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GUI (Java GUI)
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » GUI (Java GUI)
*The information below this section pertains to JavaGUI. For information about LKWMC, please refer to this page. . The GUI components should have already been installed as part of the LifeKeeper Core installation.…
Troubleshooting
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for HULFT Administration Guide » Troubleshooting
This section provides a list of messages that you may encounter during the process of creating and extending a HULFT resource hierarchy, restoring and removing a resource, and, where appropriate, provides additional explanation of the cause of the errors and the…
Troubleshooting
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Administration Guide » Troubleshooting
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Troubleshooting
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection » LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting
This section contains restrictions and/or known issues open against LifeKeeper Single Server Protection.
Troubleshooting
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting
The Message Catalog provides a listing of all error codes, including operational, administrative and GUI, that may be encountered while using LifeKeeper for Linux and, where appropriate, provides additional explanation of the cause of the error code and necessary…
GUI Toolbar
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » GUI (Java GUI) » Toolbars » GUI Toolbar
This toolbar is a combination of the default server and resource context toolbars which are displayed on the properties panel except that you must select a server and possibly a resource when you invoke actions from this toolbar. Connect. Connect…
SAP Troubleshooting
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP Administration Guide » SAP Troubleshooting
This section provides a list of messages that you may encounter during the process of creating and extending a LifeKeeper SAP resource hierarchy, removing and restoring a resource and, where appropriate, provides additional explanation of the cause of the errors and…
PostgreSQL Troubleshooting
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for PostgreSQL Administration Guide » PostgreSQL Troubleshooting
This section provides a list of messages that you may encounter while creating and extending a LifeKeeper PostgreSQL resource hierarchy or removing and restoring a resource. Where appropriate, it provides an additional explanation of the cause of an error and necessary…
NFS Troubleshooting
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for NFS Server Administration Guide » NFS Troubleshooting
This section provides a list of messages that you may encounter while creating and extending a LifeKeeper NFS resource hierarchy or removing and restoring a resource. Where appropriate, it provides an additional explanation of the cause of an error and necessary action…
NAS Troubleshooting
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Network Attached Storage Administration Guide » NAS Troubleshooting
Symptom Possible Cause LifeKeeper fail over operation fails with umount busy error. The file system kit used to build NAS hierarchies cannot detect and remove processes not protected by LifeKeeper that are using the mounted file system in…
Oracle Troubleshooting
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Oracle Database Administration Guide » Oracle Troubleshooting
The Oracle Recovery Message Catalog below contains listings of all messages that may be encountered while utilizing the Oracle kit. The Combined Message Catalog provides a listing of all messages that may be encountered while using LifeKeeper for Linux and, where…
Troubleshooting sapinit
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP Administration Guide » SAP Troubleshooting » Troubleshooting sapinit
Symptom: sapstartsrv processes and additional SAP instance processes started by init script fail or cause processes to run on LifeKeeper Standby Node. Cause: SAP provides an init script for automatically starting SAP instances on a local node. When a resource is…
VMDK Troubleshooting
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for VMDK as Shared Storage Administration Guide » LifeKeeper VMDK Recovery Kit Configuration Tasks » VMDK Troubleshooting
Symptom Possible Cause Mount point is not included in the selection when creating resources Possible causes are as follows: PowerShell/PowerCLI is not installed An ESXi host is not registered disk.enableUUID parameter is not set The…
MySQL Troubleshooting
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for MySQL Administration Guide » MySQL Troubleshooting
Common Error Messages This section provides a list of messages that you may encounter while creating and extending a LifeKeeper MySQL resource hierarchy or removing and restoring a resource. Where appropriate, it provides an additional explanation of the cause of an…
SNMP Troubleshooting
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Installation and Configuration » LifeKeeper Event Forwarding via SNMP » SNMP Troubleshooting
Following are some possible problems and solutions related to SNMP Event Forwarding. For specific error messages, see the LifeKeeper Message Catalog. Problem: No SNMP trap messages are sent from LifeKeeper. Solution: Verify that the snmptrap utility is installed on…
DB2 Troubleshooting
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IBM Db2 Database Administration Guide » DB2 Troubleshooting
Symptom Possible Cause One or more of your DB2 EEE partition servers fail to start The db2nodes.cfg file’s port number may have erroneously outgrown the range set in the /etc/services file. View the number of ports set in the…
GUI Message Catalog
Search for an Error Code » Combined Message Catalog » GUI 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. …
