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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 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…
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…
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 SAP HANA Requirements Hardware and Software Requirements
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Requirements Hardware and Software Requirements
*Beginning in v9.5.0 SIOS has released the new SAP HANA Application Recovery Kit. 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…
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…
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…
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 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…
SAP HANA Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Requirements Overview » SAP HANA Resource Hierarchy
The following example shows a typical SAP HANA resource hierarchy: The child resource vip-sps-hana in this example is protecting the switchable IP address used for client connections to the database. In the event of failover, LifeKeeper will bring the IP address…
SAP HANA Supported Configurations
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Administration Guide » SAP HANA Supported Configurations
!A HANA Multi-tier replication configuration is not supported with LifeKeeper. *Note: The operating system and configuration used in your SAP HANA deployment must be supported by SAP, SIOS, and your infrastructure provider (public/private cloud or on-premise). Consult…
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…
SAP HANA Parameters List
Parameters List » SAP HANA Parameters List
The table below lists and explains names and meanings of SAP HANA parameters. These values are tuned by editing the /etc/default/LifeKeeper configuration file. Parameter Name Meaning Setting Value Default Value When…
Protecting SAP HANA Resources
Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » How to Protect Other Resources (Databases or Applications) » Protecting SAP HANA Resources
In this section we will deploy a highly-available SAP HANA 2.0 SPS04 cluster. Our configuration will use SAP HANA System Replication to replicate data from the active database host to the standby database host and will use the LifeKeeper SAP HANA Recovery Kit to handle…
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…
SAP Recovery Kit – Known Issues / Restrictions
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » Known Issues and Restrictions » SAP Recovery Kit – Known Issues / Restrictions
Description A split brain may occur for ERS v2 resources while processing a restored comm path If an SAP cluster is configured with quorum and both the ASCS and ERS v2 resources reside on the same node when the communication path is restored to…
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…
Upgrading the SAP HANA Database
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Administration Guide » Upgrading the SAP HANA Database
Prerequisites: The protected SAP HANA database is running on node1 and node2. System replication is enabled with node1 registered as the primary replication site and node2 registered as a secondary replication site. *If using the ‘logreplay_readaccess’…
SAP HANA Resource Configuration Tasks
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Requirements Overview » SAP HANA Resource Configuration Tasks
Once you have completed the setup tasks described in the previous section, you are ready to create and extend your SAP HANA resource hierarchies. The following tasks are available for configuring the LifeKeeper for Linux SAP HANA Recovery Kit: Create Resource…
SAP HANA Hierarchy Restore Failures
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Requirements Overview » SAP HANA Troubleshooting » SAP HANA Hierarchy Restore Failures
SAP HANA resource fails restore due to inconsistent or out-of-date data The SAP HANA Recovery kit will not allow the SAP HANA resource (database) in-service on a system that may have inconsistent or out-of-date data. To maintain data consistency the following flags…
SAP HANA Resource Hierarchy Administration
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Requirements Overview » SAP HANA Resource Configuration Tasks » SAP HANA Resource Hierarchy Administration
*Important Note: Unless otherwise noted in this guide, all administrative tasks for a LifeKeeper-protected SAP HANA Database should be performed through LifeKeeper. Performing administrative actions such as stopping the database or disabling SAP HANA System…
Install the SAP HANA Software
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Requirements Overview » Configuring SAP HANA with LifeKeeper » Install the SAP HANA Software
Install the SAP HANA software on all servers in the cluster using identical parameters/settings. In particular, the same SAP System ID (SID) and instance number must be used on all systems. Refer to the SAP HANA Master Guide for installation details.
