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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 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 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 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…
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 GenLB Resource
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » LifeKeeper for Windows Step by Step Guide for Google Cloud » Creating a Generic ARK for Load Balancer Probe Reply (GenLB) » Creating a GenLB Resource
!Please be sure to verify the following are in place in order to minimize issues moving forward with the creation of a GenLB resource: 1. A Windows firewall rule to allow access to the ILB port (12345) 2. A Google Firewall rule that lists the address ranges…
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 LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation for more information about Generic Application resources. During Gen LB resource creation, you will be…
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 Resource Groups
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » 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…
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 Generic Application Resource Hierarchy
LifeKeeper 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 LifeKeeper for Windows action functions: • Restore • Remove • Quick Check •…
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…
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 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 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 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…
Volume Considerations
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » Introduction » Understanding Replication » Volume Considerations
*Note: SIOS DataKeeper primary and secondary systems have three types of volumes: system, non-mirrored and mirrored. During mirroring operations, system and non-mirrored volumes are not affected and the user has full access to all applications and data on these…
Creating a 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 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 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…
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…
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
LifeKeeper for Windows 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…
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…
DataKeeper Volume Not Available as Cluster Resource Type
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper Troubleshooting » Known Issues and Workarounds » DataKeeper Volume Not Available as Cluster Resource Type
WSFC Server – The DataKeeper Volume is Not Available as a Cluster Resource Type After DataKeeper is Installed in a Microsoft WSFC Environment Error/Message The DataKeeper Volume is not available as a cluster resource type after DataKeeper is installed in a…
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…
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…
DataKeeper Volume Resize
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper User Guide » Working With Mirrors » DataKeeper Volume Resize
DataKeeper allows users to extend and shrink their DataKeeper volumes dynamically while retaining mirror settings. Once the resize is complete, a partial resync will be performed. Note: This resize procedure should be performed on only one volume at a time. !WARNING …
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…
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 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.…
Extending a File Share Resource Hierarchy
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Extending Resource Hierarchies » Extending a File Share Resource Hierarchy
This operation can be started automatically after you have finished creating a file share resource hierarchy, or from an existing file share resource hierarchy, as described in the section on extending resource hierarchies. No additional data is required to extend a…
Extending a Generic Application Resource Hierarchy
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Extending Resource Hierarchies » Extending a Generic Application Resource Hierarchy
This operation can be started automatically after you have finished creating a generic application resource hierarchy, or from an existing generic application resource hierarchy, as described in the section on extending resource hierarchies. No additional data is…
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…
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…
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:…
Monitoring Replicated Volume Resources
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Data Replication » Monitoring Replicated Volume Resources
The state of all LifeKeeper for Windows protected replicated volume resources is displayed in the LifeKeeper GUI. Refer to the SIOS DataKeeper topic, Mirror State Definitions, for details on mirror states. The example below shows that the mirror state of the…
Volume Shadow Copy (VSS)
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Operator Tasks » Volume Shadow Copy (VSS)
Using Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) with DataKeeper/LifeKeeper for Windows Volumes VSS Shadow Copy can be enabled for LifeKeeper for Windows-protected (shared or replicated) volumes. However, the following guidelines apply: VSS snapshot images must not be stored on a…
Replicated Volume Switchover Failure
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » Replicated Volume Switchover Failure
Description If the DELETEMIRROR command fails during switchover of a replicated volume, the following error message will display in the Output panel: WARNING (No. 12104) Delete mirror action for volume R: failed with status 51 (command=C:/SDR/EMCmd10.10.1.2…
DataKeeper Volume Resize Restriction
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper Troubleshooting » Restrictions » DataKeeper Volume Resize Restriction
The DataKeeper volume resize procedure should be performed on only one volume at a time.