Configuring GUI Users
LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide » Setting Up Your LifeKeeper Environment » Configuring GUI Users
GUI Authentication with PAM LifeKeeper for Linux now leverages the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) provided in the Linux Standard Base (LSB). LifeKeeper no longer uses its private password file once located in /opt/LifeKeeper/website/passwd. Instead, users are…
DRBD GUI States
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Data Replication » DRBD Recovery Kit » DRBD GUI States
The active (ISP or ISU) resource can have the following states. GUI Text GUI Properties State Description Icon Primary Mirror Primary Resource is ‘up’ and its role is ‘Primary’. The resource is active and able to be…
GUI Mirror Administration
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Data Replication » DataKeeper » Administering SIOS DataKeeper for Linux » GUI Mirror Administration
A SIOS DataKeeper mirror can be administered through the LifeKeeper GUI in two ways: By enabling the Properties Panel and clicking the toolbar icons (shown in the screenshot). Click on each icon below for a description. OR By…
GUI Mirror Administration
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Data Replication » DRBD Recovery Kit » Administering SIOS DRBD for Linux » GUI Mirror Administration
A DRBD mirror can be administered through the LifeKeeper GUI in two ways: By enabling the Properties Panel and clicking the toolbar icons (shown in the screenshot). Click on each icon below for a description. OR By right-clicking on the DRBD resource and…
Lifekeeper GUI Overview
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » GUI (Java GUI) » Preparing to Run the GUI » Lifekeeper GUI Overview
The LifeKeeper GUI uses Java technology to provide a graphical status interface to LifeKeeper and its configuration data. The LifeKeeper GUI allows users working on any machine to administer, operate, or monitor servers and resources in any cluster, as long as they…
Exiting the GUI
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » GUI (Java GUI) » Exiting the GUI
Select Exit from the File Menu to disconnect from all servers and close the GUI window.
SAP MaxDB Troubleshooting
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP MaxDB Administration Guide » SAP MaxDB Troubleshooting
General Tips The following error messages may be encountered while using the SAP MaxDB Recovery Kit. Error Message Solution The tunable MAXDB_ILB_ENABLED is set in the LifeKeeper defaults file for Internal Load Balancer support. Protecting…
SAP HANA Troubleshooting
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Requirements Overview » SAP HANA 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…
IBM MQ Troubleshooting
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IBM MQ Administration Guide » IBM MQ Troubleshooting
WebSphere MQ Log Locations If the queue manager name is known and the queue manager is available, WebSphere MQ error logs are located in the directory specified by the LogPath parameter defined in the queue manager configuration file qm.ini. If the queue manager is…
Email Notification Troubleshooting
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Installation and Configuration » LifeKeeper Event Email Notification » Email Notification Troubleshooting
Following are some possible problems and solutions related to email notification of LifeKeeper events. For specific error messages, see the LifeKeeper Message Catalog. Problem: No email messages are received from LifeKeeper. Solution: Verify that the mail utility is…
LifeKeeper GUI Related Errors
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Network Attached Storage Administration Guide » NAS Troubleshooting » LifeKeeper GUI Related Errors
Error Number Error Message 104901 The mount point %s is mounted Action: Please specify a mount point that is not mounted. 104902 The mount point %s is not an absolute path Action: Please specify a mount point that…
SAP HANA GUI States
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Requirements Overview » SAP HANA GUI States
The active (ISP) resource can have the following states. Some of these warning and failure states are transient and may appear while LifeKeeper is attempting to recover required processes or before LifeKeeper initiates a failover of the HANA resource…
Viewing the GUI Version
LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC) » LKWMC GUI Operations and Layout » Header » Viewing the GUI Version
*This documentation section describes the LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC). Refer to the LifeKeeper Web Management Console for an overview. Clicking the Help (?) icon in the header followed by clicking the About link will display the version of the…
Configuring the LifeKeeper GUI
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » GUI (Java GUI) » Preparing to Run the GUI » Configuring the LifeKeeper GUI
Installing the LifeKeeper Server for GUI Administration Perform the following steps for each LifeKeeper server. Each step contains references or links for more detailed instructions. You must install the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Software Development…
GUI Overview – General
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » GUI (Java GUI) » GUI Overview – General
The GUI allows users working on any machine to administer, operate or monitor servers and resources in any cluster as long as they have the required group memberships on the cluster machines. (For details, see Configuring GUI Users. The GUI Server and Client components…
LifeKeeper GUI Software Package
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » GUI (Java GUI) » GUI Overview – General » LifeKeeper GUI Software Package
The LifeKeeper GUI is included in the steeleye-lkGUI software package which is bundled with the LifeKeeper Core Package Cluster. The steeleye-lkGUI package: Installs the LifeKeeper GUI Client in Java archive format. Installs the LifeKeeper GUI…
