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Resource Tag Name Restrictions
SIOS Protection Suite 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…
Restrictions
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper Troubleshooting » Restrictions
Included below are restrictions associated with DataKeeper and DataKeeper Cluster Edition as well as possible workarounds and/or solutions. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Bitlocker…
User Resource Name For Remote Access
Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft SQL Server Recovery Kit Introduction » 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…
Naming Restrictions
Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction » IIS Configuration Definitions and Restrictions » Naming Restrictions
In order to receive LifeKeeper protection, you should adhere to the following rules for site name (which is entered in the Description field of the IIS console): Use only alphanumeric characters and dashes. If you need to change the name (description) of a…
Uninstalling SPS for Windows
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Maintenance Tasks » Uninstalling SPS 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 SIOS Protection Suite protection are not on the server. Never remove…
Configuration Definitions and Restrictions
Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction » Installation » Configuration Definitions and Restrictions
Active/Active Configuration IIS allows multiple Web and FTP sites and SMTP virtual servers to run on each server in a cluster. Only a single instance of the IIS software is allowed (or required) on a given system. The Web sites, FTP sites and SMTP virtual servers can…
SPS for Windows Common Solutions
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » SPS for Windows Common Solutions
The following are the most commonly requested solutions. Installation Solutions Storage Solutions Networking Solutions Application Solutions *See Most Common DataKeeper Solutions for DataKeeper related solutions.
Resource Hierarchies
SIOS Protection Suite 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. SIOS Protection Suite then automatically builds the designated hierarchies on all servers specified. SIOS Protection Suite maintains…
Resource States
SIOS Protection Suite 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…
Configuring SPS for Multibyte Language Encodings
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Configuration » Configuring SPS 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…
IIS Configuration Definitions and Restrictions
Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction » IIS Configuration Definitions and Restrictions
The topics in this section will assist in configuring the SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery…
Unknown User Name or Bad Password
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » Unknown User Name or Bad Password
Access Denied: Unknown User Name or Bad Password Symptom If a SIOS Protection Suite client tries to communicate with a server that is in the process of shutting down, the server may abort the validation process by refusing to allow the client to log on. In that case,…
Most Common SPS for Windows Installation Solutions
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » SPS for Windows Common Solutions » Most Common SPS 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 SPS for Windows Storage Solution
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » SPS for Windows Common Solutions » Most Common SPS 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/SPS: Without impacting the existing resources in…
Most Common SPS for Windows Networking Solutions
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » SPS for Windows Common Solutions » Most Common SPS 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 SPS for Windows Application Solutions
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » SPS for Windows Common Solutions » Most Common SPS for Windows Application Solutions
The following are the most commonly requested application related solutions. Guide for setting up a Basic SQL Cluster LifeKeeper/SQL installation Cheat Sheet After the SQL Server CD/DVD or ISO media has been installed . . . . . Via the SQL Server Installation…
DNS Resource Requirements
SIOS Protection Suite Installation Guide » Setting Up Your SIOS Protection Suite Environment » DNS Resource Requirements
The DNS Recovery Kit included with the SIOS Protection Suite 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…
Incomplete Resource Creation
SIOS Protection Suite 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…
Transferring Resource Hierarchies
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Maintenance Tasks » Transferring Resource Hierarchies
When you need to perform routine maintenance or other tasks on a SIOS Protection Suite 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 the…
LCD Resource Types
SIOS Protection Suite 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…
Viewing Resource Properties
SIOS Protection Suite 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…
Resource Context Toolbar
