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Running LifeKeeper DataKeeper Recovery Kit With a Firewall
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » Maintenance Tasks » Running LifeKeeper DataKeeper Recovery Kit With a Firewall
The LifeKeeper DataKeeper Recovery Kit can work with a firewall in place on the same server if you address the following network access requirements. *Note: If you wish to change or disable your firewall, please follow the procedure recommended by your OS…
Running LifeKeeper DRBD Recovery Kit With a Firewall
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Data Replication » DRBD Recovery Kit » Running LifeKeeper DRBD Recovery Kit With a Firewall
When using the LifeKeeper DRBD Recovery Kit, the firewall should be configured to allow access to any of the ports used by DRBD for replication. The LifeKeeper DRBD Recovery Kit will use ports starting with port 7788 (set during creation of the DRBD resource with the…
Running LifeKeeper With a Firewall
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » Maintenance Tasks » Running LifeKeeper With a Firewall
LifeKeeper for Linux can work with a firewall in place on the same server if you address the following network access requirements. *Note: If you wish to change or disable your firewall, please follow the procedure recommended by your OS distribution. LifeKeeper…
Running the LifeKeeper GUI Through a Firewall
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » Maintenance Tasks » Running the LifeKeeper GUI Through a Firewall
In some situations, a LifeKeeper cluster is placed behind a corporate firewall and administrators wish to run the LifeKeeper GUI from a remote system outside the firewall. LifeKeeper uses Remote Method Invocation (RMI) to communicate between the GUI server and client.…
LifeKeeper VMDK Recovery Kit Configuration Tasks
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for VMDK as Shared Storage Administration Guide » LifeKeeper VMDK Recovery Kit Configuration Tasks
You can perform all LifeKeeper for Linux VMDK Recovery Kit administrative tasks via the LifeKeeper Graphical User Interface (GUI). The LifeKeeper GUI provides a guided interface to configure, administer, and monitor VMDK resources. The following tasks are available…
Running the GUI on a LifeKeeper Server
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » GUI (Java GUI) » Preparing to Run the GUI » Running the GUI on a LifeKeeper Server
The simplest way to run the LifeKeeper GUI is as an application on a LifeKeeper server. By doing so you are, in effect, running the GUI client and server on the same system. After configuring the LifeKeeper server for GUI Administration, you can run the GUI as an…
DRBD Recovery Kit
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Data Replication » DRBD Recovery Kit
The LifeKeeper for Linux Distributed Replicated Block Device (DRBD) Recovery Kit provides replicated storage for other LifeKeeper for Linux Recovery Kits. Thus, LifeKeeper-protected applications can take advantage of the benefits offered by DRBD to build a high…
Changing LifeKeeper WebSphere MQ Recovery Kit Defaults
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IBM MQ Administration Guide » LifeKeeper Configuration Tasks for MQ » Editing MQ Configuration Resource Properties » Changing LifeKeeper WebSphere MQ Recovery Kit Defaults
The IBM WebSphere MQ Recovery Kit uses a number of default values which can be tuned and modified if you have problems with the default settings. The default settings should be sufficient for most environments. If you have problems with timeouts you can use the…
DataKeeper Kit Message Catalog
Search for an Error Code » Combined Message Catalog » DataKeeper Kit 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 Message Cause/Action …
Configuring the LifeKeeper for Linux DRBD Recovery Kit
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Data Replication » DRBD Recovery Kit » Configuring the LifeKeeper for Linux DRBD Recovery Kit
This section describes the LifeKeeper for Linux DRBD Recovery Kit configuration details. It also contains information you should consider before you start to configure and administer the DRBD Recovery Kit. Please refer to LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation…
LifeKeeper for Linux DB2 Recovery Kit Configuration Tasks
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IBM Db2 Database Administration Guide » LifeKeeper for Linux DB2 Recovery Kit Configuration Tasks
You can perform all LifeKeeper for Linux DB2 Recovery Kit administrative tasks via the LifeKeeper Graphical User Interface (GUI). The LifeKeeper GUI provides a guided interface to configure, administer, and monitor DB2 resources. The following tasks are available for…
Firewall Rules
LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC) » Getting Started » Firewall Rules
*This documentation section describes the LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC). Refer to the LifeKeeper Web Management Console for an overview. When using a firewall (or security group, network ACL, etc.) to restrict traffic within the network containing the…
SAP Recovery Kit Overview
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP Administration Guide » SAP Recovery Kit Overview