Using Volume Shadow Copy
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » FAQs » Using Volume Shadow Copy
Question Can Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) be Used with DataKeeper Volumes? Answer VSS Shadow Copy can be enabled for DataKeeper volumes. However, the following guidelines apply: VSS snapshot images must not be stored on a DataKeeper volume. Storing VSS snapshots on…
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 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…
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 …
Access to Designated Volume Denied
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper Troubleshooting » Known Issues and Workarounds » Access to Designated Volume Denied
If access to the designated volume is denied, then check whether you are attempting to create the mirror while other applications are accessing the volume. During Mirror Creation, the volumes must be locked on the target system for exclusive access by the SIOS…
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…
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…
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…
Editing Resource Priorities
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Creating Resource Hierarchies » Editing Resource Priorities
You can edit or reorder the priorities of servers on which a resource hierarchy has been defined. First, bring up the Resource Properties dialog just as you would for viewing resource properties. The Resource Properties dialog displays the priority for a particular…
Editing Resource Properties
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Creating Resource Hierarchies » Editing Resource Properties
To edit the properties of a resource, bring up the Resource Properties dialog just as you would for viewing resource properties. If you are logged into that server with the appropriate permissions, the following items will be editable. • Switchback •…
Extending Resource Hierarchies
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » Administration » Working with Resource Hierarchies » Extending Resource Hierarchies
The LifeKeeper for Windows Extend Resource Hierarchy option copies an existing hierarchy from one server and creates a similar hierarchy on another LifeKeeper for Windows server. Once a hierarchy is extended to other servers, cascading failover is available for that…
LCD Resource Types
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Advanced Topics » LCD Resource Types
The LCD is maintained in both shared memory and in the $LKROOT directory. As highlighted on the directory structure diagram, subsys contains application resource sets you can use to define your application interface: filesys – file system related resources…
Transferring Resource Hierarchies
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Maintenance Tasks » Transferring Resource Hierarchies
When you need to perform routine maintenance or other tasks on a LifeKeeper for Windows Server, you can use the LifeKeeper GUI to move in-service resources to another server. To transfer in-service resource hierarchies from Server A to Server B, use the GUI to bring…
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…
Resource Context Toolbar
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » LifeKeeper GUI » Toolbars » Resource Context Toolbar
The resource context toolbar is displayed in the properties panel when you select a server-specific resource instance in the status table. The default toolbar is described here but this toolbar might be customized for specific resource types in which case the custom…
Resource Context Menu
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » LifeKeeper GUI » Menus » Resource Context Menu
The resource context menu appears when you right-click on a global (cluster-wide) resource, as shown above, or a server-specific resource instance, as shown below, in the status table. The default resource context menu is described here, but this menu might be…
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…
Volume Locking for Shared SCSI Volumes
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Operator Tasks » Volume Locking for Shared SCSI Volumes
When you want to protect resources on shared SCSI disks, you partition the shared disk into logical volumes using the Windows Disk Management tool. LifeKeeper for Windows can protect shared volumes by defining a volume resource instance. Each instance is assigned a…
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 a Generic ARK for Load Balancer Probe Reply (GenLB)
LifeKeeper for Windows in a Cloud Environment » LifeKeeper for Windows Step by Step Guide for Google Cloud » Creating a Generic ARK for Load Balancer Probe Reply (GenLB)
The Generic ARK for Load Balancer probe reply (GenLB) provides a mechanism to receive and respond to a health check probe for instances to be balanced by a load balancer in Microsoft Azure (Azure) and in a Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environment. Place the Generic ARK…
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 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 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 Server 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 Server 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…
Safe Creation of Shared Disk Volume Instances
LifeKeeper for Windows Installation Guide » Setting Up Your LifeKeeper for Windows Environment » Safe Creation of Shared Disk Volume Instances
In order to safely create a shared-storage volume resource, the user must ensure that only one system at a time has write access to the volume at any time. This includes the time prior to the creation of the LifeKeeper instance. Since LifeKeeper cannot recognize that…
Use Different Volume for Multiple IIS Sites
Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper Microsoft Internet Information Services Recovery Kit Introduction » IIS Configuration Definitions and Restrictions » Use Different Volume for Multiple IIS Sites
When the LifeKeeper Microsoft IIS Recovery Kit creates an IIS resource hierarchy, it creates dependencies associated with the IP address and content volume using the home directory path designated in the IIS configuration. We recommend that if you protect multiple…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Resource Hierarchy for Oracle
Application Recovery Kits » LifeKeeper 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…
Taking Volume Resources In and Out Of Service
LifeKeeper for Windows Technical Documentation » User Guide » Operator Tasks » Taking Volume Resources In and Out Of Service
Some background processes such as virus scanners and Windows Services will try to access a shared volume for write access. These processes may be required to run applications and cannot be arbitrarily turned off for long periods of time. In most cases, these…
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…
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…