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » LifeKeeper GUI » Toolbars » Resource Context Toolbar
The resource context toolbar is displayed in the properties panel when you select a server-specific resource instance in the status table. The default toolbar is described here but this toolbar might be customized for specific resource types in which case the custom…
Resource Context Menu
SIOS Protection Suite 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…
Creating Resource Groups
Microsoft Azure Guide » Building a Virtual Environment in Azure » Creating Resource Groups
Log in to Azure and open Azure Home, click Resource groups. Click Add. Enter the following values and click Review+Create. Resource Group Subscription Your subscription ID This is the subscription ID issued when…
Editing Resource Priorities
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working With Resource Hierarchies » Creating Resource Hierarchies » Editing Resource Priorities
You can edit or reorder the priorities of servers on which a resource hierarchy has been defined. First, bring up the Resource Properties dialog just as you would for viewing resource properties. The Resource Properties dialog displays the priority for a particular…
Editing Resource Properties
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working With Resource Hierarchies » Creating Resource Hierarchies » Editing Resource Properties
To edit the properties of a resource, bring up the Resource Properties dialog just as you would for viewing resource properties. If you are logged into that server with the appropriate permissions, the following items will be editable. • Switchback •…
Extending Resource Hierarchies
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working With Resource Hierarchies » Extending Resource Hierarchies
The SIOS Protection Suite Extend Resource Hierarchy option copies an existing hierarchy from one server and creates a similar hierarchy on another SIOS Protection Suite server. Once a hierarchy is extended to other servers, cascading failover is available for that…
Resource Hierarchy Information
SIOS Protection Suite 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…
Creating Resource Hierarchies
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working With Resource Hierarchies » Creating Resource Hierarchies
Select the server, and then select Create Resource Hierarchy from the server context menu or server context toolbar. A dialog entitled Create Protected Application will appear with a list of all recognized recovery kits installed within the cluster. Select the…
Resource Hierarchy for Oracle
Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Oracle Recovery Kit Introduction » Resource Hierarchy for Oracle
The typical Oracle resource hierarchy consists of the following resources: Oracle Shared communication resource (IP or LAN Manager alias name) Volume(s) All Oracle data, log, and trace (core database) files for the protected Oracle Database are stored on…
Oracle Resource Configuration Tasks
Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite 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…
IIS Resource Configuration Tasks
Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite 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…
IP Resource Create Issue
SIOS Protection Suite 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.
Creating/Extending a Resource
Application Recovery Kits » Generic Application Kit for Load Balancer Health Checks » Creating/Extending a Resource
The Generic Application resource type is used in order to create/extend a Gen LB resource. Please refer to the SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation for more information about Generic Application resources. During Gen LB resource creation, you will…
Maintaining a Resource Hierarchy
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Maintenance Tasks » Maintaining a Resource Hierarchy
You can perform maintenance on a resource hierarchy while maintaining SIOS Protection Suite 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…
Edit Menu – Resource
SIOS Protection Suite 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…
Working With Resource Hierarchies
SIOS Protection Suite 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…
Incomplete Resource Priority Modification
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working With Resource Hierarchies » Creating Resource Hierarchies » Editing Resource Priorities » Incomplete Resource Priority Modification
A hierarchy in SIOS Protection Suite 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…
Adding a Resource Dependency
SIOS Protection Suite 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
SIOS Protection Suite 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…
LANMAN Name May Be Seen Twice in Browse List
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » LANMAN Name May Be Seen Twice in Browse List
Symptom After creating a LANMAN resource, the LANMAN name may be seen twice in the browse list. Solution One of these entries is an unusable Workstation record. Please disregard this entry and use the other LANMAN Server name.