There are some services in the SAP NetWeaver framework that cannot be replicated. They cannot exist more than once for the same SAP system, therefore, they are single points of failure. The LifeKeeper SAP Recovery Kit or Oracle Recovery Kit provides protection for…
Apache Recovery Kit Requirements
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Apache Administration Guide » Apache Recovery Kit Requirements
Before attempting to install or remove the Apache Recovery Kit, you must understand the hardware and software requirements for the package and the installation and removal procedures. Kit Hardware and Software Requirements Before installing and configuring the Apache…
MQ Recovery Kit Features
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IBM MQ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for IBM MQ Overview » MQ Recovery Kit Features
The WebSphere MQ Recovery Kit provides the following features: Supports mult-instance Queue Managers (queue managers created with multiple versions of MQ software) Supports Active/Active configurations Supports LINEAR and CIRCULAR logging (detected…
MQ Recovery Kit Abbreviations
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IBM MQ Administration Guide » MQ Recovery Kit Abbreviations
The following abbreviations are used throughout this document: Abbreviation Meaning HA Highly Available, High Availability QMDIR WebSphere MQ queue manager directory. This directory holds the queue manager persistent…
NAS Recovery Kit Overview
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Network Attached Storage Administration Guide » NAS Recovery Kit Overview
LifeKeeper for Linux NAS Recovery Kit The primary focus of the LifeKeeper for Linux NAS Recovery Kit is to offer LifeKeeper users an alternative storage method to shared storage and data replication. The NAS Recovery Kit enables the creation of LifeKeeper resource…
Recovery Kit-Specific Properties
LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC) » LKWMC GUI Operations and Layout » Resource » Properties » Recovery Kit-Specific Properties
*This documentation section describes the LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC). Refer to the LifeKeeper Web Management Console for an overview. This section displays recovery kit-specific settings which vary by resource type. Hovering over the information icon…
DB2 Recovery Kit Overview
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IBM Db2 Database Administration Guide » DB2 Recovery Kit Overview
LifeKeeper for Linux DB2 Recovery Kit In versions 8 and greater, DB2 UDB Enterprise Edition (EE) and Enterprise-Extended Edition (EEE) have been combined into a single product named DB2 UDB Enterprise Server Edition (ESE). Previous versions included two separate…
IP Recovery Kit Requirements
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IP Address Administration Guide » IP Recovery Kit Requirements
Before attempting to install or remove the IP Recovery Kit, you must understand the hardware and software requirements for the package and the installation and removal procedures. Hardware and Software Requirements Before installing and configuring the LifeKeeper IP…
IP Recovery Kit Configuration
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IP Address Administration Guide » IP Recovery Kit Configuration
To ensure that your LifeKeeper configuration provides the protection and flexibility you require, you need to be aware of the configuration rules. To appropriately plan your configuration, you must understand your network configuration, interface selection, user system…
DRBD Recovery Kit Overview
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Data Replication » DRBD Recovery Kit » DRBD Recovery Kit Overview
The LifeKeeper for Linux DRBD Recovery Kit provides the ability to configure and control DRBD resources. The DRBD User’s Guide describes that “DRBD is a software-based, shared-nothing, replicated storage solution mirroring the content of block devices (hard disks,…
LifeKeeper Alarming and Recovery
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » Advanced Tasks » LCM » LifeKeeper Alarming and Recovery
LifeKeeper error detection and notification is based on the event alarming mechanism, sendevent. The key concept of the sendevent mechanism is that independent applications can register to receive alarms for critical components. Neither the alarm initiation component…
Configuring HULFT with LifeKeeper
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for HULFT Administration Guide » Configuring HULFT with LifeKeeper
Configuring HULFT with LifeKeeper This section outlines definitions and examples of typical HULFT Recovery Kit configurations and provides information you should consider before you begin configuring HULFT. Configuration Definitions and Examples HULFT allows you to…
Configuring Oracle with LifeKeeper
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Oracle Database Administration Guide » Configuring Oracle with LifeKeeper
This section contains information you should consider before you start to configure Oracle and examples of typical Oracle configurations. The following tasks are described in the Administration section within the LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation because…
Running DB2
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IBM Db2 Database Administration Guide » Configuring the LifeKeeper for Linux Recovery Kit for IBM Db2 Database » Running DB2
