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How SIOS DataKeeper Works
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Data Replication » DataKeeper » How SIOS DataKeeper Works
SIOS DataKeeper creates and protects NetRAID devices. A NetRAID device is a RAID1 device that consists of a local disk or partition and a Network Block Device (NBD) as shown in the diagram below. A LifeKeeper supported file system can be mounted on a NetRAID…
SIOS DataKeeper Installation and Configuration
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Data Replication » DataKeeper » SIOS DataKeeper Installation and Configuration
Installing and Configuring SIOS DataKeeper for Linux Hardware/Software Requirements Before Configuring Your DataKeeper Resources The following topics contain information for consideration before beginning to create and administer your DataKeeper resources. They also…
Administering SIOS DataKeeper for Linux
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Data Replication » DataKeeper » Administering SIOS DataKeeper for Linux
The following topics provide information to help in understanding and managing SIOS DataKeeper for Linux operations and issues after DataKeeper resources are…
Administering SIOS DRBD for Linux
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Data Replication » Recovery Kit for DRBD » 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…
SIOS DataKeeper for Linux Resource Types
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Data Replication » DataKeeper » SIOS DataKeeper Installation and Configuration » SIOS DataKeeper for Linux Resource Types
When creating your DataKeeper resource hierarchy, LifeKeeper will prompt you to select a resource type. There are several different DataKeeper resource types. The following information can help you determine which type is best for your environment. Replicate New File…
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…
Activating the SAP SIOS HA Cluster Connector (SSHCC)
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP Administration Guide » SAP Installation » Activating the SAP SIOS HA Cluster Connector (SSHCC)
The SAP SIOS HA Cluster Connector (SSHCC) provides an interface between the SAP Start Service (sapstartsrv) and LifeKeeper. While the HA Cluster Connector is active for an SAP instance, calls through sapcontrol which affect the state of the instance will be routed…
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…
Documentation and References
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Logical Volume Manager Administration Guide » Documentation and References
The following LifeKeeper product documentation is available from SIOS Technology Corp.: LifeKeeper for Linux Release Notes LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide Optional Recovery Kit Documentation This…
Requirements
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Administration Guide » Requirements
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Software Requirements Before installing and configuring the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Recovery Kit (RK for OCI), be sure that your environment meets the following requirements. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute Instance Must be…
Known Issues/Restrictions when using LifeKeeper on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » Known Issues and Restrictions » Known Issues/Restrictions when using LifeKeeper on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Support Configuration You must use the Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure on OCI. Oracle provides images for the following Operating Systems supported by LifeKeeper. See the Certification Information for supported OS…
Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Parameters List
Parameters List » Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Parameters List
The table below lists and explains names and meanings of the Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (RK for OCI) parameters. These values are tuned by editing the /etc/default/LifeKeeper configuration file. The parameters of RK for OCI will take effect…
Create SAP File Systems
Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » How to Protect Other Resources (Databases or Applications) » Protecting SAP Resources » Create SAP File Systems
*IMPORTANT: In keeping with industry best practices and announced with the release of v9.6.2, beginning with v9.7.0 SIOS will no longer support new or existing configurations with NFS servers/clients on the same nodes as the SAP services when setting up an SAP system…
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…
Using Internal Load Balancer
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP MaxDB Administration Guide » SAP MaxDB Configuration Considerations » Using Internal Load Balancer
The SAP MaxDB Recovery Kit supports the use of Internal Load Balancers (ILB) like Azure supports. To enable support for ILB, set MAXDB_ILB_ENABLED to 1 in the LifeKeeper defaults file (/etc/default/LifeKeeper). The ILB requires X server ports to be active on one…
Protecting SAP Resources
Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » How to Protect Other Resources (Databases or Applications) » Protecting SAP Resources
In this section we will deploy an SAP S/4HANA 1909 AS ABAP environment and use the LifeKeeper SAP Recovery Kit to protect the ABAP SAP Central Services (ASCS) and corresponding Enqueue Replication Server (ERS) instances. While it is possible to protect a redundant…
Creating a PostgreSQL Database
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for PostgreSQL Administration Guide » PostgreSQL Installation » Creating a PostgreSQL Database
Follow the instructions in your PostgreSQL Administration Guide to create your database. In addition, please note the following recommendations: *Replicated (SIOS DataKeeper) file system resources must be created before creating the PostgreSQL resource. The…
LKCLI Subcommands for Each ARK
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Command Line Interface » LifeKeeper Command Line Interface (LKCLI) » LKCLI Subcommands for Each ARK
You can set up the following Recovery Kits using the LifeKeeper Command Line Interface (LKCLI). ARK List Apache DataKeeper DRBD DB2 EC2 FileSystem Generic Application IP LB Health Check MySQL NFS Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud…
NAS Documentation and References
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Network Attached Storage Administration Guide » NAS Documentation and References