DRBD for Linux Troubleshooting
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Data Replication » DRBD Recovery Kit » DRBD for Linux Troubleshooting
This section provides information regarding issues that may be encountered with the use of DRBD Recovery Kit. Where appropriate, additional explanation of the cause of an error is provided along with necessary action to resolve the error condition. Messages specific…
DataKeeper for Linux Troubleshooting
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Data Replication » DataKeeper » DataKeeper for Linux Troubleshooting
This section provides information regarding issues that may be encountered with the use of DataKeeper for Linux. Where appropriate, additional explanation of the cause of an error is provided along with necessary action to resolve the error condition. Messages…
Apache Web Server Troubleshooting
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Apache Administration Guide » Apache Web Server Troubleshooting
This section provides a list of messages that you may encounter during the process of creating and extending a LifeKeeper Apache Web Server resource hierarchy, removing and restoring a resource, and, where appropriate, provides additional explanation of the cause of…
Logical Volume Manager Troubleshooting
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Logical Volume Manager Administration Guide » Logical Volume Manager Troubleshooting
Error Messages This section provides a list of messages that you may encounter with the use of the Logical Volume Manager Recovery Kit. Where appropriate, it provides an additional explanation of the cause of an error and necessary action to resolve the error…
Using the Legacy GUI (JavaGUI)
Startup Guide » Using the Legacy GUI (JavaGUI)
LKWMC is the default GUI starting with LifeKeeper v10. If you need to use the legacy GUI, please refer to this section. Verifying the GUI server startup To use the LifeKeeper GUI client, the LifeKeeper GUI server must be running on the LifeKeeper installed server.…
Modifying the GUI Server Port
LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC) » Getting Started » Configuration Changes » Modifying the GUI Server Port
*This documentation section describes the LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC). Refer to the LifeKeeper Web Management Console for an overview. By default, the GUI server listens for client connections on TCP port 5110. If necessary (e.g., if there is a conflict…
LKWMC GUI Operations and Layout
LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC) » LKWMC GUI Operations and Layout
*This documentation section describes the LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC). Refer to the LifeKeeper Web Management Console for an overview. This section describes the LKWMC GUI Operations and Layout. Signing In Header Viewing the Online Manual Viewing the…
Preparing to Run the GUI
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » GUI (Java GUI) » Preparing to Run the GUI
Overview Configuration Starting and Stopping the GUI Server Java Security Policy Running the GUI on a LifeKeeper Server
GUI – Known Issues / Restrictions
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » Known Issues and Restrictions » GUI – Known Issues / Restrictions
Description Resource Hierarchy Creation menu may show uninstalled resource types Symptom: Resource types may continue to appear as choices in the LifeKeeper Java GUI “Create Resource Hierarchy” operation after the corresponding…
Viewing LifeKeeper GUI Server Processes
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » Common Tasks » Viewing LifeKeeper GUI Server Processes
To verify that the LifeKeeper GUI Server is running, type the following command: ps -ef | grep runGuiSer You should see output similar to the following: root 2805 1 0 08:24 ? 00:00:00 sh /opt/LifeKeeper/bin/runGuiServer To see a list of the other GUI Server daemon…
Starting and Stopping the GUI Server
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » GUI (Java GUI) » Preparing to Run the GUI » Starting and Stopping the GUI Server
To Start the LifeKeeper GUI Server If the LifeKeeper GUI Server is not running, type the following command as root: /opt/LifeKeeper/bin/lkGUIserver start This command starts all LifeKeeper GUI Server daemon processes on the server being administered if they are not…
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…
Performing a Manual Switchover from the GUI
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for MySQL Administration Guide » Managing MySQL Resource Hierarchies » Performing a Manual Switchover from the GUI
You can test your MySQL resource hierarchy by initiating a manual switchover. This will simulate a failover of a resource instance from the primary server to the standby server. Performing a Manual Switchover from the GUI You can initiate a manual switchover from the…
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…
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.…
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…
Troubleshooting SAP ASE Error During Resource Creation
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP ASE Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP ASE Administration » Troubleshooting SAP ASE Error During Resource Creation
SAP ASE Error During Resource Creation Symptom: Unable to create the resource instance during the resource creation Cause: If the instance is running, it could be because the profile is not located in the default $Sybase directory Solution: In /etc/default/LifeKeeper…
AWS Direct Connect Known Issues and Troubleshooting
LifeKeeper for Linux in a Cloud Environment » Connection Between LifeKeeper Cluster and Clients Using AWS Transit Gateway Quick Start Guide » AWS Direct Connect Known Issues and Troubleshooting
There are currently no Known Issues.