Reducing the DB2 Process Startup Times In some instances the startup times of the DB2 processes can be excessive when using DB2 8.x under LifeKeeper protection. Making the following change to the kernel network parameters can improve this situation. Add the following…
MQ Recovery Kit Resource Hierarchies
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IBM MQ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for IBM MQ Overview » MQ Recovery Kit Resource Hierarchies
A typical WebSphere MQ hierarchy will be comprised of a WebSphere MQ queue manager resource. It also contains one or more file system resources, depending on the file system layout and zero or more IP resources. The exact makeup of the hierarchy depends on what is…
Common SAP Recovery Kit Tasks
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP Administration Guide » SAP Installation » Common SAP Recovery Kit Tasks
The following tasks are described in the Administration section within the LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation because they are common tasks with steps that are identical across all Recovery Kits. Create a Resource Dependency. Creates a parent/child…
Recovery Kit for MySQL Configuration
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for MySQL Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for MySQL Configuration
This section contains definitions and examples of typical LifeKeeper MySQL configurations and information you should consider before you start to configure MySQL. Please refer to the Resource Hierarchies section of the LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation for…
Apache Recovery Kit Operations Overview
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Apache Administration Guide » Apache Recovery Kit Operations Overview
Bringing a Resource In Service (restore) Start the Apache resource in the following order: Use the httpd command’s -t option to perform a syntax check on the configuration file. If there is a syntax error, the process exits with an error. Determine…
LVM Recovery Kit Operations Overview
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Logical Volume Manager Administration Guide » LVM Recovery Kit Operations Overview
Create a file system resource that includes LVM creates the following resource hierarchy: [filesys] └[lvmlv] └[lvmvg] └[device] └[disk] Bringing a Resource In Service (restore) [lvmlv] Resource Execute the following command to activate…
IP Recovery Kit Configuration Examples
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IP Address Administration Guide » IP Recovery Kit Configuration » IP Recovery Kit Configuration Examples
This topic identifies example network configurations and then describes two sample IP configuration exercises. The first example illustrates a typical case of a database application dependent upon a single IP resource and configured on a pre-existing subnet. The second…
Disable the Firewall
Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Configure Linux Nodes to Run LifeKeeper for Linux » Disable the Firewall
*The following commands must be executed for each node. In this section we will disable the appropriate firewall services installed on the system that may include firewalld, SuSEfirewall2, iptables and nftables to install LifeKeeper for Linux. The firewall can be…
Creating a DataKeeper Resource
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Fault Detection and Recovery Scenarios » Command Line Interface » Commands » LKCLI Guide » LKCLI – Resource Creation » Creating a DataKeeper Resource
This section describes how to create a DataKeeper resource. DataKeeper resources provide the ability to build highly available clusters without the use of shared storage. System Configuration The environment created in this guide has the following two-node…
Configuring SAP MaxDB with LifeKeeper
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP MaxDB Administration Guide » Configuring SAP MaxDB with LifeKeeper
The following sequence is recommended for installing and configuring the SAP MaxDB database and LifeKeeper software. Each of these steps links to detailed tasks that follow. Install the SAP MaxDB Software Create the SAP MaxDB Database Create the User_Key Install…
Setting up LifeKeeper with Ansible
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Fault Detection and Recovery Scenarios » Command Line Interface » Commands » Setting up LifeKeeper with Ansible
Overview This guide describes the steps to automate the installation of LifeKeeper on multiple nodes with Ansible based on a response file. It is primarily intended to be used as a reference by users who are already using Ansible when adding LifeKeeper into their…
Configuring SAP HANA with LifeKeeper
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Requirements Overview » Configuring SAP HANA with LifeKeeper
The following sequence is recommended for installing and configuring the SAP HANA database and LifeKeeper software. Each of these steps links to detailed tasks that follow. Install the SAP HANA Software Configure SAP HANA System Replication Modify the SAP HANA…
Configuring NFS Server with LifeKeeper
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for NFS Server Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for NFS Server Configuration Considerations » Configuring NFS Server with LifeKeeper