Testing Your Oracle Resource Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite 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…
Create an IIS Resource Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite 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 » SIOS Protection Suite 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 » SIOS Protection Suite 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 » SIOS Protection Suite 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 PostgreSQL Resource Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite PostgreSQL Server Recovery Kit Introduction » Server Configuration Considerations » Testing Your PostgreSQL Resource Hierarchy
You can test your PostgreSQL resource hierarchy by initiating a manual switchover. This will simulate a failover of a resource instance from the primary server to the backup server. Select Edit, then Resource, then In Service. For example, an In Service request…
IIS Resource Hierarchy Creation Error
SIOS Protection Suite 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 /…
Testing Your SQL Resource Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite 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…
Bringing A Resource In Service
SIOS Protection Suite 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…
Viewing Resource Tags and IDs
SIOS Protection Suite 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…
Creating a DNS Resource Hierarchy
SIOS Protection Suite 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
SIOS Protection Suite 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. SIOS Protection Suite can protect shared volumes by defining a volume resource instance. Each instance is assigned a…
Extending a DNS Resource Hierarchy
SIOS Protection Suite 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
SIOS Protection Suite 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…
Extend of a SQL Resource Fails
Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite 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 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…
Deleting an AWS ECC Resource Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for EC2™ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for EC2™ Configuration » Deleting an AWS ECC Resource Hierarchy
To delete a resource hierarchy from all of the servers in your LifeKeeper environment, complete the following steps: From the LifeKeeper GUI menu, select Edit, then Resource. From the dropdown menu, select Delete Resource Hierarchy. Select the name of the Target…
AWS ECC Resource Monitoring and Configuration
Application Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for EC2™ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for EC2™ Configuration » AWS ECC Resource Monitoring and Configuration
Route Table scenario (Backend Cluster): The recovery kit uses AWS CLI to perform the monitoring of the Route Table settings to enable an access from clients within the VPC to the protected IP resources. The recovery kit ensures that the target of the IP resources for…
Taking a Resource Out Of Service
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Operator Tasks » Taking a Resource Out Of Service
To take a resource out of service: Select a server-specific resource instance that you want to take out of service and then select Out of Service from the Resource Context Menu or Resource Context Toolbar. A dialog appears confirming the selected resource(s) to…
Creating a Mirror Volume Resource Hierarchy
Microsoft Azure Guide » Oracle Specific Environment » Creating a Mirror Volume Resource Hierarchy
Here we create a mirrored volume using the 30GB disk (F drive) added to each cluster node. Log in to sios20lknode01 and launch the LifeKeeper GUI. Click Create Resource Hierarchy (the green +) Follow the prompts to enter the details in the following…
Creating a Generic Application Resource Hierarchy
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working With Resource Hierarchies » Creating Resource Hierarchies » Creating a Generic Application Resource Hierarchy
Use this option to protect an application that has no associated recovery kit. Before Creating a Resource Hierarchy The first task is to create scripts for the five basic SIOS Protection Suite action functions: • Restore • Remove • Quick Check • Deep…
Creating a LAN Manager Resource Hierarchy
SIOS Protection Suite 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 SIOS…
Creating an IP Address Resource Hierarchy
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working With Resource Hierarchies » Creating Resource Hierarchies » Creating an IP Address Resource Hierarchy
SIOS Protection Suite provides the ability to monitor local switchable IP addresses and moves them to another network adapter in the same system when a failure is detected. This can avoid an entire resource hierarchy failing over to a backup server. IP Local Recovery…
Extending a File Share Resource Hierarchy
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working With Resource Hierarchies » Extending Resource Hierarchies » Extending a File Share Resource Hierarchy
This operation can be started automatically after you have finished creating a file share resource hierarchy, or from an existing file share resource hierarchy, as described in the section on extending resource hierarchies. No additional data is required to extend a…
Extending a Generic Application Resource Hierarchy
SIOS Protection Suite 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…
Extending a LAN Manager Resource Hierarchy
SIOS Protection Suite 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 an IP Address Resource Hierarchy
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working With Resource Hierarchies » Extending Resource Hierarchies » Extending an IP Address Resource Hierarchy
This operation can be started automatically after you have finished creating an IP address resource hierarchy or from an existing IP address resource hierarchy as described in the section on extending resource hierarchies. The following additional data is required to…
Creating a 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…
Expanding and Collapsing A Resource Hierarchy Tree
SIOS Protection Suite 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 …
Creating a File Share List Resource Hierarchy
SIOS Protection Suite 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…
Safe Creation of a Shared-Storage Volume Resource
SIOS Protection Suite 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…
DataKeeper Volume Not Available as Cluster Resource Type
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper Troubleshooting » Known Issues and Workarounds » DataKeeper Volume Not Available as Cluster Resource Type
WSFC Server – The DataKeeper Volume is Not Available as a Cluster Resource Type After DataKeeper is Installed in a Microsoft WSFC Environment Error/Message The DataKeeper Volume is not available as a cluster resource type after DataKeeper is installed in a…
Creating a Mirrored Volume Resource Hierarchy (Active System)
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…
Non-ASCII Characters are not Permitted in the DataKeeper Job Name or Description Fields
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper Troubleshooting » Restrictions » Non-ASCII Characters are not Permitted in the DataKeeper Job Name or Description Fields
Description Using non-ASCII characters in the DataKeeper Job Name or Description fields will result in errors in LifeKeeper Administration of that Job.