Performing a Manual Switchover from the LifeKeeper GUI
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for PostgreSQL Administration Guide » PostgreSQL Administration » Performing a Manual Switchover from the LifeKeeper GUI
You can initiate a manual switchover from the LifeKeeper GUI by selecting Edit, Resource, and In Service. For example, an in-service request executed on a backup server causes the PostgreSQL resource hierarchy to be placed in service on the backup server and taken…
Recovery Kit for VMDK as Shared Storage Administration Guide
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for VMDK as Shared Storage Administration Guide
Recovery Kit for VMDK as Shared Storage Technical Documentation LifeKeeper for Linux Recovery Kit for VMDK as Shared Storage (hereafter referred to as the Recovery Kit for VMDK) provides a VMware virtual hard disk as shared storage. The Recovery Kit for VMDK allows…
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…
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…
Documentation and Training
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection » LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux Technical Documentation » Documentation and Training
A complete reference providing instructions for installing, configuring, administering and troubleshooting SIOS LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux is available in the LifeKeeper Single Server Protection Documentation. The following sections cover every…
Recovery Kit for IBM Db2 Database Administration Guide
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IBM Db2 Database Administration Guide
The LifeKeeper for Linux Recovery Kit for IBM Db2 Database provides fault resilient protection for DB2 database instances. LifeKeeper, together with the DB2 Universal Database product family afford increased availability to DB2 operating environments by effectively…
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 Network Attached Storage Administration Guide
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Network Attached Storage Administration Guide
Recovery Kit for Network Attached Storage (hereafter referred to as the Recovery Kit for NAS) provides fault resilience for Network File System (NFS) software in a LifeKeeper environment. The Recovery Kit for NAS affords LifeKeeper users the opportunity to employ an…
Recovery Kit for Oracle Database Administration Guide
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Oracle Database Administration Guide
The LifeKeeper for Linux Recovery Kit for Oracle Database provides fault resilience for Oracle software in a LifeKeeper environment. The Recovery Kit software furnishes a mechanism to tie the data integrity of Oracle databases to the increased availability provided by…
Known Issues
LifeKeeper for Linux Release Notes » Known Issues
See LifeKeeper Known Issues and Restrictions in the Troubleshooting section of LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation and the DataKeeper Troubleshooting section.
Force Mirror Online
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Data Replication » DataKeeper » Administering SIOS DataKeeper for Linux » GUI Mirror Administration » Force Mirror Online
Force Mirror Online should be used only in the event that both servers have become inoperable and the primary server cannot bring the resource in service after rebooting. Selecting Force Mirror Online removes the data_corrupt flag and brings the DataKeeper…
Configuring LifeKeeper Event Forwarding
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Installation and Configuration » LifeKeeper Event Forwarding via SNMP » Configuring LifeKeeper Event Forwarding
Prerequisites The SNMP event forwarding feature is included as part of the LifeKeeper Core functionality and does not require additional LifeKeeper packages to be installed. Since LifeKeeper uses the snmptrap utility to generate the traps, the snmptrap command is…
Configuring LifeKeeper Event Email Notification
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Installation and Configuration » LifeKeeper Event Email Notification » Configuring LifeKeeper Event Email Notification
Prerequisites The Event Email Notification feature is included as part of the LifeKeeper core functionality and does not require additional LifeKeeper packages to be installed. It does require that email software be installed and configured on each LifeKeeper node…
LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide
LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide
The LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide contains information on how to plan and install your LifeKeeper environment. For basic steps from installation to before you begin configuring protected resources, refer to the Startup Guide. Once you have completed the…
LifeKeeper Event Email Notification
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Installation and Configuration » LifeKeeper Event Email Notification
Overview Configuration Troubleshooting
Product Lifecycle
Product Lifecycle
Product Version Product Release Date Full (Standard) Support End Date (3 years from release date) Maintenance Support End Date (3 years from Full (Standard) Support End Date) Extended Support End Date (4 years from Maintenance Support End Date)…
LifeKeeper Event Forwarding via SNMP
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Installation and Configuration » LifeKeeper Event Forwarding via SNMP
Overview Configuration Troubleshooting *See the following documentation for kit specific traps: DataKeeper Events Table EC2 Event Table
Verfying Network Configuration
LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide » Setting Up Your LifeKeeper Environment » Verfying Network Configuration
It is important to ensure that your network is configured and working properly before you install LifeKeeper. There are several tasks you should do at this point to verify your network operation: If your server installation has a firewall enabled, you will either…
Startup Guide
Startup Guide
This startup guide provides the minimum necessary steps and related information to start using LifeKeeper. For specific operations of the Linux OS itself, please check the manual of your OS. Installing LifeKeeper for Linux Starting LifeKeeper Configuring the…
Update Guide
Update Guide
This document outlines the steps for updating LifeKeeper for Linux. Prior to the update, please make sure you review the following general information and restrictions regarding the product you are using. Release Notes – Contains information that users should…
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…
Architecture
LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC) » Architecture
*This documentation section describes the LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC). Refer to the LifeKeeper Web Management Console for an overview. In the LKWMC, the GUI Server and REST API Server components are installed on each node in the LifeKeeper cluster. A…
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…
Starting and Stopping LKWMC Services
LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC) » Getting Started » Starting and Stopping LKWMC Services
*This documentation section describes the LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC). Refer to the LifeKeeper Web Management Console for an overview. The lifekeeper-api and lifekeeper-wmc systemd services are started and enabled when LifeKeeper is installed. Because…
Java Security Policy
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » GUI (Java GUI) » Preparing to Run the GUI » Java Security Policy
The LifeKeeper GUI uses policy-based access control. When the GUI client is loaded, it is assigned permissions based on the security policy currently in effect. The policy, which specifies permissions that are available for code from various signers/locations, is…
Administration
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection » LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux Technical Documentation » Administration
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection Administration Overview LifeKeeper Single Server Protection does not require administration during operation. LifeKeeper Single Server Protection works automatically to monitor protected resources and to perform the specified…
Considerations for Settings and Operations in AWS Direct Connect
LifeKeeper for Linux in a Cloud Environment » AWS Direct Connect Quick Start Guide » Considerations for Settings and Operations in AWS Direct Connect
Considering the Use of LifeKeeper I-O Fencing Since the shared disk environment cannot be used in an AWS environment, you cannot use SCSI reservations to prevent a split-brain. IP resources may cause a split-brain as it uses the real IP resource with different IP…
Prerequisites
LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC) » Getting Started » Prerequisites
*This documentation section describes the LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC). Refer to the LifeKeeper Web Management Console for an overview. Before connecting to the LKWMC, the REST API server must be running on every node in the LifeKeeper cluster, and the…
Connecting to the LKWMC
LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC) » Getting Started » Connecting to the LKWMC
*This documentation section describes the LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC). Refer to the LifeKeeper Web Management Console for an overview. The LKWMC may be accessed from a client PC by navigating to the following address in a web…
Port Settings
LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC) » Getting Started » Port Settings
*This documentation section describes the LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC). Refer to the LifeKeeper Web Management Console for an overview. By default, the following TCP ports are used to connect to the GUI server and REST API server in the…
Using LifeKeeper for Linux
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux
The following topics provide detailed information on the LifeKeeper graphical user interface (GUI) as well as the many tasks that can be performed within the LifeKeeper…
Connecting to the First Node (node-a)
Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Login and Basic Configuration Tasks » Connecting to the First Node (node-a)
To connect to the first node, type the following link into your browser to start the LifeKeeper for Linux GUI (LKWMC): https://:5110/lkgui/#/ In the login dialog pop-up, enter the root username and password to login: After successfully logging in, you should see…
Connecting to the LKWMC Through a Bastion Host in a Cloud Environment
LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC) » Getting Started » Connecting to the LKWMC » Connecting to the LKWMC Through a Bastion Host in a Cloud Environment
*This documentation section describes the LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC). Refer to the LifeKeeper Web Management Console for an overview. The steps given below describe how to use SSH port forwarding through a bastion host located in a public subnet to…
Enable/Disable Listener Protection
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IBM MQ Administration Guide » LifeKeeper Configuration Tasks for MQ » Editing MQ Configuration Resource Properties » Enable/Disable Listener Protection