This section contains information to consider before starting to configure and administer the NFS Server Recovery Kit as well as examples of typical LifeKeeper NFS configurations. Please refer to LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation for instructions on…
Configuring SAP MaxDB with LifeKeeper
Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » How to Protect Other Resources (Databases or Applications) » Protecting SAP MaxDB Resources » Configuring SAP MaxDB with LifeKeeper
Objective This document is intended to aid you in installing, configuring and using the LifeKeeper for Linux evaluation product to make SAP MaxDB highly available. There are three phases in this process: Configuring SAP MaxDB with LifeKeeper Creating an SAP MaxDB…
Using mysqld Groups with LifeKeeper
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for MySQL Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for MySQL Configuration » Using mysqld Groups with LifeKeeper
*When systemd support for MySQL is installed, systemd can manage multiple MySQL instances. Consequently, the mysqld_multi utility is not installed. For details, refer to Considerations when using systemd support for MySQL. The MySQL Application Recovery Kit supports…
Configuring the LifeKeeper for Linux Recovery Kit for IBM Db2 Database
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IBM Db2 Database Administration Guide » Configuring the LifeKeeper for Linux Recovery Kit for IBM Db2 Database
This section describes the LifeKeeper for Linux DB2 Recovery Kit configuration details. It also contains information you should consider before you start to configure and administer the DB2 Recovery Kit. Please refer to LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation for…
Using Mirrored File Systems with DataKeeper
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for PostgreSQL Administration Guide » PostgreSQL Configuration Considerations » Using Mirrored File Systems with DataKeeper
The PostgreSQL Recovery Kit supports the use of SIOS DataKeeper as a shared file system. The mirrored file systems can be used for the PostgreSQL installation path, log path, the data directory and the executable path. For example, a dependent file system for a…
Mirroring with SIOS DataKeeper for Linux
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Data Replication » DataKeeper » Mirroring with SIOS DataKeeper for Linux
SIOS DataKeeper for Linux offers an alternative for customers who want to build a high availability cluster (using SIOS LifeKeeper) without shared storage or who simply want to replicate business-critical data in real-time between servers. SIOS DataKeeper uses either…
I/O Fencing with DataKeeper Configuration
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Data Replication » DataKeeper » SIOS DataKeeper Installation and Configuration » I/O Fencing with DataKeeper Configuration
In principle, I/O fencing using storage reservations is not available in DataKeeper configuration and split brain can occur. Therefore, you need to take steps to prevent a split brain from occurring via the following controls. Exclusive Control using IP Resources IP…
Recovery Kit for EC2 Message Catalog
Search for an Error Code » Combined Message Catalog » Recovery Kit for EC2 Message Catalog
The Recovery Kit for EC2 Message Catalog below contains listings of all messages that may be encountered while utilizing the Recovery Kit for EC2. The Combined Message Catalog provides a listing of all messages that may be encountered while using LifeKeeper for Linux…
Recovery Kit for SAP ASE Overview
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP ASE Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP ASE Overview
The Recovery Kit for SAP ASE provides a mechanism for protecting SAP ASE Server instances within LifeKeeper. The SAP ASE software, LifeKeeper Core and Recovery Kit for SAP ASE are installed on two or more servers in a cluster. Once the SAP ASE Server instance is under…
Recovery Kit for SAP ASE Administration
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP ASE Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP ASE Administration
Resource Hierarchy Administration Provides important recommendations for ongoing administration of the SAP ASE hierarchy. The following tasks may be required after your resource hierarchies have been created. Modifying Protection for the SAP Backup…
Recovery Kit for SAP MaxDB Overview
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP MaxDB Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP MaxDB Overview
The LifeKeeper for Linux SAP MaxDB Recovery Kit provides a mechanism for protecting SAP MaxDB instances within LifeKeeper. The SAP MaxDB software, LifeKeeper Core and SAP MaxDB Recovery Kit are installed on two or more servers in a cluster. Once the SAP MaxDB database…
Recovery Kit for PostgreSQL Administration Guide
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for PostgreSQL Administration Guide
The LifeKeeper for Linux Recovery Kit for PostgreSQL is an SQL compliant, object-relational database management system (ORDBMS) based on POSTGRES. Since its inception, PostgreSQL has become one of the most advanced open source relational database management…
Recovery Kit for HULFT Administration Guide
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for HULFT Administration Guide
Introduction SIOS LifeKeeper® for Linux Recovery Kit for HULFT enhances the disaster recovery capabilities of HULFT software in a LifeKeeper environment.