The following LifeKeeper product documentation is available from SIOS Technology Corp.: LifeKeeper for Linux Release Notes LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide Optional Recovery Kit Documentation This…
DB2 Documentation and References
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IBM Db2 Database Administration Guide » DB2 Documentation and References
The following LifeKeeper product documentation is available from SIOS Technology Corp.: LifeKeeper for Linux Release Notes LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation LifeKeeper Installation Guide Optional Recovery Kit Documentation This…
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…
Administrator Tasks
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » LifeKeeper Administration Overview » Administrator Tasks
Editing Server Properties Creating a Communication Path Deleting a Communication Path Server Properties – Failover Creating Resource Hierarchies Editing Resource Properties Editing Resource Priorities Extending Resource Hierarchies Unextending a…
Known Issues and Restrictions
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » Known Issues and Restrictions
Included below are the restrictions or known issues open against LifeKeeper for Linux, broken down by functional area. Installation Known Issues / Restrictions LifeKeeper Core Known Issues / Restrictions Internet/IP Licensing Known Issues / Restrictions GUI Known…
VMDK Documentation and References
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for VMDK as Shared Storage Administration Guide » VMDK Documentation and References
The following LifeKeeper product documentation is available from SIOS Technology Corp.: LifeKeeper for Linux Release Notes LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide Optional Application Recovery Kit…
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…
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…
Command Line Interface
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Command Line Interface
LifeKeeper’s Command Line Interface can be used as an alternative to the Graphical User Interface. Administrator tasks may be automated by incorporating calls to the CLI in shell scripting. Document Contents This guide contains the following topics: Commands.…
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…
Recovery Kits
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection » Recovery Kits
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux Recovery Kits (ARKs) include tools and utilities that allow SSP to manage and control a specific application. The following optional recovery kits are available with this release of SSP. !IMPORTANT: End of Support for…
Maintenance Tasks
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » Common Tasks » Maintenance Tasks
The following are tasks for maintaining LifeKeeper. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Moving Storage on Hyper-V Changing Configuration Values File…
Hardware and Software Requirements
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Data Replication » DataKeeper » SIOS DataKeeper Installation and Configuration » Hardware and Software Requirements
Your LifeKeeper configuration should meet the following requirements prior to the installation of SIOS DataKeeper. Hardware Requirements Servers – Two or more LifeKeeper for Linux supported servers. IP Network Interface Cards – Each server requires…
Dialogs
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » Dialogs
In Service Dialog Out-of-Service Resource Properties – EquivalenciesResource Dialog Password Dialog Resource Properties – Equivalencies Resource Properties – General Resource Properties – Relations Server Properties –…
Configuration Concepts
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Configuration Concepts
LifeKeeper works on the basis of resource hierarchies you define for groups of two or more servers. The following topics introduce the LifeKeeper failover configuration…
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…
LifeKeeper Documentation and Apache References
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Apache Administration Guide » LifeKeeper Documentation and Apache References
The following is a list of LifeKeeper related information available from SIOS Technology Corp.: LifeKeeper for Linux Release Notes LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation (available from the Help menu within the LifeKeeper GUI) LifeKeeper for Linux…
Recovery Kit for MySQL Hardware and Software Requirements
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for MySQL Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for MySQL Hardware and Software Requirements
Before you can install and set up the recovery software, your server must meet certain hardware and software requirements. You should refer to the LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide for specific instructions on how to install or remove the LifeKeeper Recovery Kit…
LifeKeeper for Linux Release Notes
LifeKeeper for Linux Release Notes
Version 10.1 *v10.1 refers to all v10.1.x product versions. Released July 29, 2026 Read the following topics before attempting to install or use this product! The documents contain last minute information that must be considered before, during and after…
LKCLI Guide
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Command Line Interface » LKCLI Guide
Overview This guide is designed to assist you with configuring your LifeKeeper environment via the command line using LifeKeeper Command Line Interface (LKCLI) Please follow the order below when creating your environment via LKCLI: 1. Communication Path Creation and…
LKCLI – Resource Creation
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Command Line Interface » LKCLI Guide » LKCLI – Resource Creation
The following topics describe how to create LifeKeeper resources for protected services and applications. *Note: Be sure to create a communication path first (refer to LKCLI Communication Path Creation and Deletion). Creating a File System Resource Creating an…
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…
LifeKeeper Software Requirements for AWS Environment
LifeKeeper for Linux in a Cloud Environment » Connection Between LifeKeeper Cluster and Clients Using AWS Transit Gateway Quick Start Guide » AWS VPC Peering Connections Requirements » LifeKeeper Software Requirements for AWS Environment
Install the same version of LifeKeeper software and patches on each server in the high-availability cluster. The Application Recovery Kits (ARK) required for this configuration are shown below. For the specific LifeKeeper requirements, please refer to: LifeKeeper for…