GUI First navigate to the WebSphere MQ Resource Properties Panel or the Resource Context Menu described above. The resource must be in service to modify the Listener Protection value. Then click on Listener Protection Configuration icon or menu item. The following…
Testing Your DataKeeper Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Data Replication » DataKeeper » SIOS DataKeeper Installation and Configuration » Resource Configuration Tasks » Testing Your DataKeeper Resource Hierarchy
You can test your DataKeeper resource hierarchy by initiating a manual switchover. This will simulate a failover of the resource instance from the primary server to the backup server. Performing a Manual Switchover from the LifeKeeper GUI You can initiate a manual…
Perform SAP Tests
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP Administration Guide » SAP Installation » Perform SAP Tests
Perform the following series of tests. The test steps are different for each configuration. Some steps call for verifying that SAP is running correctly but do not call out specific tests to perform. For a list of possible tests to perform to verify that SAP is…
SAP Test Preparation
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP Administration Guide » SAP Installation » SAP Test Preparation
Set up an SAP GUI on an SAP client to log in to SAP using the virtual SAP server name. Set up an SAP GUI on an SAP client to log in to the redundant AS. If desired, install additional AS’s on other servers in the cluster and set up a login group among all…
LifeKeeper Administration Overview
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » LifeKeeper Administration Overview
LifeKeeper does not require administration during operation. LifeKeeper works automatically to monitor protected resources and to perform the specified recovery actions if a fault should occur. You use the LifeKeeper GUI in these cases: Resource and hierarchy…
LifeKeeper Configuration Steps
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Installation and Configuration » LifeKeeper Configuration Steps
If you have installed your LifeKeeper environment as described in the LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide, you should be ready to start and configure the LifeKeeper for Linux software on each server in your cluster. Follow the steps below which contain links to…
Starting LifeKeeper
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » Common Tasks » Starting LifeKeeper
All LifeKeeper software is installed in the directory /opt/LifeKeeper. When you have completed all of the verification tasks, you are ready to start LifeKeeper on both servers. This section provides information for starting the LifeKeeper server daemon processes. The…
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…
Disconnecting from a Cluster
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » Common Tasks » Disconnecting from a Cluster
This task disconnects your GUI client from all servers in the cluster, and it does so through the server you select. There are three possible ways to begin. • On the Global Toolbar, click the Disconnect button. • On the Edit Menu, select Server and…
Signing In
LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC) » LKWMC GUI Operations and Layout » Signing In
*This documentation section describes the LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC). Refer to the LifeKeeper Web Management Console for an overview. In the LKWMC, PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module) authentication is used to authenticate users based on their…
Administering SIOS DRBD for Linux
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Data Replication » DRBD Recovery Kit » Administering SIOS DRBD for Linux
The following topics provide information to help in understanding and managing DRBD resource operations and issues after DRBD resources are created. Viewing Mirror Status GUI Mirror Administration Pause, Resume and Force Online Set Resync Speed…
Testing Your VMDK Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for VMDK as Shared Storage Administration Guide » LifeKeeper VMDK Recovery Kit Configuration Tasks » Testing Your VMDK Resource Hierarchy
You can test your VMDK resource hierarchy by initiating a manual switchover that will simulate a failover of the resource instance from the primary server to the backup server. Performing a Manual Switchover from the LifeKeeper GUI You can initiate a manual…
Testing Your NAS Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Network Attached Storage Administration Guide » LifeKeeper Configuration Tasks for NAS » Testing Your NAS Resource Hierarchy
You can test your NAS resource hierarchy by initiating a manual switchover that will simulate a fail over of the resource instance from the primary server to the backup server. Performing a Manual Switchover from the LifeKeeper GUI You can initiate a manual…
Transferring Resource Hierarchies
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » Maintenance Tasks » Transferring Resource Hierarchies
When you need to perform routine maintenance or other tasks on a LifeKeeper 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…
Connecting Servers to a Cluster
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » Common Tasks » Connecting Servers to a Cluster
There are two possible ways to begin. • On the Global Toolbar, click the Connect button. • On the File Menu, click Connect. In the Server Name field of the Cluster Connect dialog, enter the name of a server within the cluster to which you want to…
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…