Recovery Kit for Quick Service Protection
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Quick Service Protection
The Recovery Kit for Quick Service Protection (hereafter referred to as the Recovery Kit for QSP) provides a simplified method to protect the OS service. With the Recovery Kit for QSP, users can easily create a LifeKeeper resource instance to protect an OS service…
Recovery Kit for NFS Server Requirements
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for NFS Server Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for NFS Server Requirements
Before installing and configuring the Recovery Kit, be sure that your configuration meets the following requirements: Servers The Recovery Kit requires servers configured in accordance with the LifeKeeper requirements described in the LifeKeeper for Linux Technical…
SAP HANA Recovery Kit Message Catalog
Search for an Error Code » Combined Message Catalog » SAP HANA Recovery Kit 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 Message Cause/Action …
Recovery Kit for HULFT Message Catalog
Search for an Error Code » Combined Message Catalog » Recovery Kit for HULFT 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 Message Cause/Action …
Recovery Kit for IBM MQ Requirements
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IBM MQ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for IBM MQ Requirements
Your LifeKeeper configuration must meet the following requirements prior to the installation of the WebSphere MQ Recovery Kit. Please see the LifeKeeper Installation Guide for specific instructions regarding the installation, removal and configuration of your…
Recovery Kit for IBM MQ Overview
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IBM MQ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for IBM MQ Overview
WebSphere MQ (formerly known as MQSeries) is an IBM software product that provides reliable and guaranteed one time only delivery of messages. The core element of WebSphere MQ is the queue manager which handles one or more queues that are used to send (put) and receive…
Configuring the Recovery Kit for NAS
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Network Attached Storage Administration Guide » Configuring the Recovery Kit for NAS
This section describes the LifeKeeper for Linux NAS Recovery Kit configuration details. It also contains information you should consider before you start to configure and administer the NAS Recovery Kit. Please refer to LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation for…
Recovery Kit for NFS Server Overview
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for NFS Server Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for NFS Server Overview
The NFS Server Recovery Kit provides a High Availability NFS service in hierarchical cooperation with the Filesystem Recovery Kit (provided as part of the steeleye-lk package) and the IP Recovery Kit (steeleye-lkIP). The kit ensures that an IP resource and a file…
Adjusting SAP Recovery Kit Tunable Values
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP Administration Guide » SAP Administration » Adjusting SAP Recovery Kit Tunable Values
Several of the SAP scripts have been written with a timeout feature to allow hung scripts to automatically kill themselves. This feature is required due to potential problems with unavailable NFS shares. This is explained in greater detail in the NFS Mounts and su…
SAP MaxDB Recovery Kit Error Messages
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP MaxDB Administration Guide » SAP MaxDB Troubleshooting » SAP MaxDB Recovery Kit Error Messages
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 Message Cause/Action …
Recovery Kit for MySQL Administration Guide
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for MySQL Administration Guide
The LifeKeeper for Linux Recovery Kit for MySQL provides an easy way to add LifeKeeper fault‑resilient protection for MySQL resources and databases. This enables a failure on the primary database server to be recovered on a designated standby server without…
Recovery Kit for MySQL Operations Overview
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for MySQL Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for MySQL Operations Overview
Bringing a Resource In Service (restore) Start the MySQL resource in the following order. Check the same items as in the monitoring process described later to confirm that MySQL is running. If it is determined that MySQL is running, the startup process ends…
DRBD Recovery Kit Known Issues / Restrictions
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » Known Issues and Restrictions » DRBD Recovery Kit Known Issues / Restrictions
Description DRBD resource files are not deleted from /opt/LifeKeeper/subsys/scsi/resources/drbd/ when a resource is paused. If you delete a drbd resource while it is paused it will leave files in /opt/LifeKeeper/subsys/scsi/resources/drbd/ when a…
NAS Recovery Kit – Known Issues / Restrictions
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » Known Issues and Restrictions » NAS Recovery Kit – Known Issues / Restrictions
Description Autofs is not supported File system managed by autofs cannot be protected.
