby node at the beginning of this section. (It should be stopped when the previous section is completed.) Log in to the active node…

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…

Protecting Oracle

LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Guide » Oracle Specific Environment » Protecting Oracle

Creating Oracle Resource Hierarchies (Active Node) Log in to the Windows OS on the active node (SIOS20-NODE1) as SIOS20-AD\lkadmin. Launch the PowerShell for administrators and start the stopped Windows Service related to Oracle Database with the following…

Protecting a PostgreSQL Database (Active System)

LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Microsoft Azure Guide » PostgreSQL Specific Environment » Protecting a PostgreSQL Database (Active System)

Create a PostgreSQL Resource Hierarchy Log in to the Windows OS on the active system (sios20lknode01) as SIOS20\lkadmin. Launch the LifeKeeper GUI and log in as SIOS20\lkadmin. Click the Create Resource Hierarchy icon (green + sign) and follow the prompts and…

Communication Paths

LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Introduction » Communication Paths

Overview LifeKeeper for Windows monitors resource operations and provides failover using shared communication paths (comm paths) between servers. It is critical to LifeKeeper for Windows fault detection and resource recovery that communication between the servers…

Protecting Oracle

LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Microsoft Azure Guide » Oracle Specific Environment » Protecting Oracle

Creating Oracle Resource Hierarchies (Active System) Log in to the Windows OS on the active system (sios20lknode01) as SIOS20\lkadmin. Launch the LifeKeeper GUI and log in with SIOS20\lkadmin. Click Create Resource Hierarchy (green + sign) to create an…

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…

Configuring Firewall Rules

LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » LifeKeeper for Windows Step by Step Guide for Google Cloud » Configuration on Google Cloud » Configuring Firewall Rules

Configure the following 4 types of firewall rules. Firewall Rules List Name Role lk-allow-user-login To connect to the client node from a local PC using RDP. lk-health-check To allow the communication for the load balancer…

Preparing for Installation of Oracle (Standby System)

LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » LifeKeeper for Windows Step by Step Guide for Google Cloud » Installing and Configuring Oracle » Preparing for Installation of Oracle (Standby System)

In order to install and configure Oracle on the standby system, the IP resource and volume resource must be configured to be active on the standby system (lk-node02). Log in to lk-node01 as LKDOMAIN\lkadmin. In the Service Control Manager, stop all services whose…

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…

Troubleshooting Tips

Application Recovery Kits » Quick Service Protection Recovery Kit » Troubleshooting Tips

If the service to be protected is not listed in the GUI, verify that the service is running first. If a QSP resource fails to come in service or go out of service, check the underlying service configuration for service dependencies. If dependencies exist, make sure…

Troubleshooting

LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting

The topics in this section contain important information about known issues and restrictions offering possible workarounds and/or solutions. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Antivirus…

Administration

LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration

LifeKeeper Single Server Protection Administration Overview LifeKeeper Single Server Protection does not require administration during operation. LifeKeeper Single Server Protection works automatically to monitor protected resources and to perform the specified…

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 …

Dangling Sources

LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper Troubleshooting » Known Issues and Workarounds » Dangling Sources

Mirror Broken – Notification Icon Indicates “dangling sources”, GUI shows Red X Solution By default, Windows configures virtual memory so that page files are automatically created on volumes as the Operating System determines is best. This Virtual…

How to Obtain a License

LifeKeeper for Windows Installation Guide » Installing LifeKeeper for Windows » About LifeKeeper Licensing » How to Obtain a License

Obtaining and Installing the License Activating Your License The final screen of the InstallShield installation utility displays the Host ID of your server. The Host ID, along with the Entitlement ID (Authorization Code) that was provided with your LifeKeeper for…

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…

DKHEALTHCHECK

LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper Administration » DKHEALTHCHECK

DKHealthCheck.exe, found in the \DKTools directory, is a tool that can provide basic mirror status and problem detection of mirror issues. SIOS Support may request that you run this tool as part of the Support process. Note: DKHEALTHCHECK output is captured by…