Configure SAP HANA System Replication
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Requirements Overview » Configuring SAP HANA with LifeKeeper » Configure SAP HANA System Replication
Configure SAP HANA System Replication according to the instructions provided in the SAP HANA System Replication Guide (available at http://help.sap.com). Once SAP HANA System Replication has been successfully enabled on the intended primary replication site and the…
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…
Create LifeKeeper SAP HANA Resource
Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » How to Protect Other Resources (Databases or Applications) » Protecting SAP HANA Resources » Create LifeKeeper SAP HANA Resource
The steps required to create the LifeKeeper resources to protect the HDB00 instance vary by cloud platform. Please follow the steps provided in the section corresponding to your cloud platform: AWS/Azure – Create LifeKeeper SAP HANA Resource Google Cloud…
Update SAP Recovery Level
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP Administration Guide » SAP Administration » Update SAP Recovery Level
The Recovery Level provides instruction for the resource in the event of a failure. To find out what your current recovery level is or to change this option, go to Update Recovery Level. The recovery level can be set to FULL, LOCAL or REMOTE. Right-click your…
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,…
Setting Local and Temporal Recovery Policies for SAP HANA Resources
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Requirements Overview » SAP HANA Resource Configuration Tasks » SAP HANA Resource Hierarchy Administration » Setting Local and Temporal Recovery Policies for SAP HANA Resources
Local Recovery Policies In a highly-available SAP HANA deployment utilizing HANA System Replication (HSR), the data from the primary database instance is continuously replicated to a running secondary database instance on a standby server. This running secondary…
Recovery Kit for SAP ASE Hardware and Software Requirements
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP ASE Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP ASE Hardware and Software Requirements
Your LifeKeeper configuration must meet the following requirements prior to the installation of the Recovery Kit for SAP ASE. Please refer to the LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide for specific instructions regarding the installation and configuration of your…
Recovery Kit for SAP MaxDB Hardware and Software Requirements
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP MaxDB Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP MaxDB Hardware and Software Requirements
Your LifeKeeper configuration must meet the following requirements prior to the installation of Recovery Kit for SAP MaxDB. Please see the LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide for specific instructions regarding the installation and configuration of your LifeKeeper…
Creating an SAP HANA Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Requirements Overview » SAP HANA Resource Configuration Tasks » Creating an SAP HANA Resource Hierarchy
!Important Note: Before creating your SAP HANA resource hierarchy, SAP HANA System Replication must be enabled and fully configured and the database must be running on all servers in the cluster. See Configure SAP HANA System Replication for details. Perform the…
Extending an SAP HANA Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Requirements Overview » SAP HANA Resource Configuration Tasks » Extending an SAP HANA Resource Hierarchy
!Important Note: Before extending your SAP HANA resource hierarchy, SAP HANA System Replication must be enabled and fully configured and the database must be running on all servers in the cluster. See Configure SAP HANA System Replication for details. This operation…
Unextending an SAP HANA Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Requirements Overview » SAP HANA Resource Configuration Tasks » Unextending an SAP HANA Resource Hierarchy
To remove a resource hierarchy from a single server in the LifeKeeper cluster, do the following: From the Edit menu, select Resource, then Unextend Resource Hierarchy. Select the Target Server where you want to unextend the SAP HANA resource. It cannot be the…
Deleting an SAP HANA Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Requirements Overview » SAP HANA Resource Configuration Tasks » Deleting an SAP HANA Resource Hierarchy
To delete SAP HANA resource from all servers in your LifeKeeper cluster environment, complete the following steps: From the Edit menu, select Resource, then Delete Resource Hierarchy. Select the name of the Target Server where you will be deleting your SAP HANA…
Testing your SAP HANA Resource Hierarchy
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Requirements Overview » SAP HANA Resource Configuration Tasks » Testing your SAP HANA Resource Hierarchy
Test Scenarios To understand the behavior of the SAP HANA Recovery Kit, perform the following tests. The following prerequisites must be completed before performing any test: LifeKeeper and the SAP HANA database must be installed and configured according to the…
Modify the SAP HANA Instance Profile
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Requirements Overview » Configuring SAP HANA with LifeKeeper » Modify the SAP HANA Instance Profile
Disable Autostart for the HDB Instance In order for LifeKeeper to successfully manage the SAP HANA resource during failover or system reboot, the Autostart feature which automatically starts the HDB instance on system boot must be disabled. In order to disable this…
SAP HANA – Known Issues / Restrictions
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » Known Issues and Restrictions » SAP HANA – Known Issues / Restrictions