Recovery Kit for Apache Administration Guide
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Apache Administration Guide
The LifeKeeper for Linux Recovery Kit for Apache provides fault resilience for Apache Web Server software in a LifeKeeper environment. This guide explains the following topics: LifeKeeper for Linux Documentation. A list of all the LifeKeeper for Linux documentation…
Recovery Kit for EC2™ Configuration
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Amazon EC2™ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for EC2™ Configuration
To ensure that your LifeKeeper configuration provides the protection and flexibility you require you’ll need to be aware of the configuration requirements. To appropriately plan your configuration you must understand Amazon, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud, (VPC),…
Recovery Kit for EC2™ Overview
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Amazon EC2™ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for EC2™ Overview
The Recovery Kit for EC2™ has two features: “Route Table Scenario” and “Elastic IP Scenario”. An overview of these features is provided below. Route table scenario (backend cluster): Manage a route table to allow clients to connect to…
Recovery Kit for EC2™ Requirements
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Amazon EC2™ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for EC2™ Requirements
Before attempting to install or remove the Recovery Kit for EC2™ you must understand Amazon Web Service software requirements, as well as the installation and removal procedures for the Recovery Kit for EC2™ package. Amazon Web Service and Software…
Recovery Kit for EC2™ Troubleshooting
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Amazon EC2™ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for EC2™ Troubleshooting
The Message Catalog provides a list of all messages that may be encountered while using LifeKeeper for Linux and, where appropriate, provides additional explanation of the cause of the errors and necessary action to resolve the error condition. This full listing may be…
IP Recovery Kit Principles of Operation
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IP Address Administration Guide » IP Recovery Kit Principles of Operation
Virtual IP Resource LifeKeeper brings an IP resource into service by creating an IP alias address on one of the physical network interfaces on the primary server. Users connect to the node using this alias address. The IP Recovery Kit software performs checks to help…
Logical Volume Manager Recovery Kit Requirements
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Logical Volume Manager Administration Guide » Logical Volume Manager Recovery Kit Requirements
Your LifeKeeper configuration must meet the following requirements prior to the installation of the LifeKeeper for Linux Logical Volume Manager Recovery Kit. Please see the LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide for specific instructions regarding the configuration of…
Adjusting IP Recovery Kit Tunable Values
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IP Address Administration Guide » IP Recovery Kit Configuration » Adjusting IP Recovery Kit Tunable Values
For details about the tunable values that are available for modifying the behavior of the IP Recovery Kit, please click here. These values are tuned by editing the /etc/default/LifeKeeper configuration file. Because none of the components of the IP Recovery Kit are…
IP Recovery Kit (IPv4) Operations Overview
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IP Address Administration Guide » IP Recovery Kit (IPv4) Operations Overview
This operations overview uses the case of protecting IPv4 addresses as an example. Bringing a Resource In Service (restore) Checking protected IP addresses Check whether protected IP is a physical IP address. If the physical IP address is protected, the restore…
Recovery Kit for SAP Administration Guide
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP Administration Guide
The LifeKeeper for Linux Recovery Kit for SAP provides a mechanism to recover SAP NetWeaver from a failed primary server onto a backup server in a LifeKeeper environment. The Recovery Kit for SAP works in conjunction with other LifeKeeper Recovery Kits (the Recovery…
Creating a Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Administration Guide » Configuration » Creating a Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Resource Hierarchy