Administration

LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration

LifeKeeper for Windows Administration Overview LifeKeeper for Windows provides two administration interface options: LifeKeeper GUI LifeKeeper command line interface The LifeKeeper GUI is used for the following tasks which are listed in the typical sequence…

Tunable Settings for the PostgreSQL Recovery Kit

Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper for Windows PostgreSQL Recovery Kit Introduction » Troubleshooting » 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…

Configuring a Pluggable Database with Oracle Multitenant

Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper Oracle Recovery Kit Introduction » Oracle Resource Configuration Tasks » Configuring a Pluggable Database with Oracle Multitenant

LifeKeeper can protect the pluggable database (“PDB”) as well as the Oracle database server provided that the Oracle database supports the Oracle Multitenant architecture and protects the container database (“CDB”), Checking CDB and PDB Oracle resources…

Multi-VPC Cluster Configuration Using AWS VPC Peering Connections Quick Start Guide

LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Amazon Web Services Guide » Multi-VPC Cluster Configuration Using AWS VPC Peering Connections Quick Start Guide

Objective From LifeKeeper for Windows v8.9.1, a configuration in which cluster nodes are located in separate VPCs using a VPC peering connection (“multi-VPC cluster configuration”) is now supported. By using inter-region VPC peering connections,…

Manage Oracle Database Configuration

Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper Oracle Recovery Kit Introduction » Oracle Resource Configuration Tasks » Manage Oracle Database Configuration

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

Shared memory is not cleared if lbhcd continues to be used with lkstop -f

LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » Shared memory is not cleared if lbhcd continues to be used with lkstop -f

Symptom Currently lbhcd is running even after lkstop -f because it needs to respond to the Load Balancer Health probe. However, if it is used as is after lkstart, shared memory is not cleared (for example, !lkstop flag is not cleared) and it causes various issues in…

LifeKeeper Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction

Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction

The LifeKeeper Microsoft IIS Recovery Kit extends your LifeKeeper for Windows product by adding specific protection to Internet servers. The LifeKeeper Microsoft IIS Recovery Kit continuously monitors the health of your Internet servers, and if a problem arises,…

User Interface

LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » Introduction » User Interface

SIOS DataKeeper User Interface The SIOS DataKeeper User Interface uses a standard MMC snap-in interface. The left pane displays the Console Tree view. This includes the Jobs and Reports. Currently, there are two reports available – Job Overview and…

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…

Admin Actions Menu

Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper for Windows Microsoft SQL Server Recovery Kit Introduction » SQL Server Configuration Considerations » Admin Actions Menu

This menu allows users to manage the SQL administrator user used during LifeKeeper for Windows operations or resolve ID conflicts between the primary and backup servers encountered during the extend operation. Select Administrative Action: Manage User –…

Configuring Generic Application Scripts

LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Maintenance Tasks » Configuring Generic Application Scripts

Use this feature to update a script that has been created to protect an application that has no associated LifeKeeper for Windows Recovery Kit. Right-click on the generic application resource and select Properties. Select the LifeKeeper for Windows Generic…

LifeKeeper GUI

LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » LifeKeeper GUI

The GUI components should have already been installed as part of the LifeKeeper for Windows Core installation. The LifeKeeper GUI uses Java technology to provide a graphical user interface to LifeKeeper for Windows and its configuration data. Since the LifeKeeper GUI…

Install and Configure Microsoft IIS on All Servers

Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction » Installation » Install and Configure Microsoft IIS on All Servers

The next step is to configure Microsoft IIS on all the servers in your cluster. Install and Configure Microsoft IIS Web or FTP Site To create a Web site or FTP site pair, you need to add a new site on each server and configure the pair to be identical, or you can…

Introduction

LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Introduction

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…

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…

DataKeeper Notification Icon

LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper User Guide » How to Replace a LifeKeeper-W Node » DataKeeper Notification Icon