Deleting a Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Resource Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite 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 SPS for Windows GUI menu, select Edit then Resource. From the dropdown menu select Delete Resource Hierarchy. Select the name of the Target Server…
Extending Your Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Resource Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Introduction » Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Configuration » Extending Your Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Resource Hierarchy
After you have created a hierarchy, you must extend that hierarchy to another server in the cluster. There are three possible scenarios to extend your resource instance from the template (primary) server to a target server. Continue from creating the resource into…
Unextending Your Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Resource Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Introduction » Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Configuration » Unextending Your Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Resource Hierarchy
To unextend a hierarchy complete the following steps. From the SPS for Windows GUI menu, select Edit, then Resource. From the dropdown menu, select Unextend Resource Hierarchy. Select the Target Server that you are unextending from the Route53 resource. It cannot…
Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Resource Monitoring and Recovery
Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Introduction » Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Configuration » Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Resource Monitoring and Recovery
The Recovery Kit for Route 53™ resource monitors the normality of the retrieval of the DNS A record registered at the time of creation and the association with the virtual IP address. The monitoring process is as follows. Obtain the address set in the Route53 A…
Licensing – Licensed Recovery Kit Resource Fails to Come In Service
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » Licensing – Licensed Recovery Kit Resource Fails to Come In Service
Symptom After upgrade, licensed recovery kit resource fails to come in service and the following error is logged to the Application Event Log by SIOS Protection Suite: “Process: lcdmachfail(3176) ERROR (No. 1001) resource requires a license (for Kit ) but none is…
Troubleshooting
SIOS Protection Suite 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…
DataKeeper Troubleshooting
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper Troubleshooting
The topics in this section contain important information about known issues and restrictions offering possible workarounds and/or solutions. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Known Issues…
Creating a Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite 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 SPS for Windows GUI menu, select Edit then Server. From the dropdown menu, select Create Resource Hierarchy. The Create Protected Application dialog box will display. Select…
View Menu
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » LifeKeeper GUI » Menus » View Menu
Expand Tree. Expand the status table to show all resources in all hierarchies. Collapse Tree. Collapse the status table to show only the top resource in each hierarchy. Row Height. Modify the row viewing size of the resources in the resource hierarchy tree and…
ins_list
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Man Pages » LCDI Instances » ins_list
ins_list [-d destsys] [-fC] [-R top] [-a appname] [-r typ][-t tag] [-i id] This command prints lines relating to a set of resource instances to standard output. Each line contains all of the current information known about a particular resource instance. Examples of…
LCDI Instances
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Man Pages » LCDI Instances
Synopsis ins_gettag [-d destsys] -i id ins_create [-d destsys] -a appname -r restyp [-I{AUTORES_ISP|INIT_ISP| INIT_OSU}] [-v info] -t tag -i id [-Q quickChkInt] [-DdeepChkInt] [-l localRecover{Y/N}] [ -s AUTOMATIC/INTELLIGENT] ins_remove [-d destsys] [-R…
GUI Error Messages
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » GUI Error Messages
Description Error 101: Illegal argument was passed. Error 102: This program requires a Java Virtual Machine Version 1.5 or greater to run properly. Please refer to the LifeKeeper GUI documentation to verify your setup. Error 103: Could not set Look and Feel for…