To create a Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (RK for OCI) resource, complete the following steps: Launch the Create Resource Wizard by referring to Creating Resource Hierarchies . Select OCIVIP for the Recovery Kit. Enter the following…
Deleting a Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Administration Guide » Configuration » Deleting a Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Resource Hierarchy
To delete a Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (RK for OCI) resource, see Deleting a Hierarchy from All Servers. !When a Recovery Kit for OCI resource is deleted, the resource is taken out of service (i.e. the IP address is unassigned from the…
Extending a Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Administration Guide » Configuration » Extending a Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Resource Hierarchy
Follow the steps below to extend the Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (RK for OCI) resource hierarchy. Launch the Extend Resource Hierarchy wizard referring to Extending Resource Hierarchies . Enter the following information in the Pre-Extend…
Unextending a Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Administration Guide » Configuration » Unextending a Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Resource Hierarchy
To unextend a hierarchy, see Unextending a Hierarchy.
DataKeeper
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Data Replication » DataKeeper
SIOS DataKeeper for Linux provides an integrated data mirroring capability for LifeKeeper environments. This feature also enables LifeKeeper to operate in non-shared storage environments. Mirroring with SIOS DataKeeper for Linux How SIOS DataKeeper…
Configuring the Firewall Rules
Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Creating an Instance in Google Cloud from Scratch » Configuring the Firewall Rules
With a set of firewall rules, you can define both “allow” and “deny” rules for each type of traffic. A source can be an internet address, an Internal Load Balancer, or a group of VMs. A group of VMs is identified by a tag assigned to a VM. Refer to the Google…
Creating a DataKeeper Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Data Replication » DataKeeper » SIOS DataKeeper Installation and Configuration » Resource Configuration Tasks » Creating a DataKeeper Resource Hierarchy
Perform the following on your primary server: Select Edit > Server > Create Resource Hierarchy The Create Resource Wizard dialog will appear. Select the Data Replication option from the drop down list and click Next to continue. You will be prompted for the…
Deleting a DataKeeper Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Data Replication » DataKeeper » SIOS DataKeeper Installation and Configuration » Resource Configuration Tasks » Deleting a DataKeeper Resource Hierarchy
To delete a DataKeeper resource from all servers in your LifeKeeper configuration, complete the following steps. *Note: It is recommended that you take the DataKeeper resource out of service BEFORE deleting it. Otherwise, the md and NetRAID devices will not be…
Configuring Transparent Application Failover with LifeKeeper
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Oracle Database Administration Guide » Configuring Oracle with LifeKeeper » Configuring Transparent Application Failover with LifeKeeper
When a server failover or an Oracle database failure occurs, users can be severely disrupted. Typically the user’s connections to the database will be lost along with most work in progress. Upon the completion of the failover (or recovery of the Oracle database),…
Install the LifeKeeper Software with SAP
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP ASE Administration Guide » Installing and Configuring SAP ASE with LifeKeeper » Install the LifeKeeper Software with SAP
Once you have installed the SAP ASE software and created your database servers, you are ready to install the LifeKeeper Core software, Recovery Kit for IP Address and any required patches followed by the Recovery Kit for SAP ASE. Refer to the LifeKeeper for Linux…
Building an HA Cluster with LifeKeeper
LifeKeeper for Linux in a Cloud Environment » Microsoft Azure Quick Start Guide » Building an HA Cluster with LifeKeeper
Please refer to the LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments.