Mirror Status Notification The DataKeeper Notification Icon is an application that will show a summary of your DataKeeper mirrors in the Windows Notification Tray. The icon displayed indicates what conditions have been detected, with the following priority. Error:…

MSSQL

LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Introduction » MSSQL

LifeKeeper for Windows Microsoft SQL Server Recovery Kit LifeKeeper for Windows Microsoft SQL Server Application Recovery Kit includes tools and utilities that allow LifeKeeper for Windows to manage and control the Microsoft SQL-based database application. When…

Recovery Kit for EC2™ Administration Guide

Application Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for EC2™ Administration Guide

The Recovery Kit for EC2™ provides a mechanism to recover an Elastic IP from a failed primary server to a backup server. It also provides a mechanism to enable the IP Recovery Kit to work in multiple availability zones. Please see the Overview and Configuration…

Manage User Menu

Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper for Windows Microsoft SQL Server Recovery Kit Introduction » SQL Server Configuration Considerations » Manage User Menu

Select Management Action: Show Current User – Display the current user name used by the protected resource hierarchy. Change Password – Update the user password for the current user associated with the protected resource hierarchy. Change User…

Protecting FTP Sites with Non-Anonymous Login

Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction » IIS Hierarchy Administration » Protecting FTP Sites with Non-Anonymous Login

The default procedure used to monitor protected FTP sites is to connect to the site and use an anonymous login. This feature is performed by the LifeKeeper deep check process assigned to monitor each FTP site. If your site does not permit an anonymous login, the…

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…

ins_setchkint

LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Man Pages » LCDI Instances » ins_setchkint

ins_setchkint [-d destsys] -t tag -c {q=quick|d=deep} -v interval This command modifies the quick check or deep check interval for the resource specified by the tag name “-t”. The interval must be entered in seconds. Examples: To change the quick check…

LifeKeeper for Windows Release Notes

*SIOS Protection Suite for Windows (SPS-W) is a bundle that includes LifeKeeper. SPS-W will now be referred to as LifeKeeper. Release Notes Version 8.10.0 Released December 13, 2023 !IMPORTANT: End of Support for Hyper-V 2012 R2 SIOS has discontinued support…

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…

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…

Checking Oracle Client Connectivity

LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Microsoft Azure Guide » Oracle Specific Environment » Checking Connectivity (Client) » Checking Oracle Client Connectivity

Check the connection to the database from the client on sios20lkclient. Ensure that the Oracle resource hierarchy is active on the active node (sios20lknode01). Use the virtual IP address to connect to the database from sios20lkclient and run a simple SQL…

LifeKeeper for Windows Quick Start Guide

This topic provides step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring the LifeKeeper (LK) for Windows. LifeKeeper for Windows is a software bundle that includes DataKeeper, LifeKeeper and the optional LifeKeeper for Windows SQL Server Recovery Kit. The series…

IP Local Recovery Scenario

LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Creating Resource Hierarchies » Creating an IP Address Resource Hierarchy » IP Local Recovery Scenario

When IP Local Recovery is enabled and the IP resource fails its quick check or deep check tests, then LifeKeeper for Windows will do the following: First, LifeKeeper for Windows will attempt to bring the IP address back in service on the current network…

IIS Hierarchy Administration

Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction » IIS Hierarchy Administration

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

Subscription License Soution

LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » LifeKeeper for Windows Common Solutions » Subscription License Soution

How to Check the Expiration Date on a Subscription License ISSUE: How can I check the expiration date of a Subscription License? SOLUTION: 1. Open the License Key Installer App 2. Under the Expiration column you will see the expiration date of the subscription…

Introduction

LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » Introduction

SIOS DataKeeper Overview SIOS DataKeeper is a highly optimized host-based replication solution which ensures your data is replicated as quickly and as efficiently as possible from your source server across the network to one or more target servers. Features Some…

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…

Fixing Routing Metric of NIC (active node and standby node)

LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Guide » Configuring OS » Fixing Routing Metric of NIC (active node and standby node)

Network settings required for LifeKeeper. Start PowerShell for administrators. Run the ipconfig command and check the network adapter names of the primary and secondary NICs from the configured IP addresses. Run the following command to check the…

IP Local Recovery

LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » IP Local Recovery

When IP Local Recovery is enabled and the IP resource fails its deepcheck (a periodic extensive check of the IP resource), then LifeKeeper will do the following: First, LifeKeeper for Windows will attempt to bring the IP address back in service on the current…

Managing IP Resources

LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Maintenance Tasks » Managing IP Resources

To view configuration information associated with a protected IP resource from the LifeKeeper GUI, right-click on the IP resource (on the right-hand side of the LifeKeeper GUI) and select Properties, then select the IP Configuration tab. The example below shows the…

DataKeeper GUI (SDRSnapIn) Message Catalog

LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper Troubleshooting » Message Catalogs » DataKeeper GUI (SDRSnapIn) Message Catalog

Use Control F to search for a specific error code. Code Severity Message Cause Action 0 Error SDRDataKeeperService: Mirror creation failed, rolling back the job endpoint. 0 Warning…

Enabling weak host model (active node and standby node)

LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Guide » Configuring OS » Enabling weak host model (active node and standby node)

Enable the weak host model to communicate with the client (bastion server) via NLB using VIP. Start PowerShell for administrators. Run the ipconfig command to check the network adapter names of the primary and secondary NICs from the configured IP…

LifeKeeper Oracle Recovery Kit Recovery Variables

Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper Oracle Recovery Kit Introduction » Oracle Hierarchy Administration » LifeKeeper Oracle Recovery Kit Recovery Variables

The LifeKeeper Oracle Recovery Kit installation creates 3 registry entry variables stored in the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Steeleye\LifeKeeper\RK\ORAapp MAXWAIT is a decimal integer that specifies the number of seconds that the recovery kit…

Configuration for Unattended Connections

Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper for Windows PostgreSQL Recovery Kit Introduction » 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…

AWS Direct Connect Quick Start Guide

LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Amazon Web Services Guide » AWS Direct Connect Quick Start Guide

Objective With the release of AWS Transit Gateway, a route table scenario for the Recovery Kit for EC2 is now available with the configuration where the on-premises environment (on-premises in the figure below) using AWS Direct Connect is connected to the HA cluster…

flg_test

LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Man Pages » LifeKeeper Flags » flg_test

flg_test [-d destsys] -f flag A check is made to see if the flag flag exists on system destsys. Returns 0 or 7.

Disabling DNS dynamic updates (active node and standby node)

LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Guide » Configuring OS » Disabling DNS dynamic updates (active node and standby node)

When LifeKeeper activates a VIP resource (with the same IP address as the NLB IP address 10.0.2.21) and the Windows OS automatically registers the VIP address/computer name pair with the DNS server, causing LifeKeeper GUI to resolve to the VIP address 10.0.2.21 when…

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…

Checking Connectivity (Client)

LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Microsoft Azure Guide » Oracle Specific Environment » Checking Connectivity (Client)

Installing the Oracle Client Oracle Client Connection Confirmation

Log in to virtual machines (bastion server, active node, standby node)

LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Guide » Configuring OS » Log in to virtual machines (bastion server, active node, standby node)

In the configuration described in this guide, a Remote Desktop connection (RDP) is made from an external device (e.g., your PC) to sios20-bastion, which in turn makes an RDP connection to the cluster nodes, sios20-node1 and sios20-node2. The cluster nodes cannot be…

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…

Installing the Oracle Client and Checking the Connection

LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » LifeKeeper for Windows Step by Step Guide for Google Cloud » Connecting from another VPC Client » Installing the Oracle Client and Checking the Connection

Install the Oracle client on the created VM instance and check a connection. Refer to Installing the Oracle Client and Checking the Oracle Client Connectivity.

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 (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…