perform_action
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Man Pages » perform_action
Synopsis perform_action [–G] [–s] [–b] [–n] –t tag-name –a action-name [- – arg1 arg2 . . . argn] Description The LRACI program perform_action performs processes in the following order: Finds the resource specified by the tag-name argument of…
Script Specifications
Application Recovery Kits » Generic Application Kit for Load Balancer Health Checks » Script Specifications
A Generic Application resource is created by specifying the appropriate restore, remove, quickCheck and recover scripts. Refer to the actual scripts for more information. Examples of command line related file names and paths are described in the following explanation.…
LCDI-relationship
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Man Pages » LCDI-relationship
Synopsis dep_create [-d destsys] -p partag -c chdtag dep_remove [-d destsys] [-p partag] [-c chdtag] dep_list [-d destsys] [-fC] [-C allchild | -P allparent | -c ofparenttag | -p ofchildtag] [-r typ] [-a app] eqv_create [-d destsys] [-s sys] -t tag [-p…
Creating the PostgreSQL Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite PostgreSQL Server Recovery Kit Introduction » Server Configuration Considerations » Creating the PostgreSQL Hierarchy
After you have completed the necessary setup tasks outlined in the SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Installation Guide, use the steps listed below to create the PostgreSQL Server hierarchy to protect your database cluster. Important If you have…
Creating an Oracle Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite 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 the SQL Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft SQL Server Recovery Kit Introduction » SQL Server Installation » Creating the SQL Hierarchy
After you have completed the necessary setup tasks outlined in the SIOS Protection Suite 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…
eqv_create
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Man Pages » LCDI-relationship » eqv_create
eqv_create [-d destsys] [-s sys] -t tag [-p sysPriority][-S othersys] -o othertag [-r othersysPriority] -e SHARED Creates an equivalency in the configuration database on system destsys (local, if not specified). LifeKeeper will automatically add a SHARED equivalency…
Video Solutions
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » Video Solutions
How do you resize a Volume? Summary: ISSUE: How do you resize a Datakeeper Volume? DataKeeper allows users to extend and shrink their DataKeeper volumes dynamically while retaining mirror settings. Once the resize is complete, a partial resync will be…
ins_gettag
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Man Pages » LCDI Instances » ins_gettag
ins_gettag [-d destsys] -i id Prints to standard output the tag name that corresponds to the internal identifier provided in id on the system with name destsys. If destsys is not specified, the current system is assumed. Note: The tag name and id name for a…
ins_remove
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Man Pages » LCDI Instances » ins_remove
ins_remove [-d destsys] [-R roottag] [-a appname] [-r restyp][-t tag] [-i id] [-v] [-I] [-N] [-G] Removes resource instance(s) on system destsys from the configuration database. Associated dependencies and equivalencies will also be removed. If destsys is not…
Recovering From a SIOS Protection Suite Server Failure in a 1 × 1 Configuration
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » Recovering From a SIOS Protection Suite Server Failure in a 1 × 1 Configuration
If you uninstall SIOS Protection Suite on one of your systems, you will need to follow these steps. If a server in your SIOS Protection Suite cluster experiences a failure that causes re-installation of the operating system (and thus SIOS Protection Suite), you will…
lcdrecover
SIOS Protection Suite for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Man Pages » LCD – Miscellaneous LCD Programs » lcdrecover
lcdrecover -g {remove|restore|delete} — [arg1 arg2 … argn] | -G {remote|restore|delete} — [arg1 arg2 … argn] | -p primarytest | [-o resource] The -g option takes one of three arguments, remove, restore, or delete. This option will run the…
Installation
Application Recovery Kits » SIOS Protection Suite Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction » Installation
The topics in this section will assist in installing the LifeKeeper Microsoft IIS Recovery Kit. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hardware and Software…