Using Certificates with the LifeKeeper API
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Installation and Configuration » Optional Configuration Tasks » Using Certificates with the LifeKeeper API
The LifeKeeper API uses SSL/TLS to communicate between different systems. By default, the product is installed with default certificates that provide some assurance of identity between nodes. This document explains how to replace these default certificates with…
Configuring Apache Web Server with LifeKeeper
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Apache Administration Guide » Configuring Apache Web Server with LifeKeeper
This section contains definitions and examples of typical LifeKeeper Apache Web Server configurations and information you should consider before you start to configure Apache Web Server. Please refer to the LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation for instructions…
Patching Oracle Nodes (SAP/Oracle) with DataKeeper
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Oracle Database Administration Guide » LifeKeeper Configuration Tasks for Oracle » Patching Oracle Nodes (SAP/Oracle) with DataKeeper
Most Oracle updates and patches only require access to the system tables drives and not to the data drives (protected DataKeeper data drives). The following procedure can be used in general: Prior to the procedure, set block failover on primary and confirm failover…
Recovery Kit for SAP ASE Administration Guide
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP ASE Administration Guide
SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise is a powerful data management platform for high performance business applications. SAP ASE is a versatile, enterprise-class RDBMS that is especially good at handling OLTP workloads. SAP ASE is used widely in financial, E-commerce, and…
Recovery Kit for SAP ASE Configuration Considerations
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP ASE Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP ASE Configuration Considerations
Configuration Considerations Contains information to consider before you install and configure the Recovery Kit for SAP ASE…
Recovery Kit for SAP MaxDB Administration Guide
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP MaxDB Administration Guide
SAP MaxDB is a SQL-based, industrial-strength database system that can be deployed for a wide array of purposes. It is highly scalable, platform-independent and provides full transaction support. The database system was originally owned by SAP but has since been…
Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Administration Guide
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Administration Guide
*Beginning in v9.5.0 SIOS has released the new Recovery Kit for SAP HANA. SIOS will continue to support the SAP HANA gen/app based Recovery Kit with the 9.4.x releases until March 31, 2022. If you are using LifeKeeper for Linux v9.5 or later you must use the new…
Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Requirements Overview
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Requirements Overview
The SAP HANA Recovery Kit is compatible with SAP HANA Platform 2 (SP04 or later). SAP HANA provides three different mechanisms to increase availability. Host Auto-Failover – At least one standby node added to a SAP HANA system. These nodes are configured to work…
Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Configuration
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Amazon Route 53™ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Configuration
To configure LifeKeeper to provide the required protection capability and flexibility, you need to know the configuration requirements. You also need to understand Amazon, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon 53 and hierarchy…
Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Troubleshooting
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Amazon Route 53™ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Troubleshooting
The Message Catalog provides a listing of all messages that may be encountered while using LifeKeeper for Linux and, where appropriate, provides additional explanation of the cause of the errors and necessary action to resolve the error condition. This full listing may…
Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Requirements
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Amazon Route 53™ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Requirements
Prior to installing and configuring the Recovery Kit for Route 53™, be sure your configuration meets the following requirements. AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) must be installed on all EC2 instances. Refer to Installing AWS Command Line Interface” for…
Recovery Kit for JP1/AJS Message Catalog
Search for an Error Code » Combined Message Catalog » Recovery Kit for JP1/AJS 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 …
Recovery Kit for IBM MQ Administration Guide
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IBM MQ Administration Guide
The LifeKeeper for Linux Recovery Kit for IBM MQ provides fault resilient protection for IBM MQ queue managers and queue manager storage locations. This kit enables a failure on a primary IBM MQ server or queue manager to be recovered on the primary server or a…
NAS Recovery Kit Hardware and Software Requirements
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Network Attached Storage Administration Guide » NAS Recovery Kit Hardware and Software Requirements
Requirements Your LifeKeeper configuration must meet the following requirements prior to the installation of the LifeKeeper for Linux NAS Recovery Kit. Please see LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide for specific instructions regarding the configuration of your…
Recovery Kit for NFS Server Configuration Considerations
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for NFS Server Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for NFS Server Configuration Considerations
These following sections contain information to be considered before starting to configure and administer the NFS Server Recovery Kit as well as examples of typical LifeKeeper NFS configurations. Please refer to LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation for…