Description A resource will not come in service on a secondary node if it is running LifeKeeper for Linux older than v9.7.0 ISSUE: When a secondary node is updated to v9.7.0 and a failover or switchover occurs making it the primary node in the…
SAP Protection/Recovery Level Recommendations
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP Administration Guide » SAP Administration » SAP Protection/Recovery Level Recommendations
SAP Recovery Kit ASCS/ERS Resource Type Settings LifeKeeper Version SAP Kit Resource Type ENSA/ERS Version Default Protection Level Default Recovery Level 9.3.2 or earlier TYPE_CS (1) ENSAv1 FULL REMOTE…
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…
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…
Attach Disks for SAP HANA File Systems
Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » How to Protect Other Resources (Databases or Applications) » Protecting SAP HANA Resources » Attach Disks for SAP HANA File Systems
Create and attach three additional disks to node-a and node-b to support the installation of SAP HANA. The device names used in this example may vary depending on your environment (e.g., /dev/xvdb instead of /dev/sdb). Note that these disk sizes are used for…
Create SAP HANA Primary Database Virtual IP
Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » How to Protect Other Resources (Databases or Applications) » Protecting SAP HANA Resources » Create SAP HANA Primary Database Virtual IP
The virtual host name sps-hana will be configured to resolve to the current primary database host. The recommended implementation of the virtual IP address varies by cloud platform. Please follow the steps provided in the appropriate section. AWS – Create the…
Install SAP HANA and Configure System Replication
Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » How to Protect Other Resources (Databases or Applications) » Protecting SAP HANA Resources » Install SAP HANA and Configure System Replication
Install SAP HANA on node-a Create a /sap-install directory on node-a which will contain the SAP HANA installation files. mkdir /sap-install *Note: If the root file system for your chosen instance type does not have sufficient disk space to store the required SAP…
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 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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
AWS – Create the SAP HANA Virtual IP
Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » How to Protect Other Resources (Databases or Applications) » Protecting SAP HANA Resources » Create SAP HANA Primary Database Virtual IP » AWS – Create the SAP HANA Virtual IP
Before creating resources to protect the virtual IP addresses associated to the SAP HANA database, the following steps must be completed on node-a and node-b: Install AWS CLI Assign Permission to Use EC2 Recovery Kit Disable PING Broadcasting AWS – Disable…
AWS/Azure – Create LifeKeeper SAP HANA Resource
Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » How to Protect Other Resources (Databases or Applications) » Protecting SAP HANA Resources » Create LifeKeeper SAP HANA Resource » AWS/Azure – Create LifeKeeper SAP HANA Resource
*Note: This section applies only to deployments on AWS or Microsoft Azure. For deployments on Google Cloud, see Google Cloud – Create LifeKeeper SAP HANA Resource. In the LifeKeeper GUI, click the “Operations” dropdown and select “Create Resource…
Google Cloud – Create LifeKeeper SAP HANA Resource
Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » How to Protect Other Resources (Databases or Applications) » Protecting SAP HANA Resources » Create LifeKeeper SAP HANA Resource » Google Cloud – Create LifeKeeper SAP HANA Resource
*Note: This section applies only to deployments on Google Cloud. For deployments on AWS or Microsoft Azure, see AWS/Azure – Create LifeKeeper SAP HANA Resource. In the LifeKeeper GUI, click the “Operations” dropdown and select “Create Resource…
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…
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…
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…
Recovery Kit for NFS Server Administration Guide
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for NFS Server Administration Guide
The LifeKeeper for Linux Recovery Kit for NFS Server provides fault resilience for Network File System (NFS) software in a LifeKeeper environment. This enables a failure on the primary NFS server to be recovered on a designated backup server without significant lost…
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…
Oracle Recovery Kit Hardware and Software Requirements
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Oracle Database Administration Guide » Oracle Recovery Kit Hardware and Software Requirements
Before attempting to install or remove the LifeKeeper Oracle Recovery Kit, you must understand the hardware and software requirements and the installation and removal procedures. Be sure that your configuration meets the following requirements: Servers. The Recovery…
Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Notes
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Notes
When you create a Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (RK for OCI) resource, the corresponding IP resource is created. If an IP resource already exists before the RK for OCI resource is created: It matches the configuration of the RK for OCI resource and a…
Assign Permission to Use EC2 Recovery Kit
Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Install LifeKeeper for Linux » Amazon Web Services » Assign Permission to Use EC2 Recovery Kit
!In order to complete the following steps, the AWS CLI must be installed on each node. See Additional Environment Specific Tasks to Complete for more information. To use the EC2 Recovery Kit, the instance must have Roles that are allowed to update the RouteTable…