Resource Hierarchies
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Configuration Concepts » Resource Hierarchies
The LifeKeeper GUI enables you to create a resource hierarchy on one server, then extend that hierarchy to one or more backup servers. LifeKeeper then automatically builds the designated hierarchies on all servers specified. LifeKeeper maintains hierarchy information…
Recovery Kit for IBM Db2 Database Hardware and Software Requirements
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IBM Db2 Database Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for IBM Db2 Database Hardware and Software Requirements
Your LifeKeeper configuration must meet the following requirements prior to the installation of the Recovery Kit for IBM Db2 Database. Please see LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide for specific instructions regarding the configuration of your LifeKeeper hardware…
SAP MaxDB Resource Configuration Tasks
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP MaxDB Administration Guide » SAP MaxDB Resource Configuration Tasks
Once you have completed the setup tasks described in the previous section, you are ready to create and extend your SAP MaxDB resource hierarchies. The following tasks are available for configuring the LifeKeeper for Linux SAP MaxDB Recovery Kit: Create Resource…
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…
System Requirements
LifeKeeper for Linux Release Notes » System Requirements
LifeKeeper Product Requirements LifeKeeper for Linux is supported on any Linux platform that satisfies the minimum requirements included in the Linux Configuration Table. Also refer to the LifeKeeper Certification Information for supported operating systems,…
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…
SAP Hardware and Software Requirements
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP Administration Guide » SAP Hardware and Software Requirements
Before installing and configuring the LifeKeeper SAP Recovery Kit, be sure that your configuration meets the following requirements: Servers. This recovery kit requires two or more computers configured in accordance with the requirements described in the LifeKeeper…
LCD
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » Common Tasks » Advanced Tasks » LCD
LifeKeeper Configuration Database The LifeKeeper Configuration Database (LCD) maintains the object-oriented resource hierarchy information and stores recovery direction information for all resource types known to LifeKeeper. The data is cached within system shared…
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 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 Amazon Route 53™ Administration Guide
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Amazon Route 53™ Administration Guide
The Recovery Kit for Amazon Route 53™ provides a mechanism for updating Amazon Route 53 DNS information corresponding to a virtual IP address and an actual IP address information of IP resources that are in dependency relation when switching to a failed primary…
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…
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…
Configuration
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Administration Guide » Configuration
In addition to configuration considerations, this page also includes the steps to configure the Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (RK for OCI). Specific Configuration Considerations for RK for OCI Before using the RK for OCI, please review the following…
Recovery Kit for IP Address Requirements
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IP Address Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for IP Address Requirements
Before attempting to install or remove the Recovery Kit for IP Address, 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…
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…
Logical Volume Manager Hardware and Software Requirements
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Logical Volume Manager Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for Logical Volume Manager Requirements » Logical Volume Manager Hardware and Software Requirements
Hardware Requirements Servers. This Logical Volume Manager Recovery Kit requires two or more computers configured in accordance with the requirements described in the LifeKeeper for Linux Release Notes and the LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide, which are…
Storage and Adapter Options
LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide » Planning Your LifeKeeper Environment » Storage and Adapter Options
For a list of the disk array storage models currently supported by LifeKeeper in shared storage configurations, see the Supported Storage. Refer to Storage and Adapter Configuration for details about driver versions and other configuration requirements for these arrays…
Recovery Kit for PostgreSQL Hardware and Software Requirements
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for PostgreSQL Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for PostgreSQL Hardware and Software Requirements
Your LifeKeeper configuration must meet the following requirements prior to the installation of Recovery Kit for PostgreSQL. Please refer to the LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide for specific instructions regarding the installation and configuration of your…
Recovery Kit for VMDK as Shared Storage Hardware and Software Requirements
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for VMDK as Shared Storage Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for VMDK as Shared Storage Hardware and Software Requirements
Your LifeKeeper configuration must meet the following requirements prior to the installation of the Recovery Kit for VMDK as Shared Storage. See the LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide for specific instructions regarding the configuration of your LifeKeeper…
Recovery Kit for IP Address Administration Guide
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IP Address Administration Guide
The LifeKeeper for Linux Recovery Kit for IP Address provides a mechanism to recover an IP address from a failed primary server to a backup server in a LifeKeeper environment. The Recovery Kit for IP Address can define an IP address that can be used to connect to a…
Recovery Kit for Load Balancer Health Check Administration Guide
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Load Balancer Health Check Administration Guide
Overview The Recovery Kit for Load Balancer Health Check provides a mechanism to listen and respond to health check probes to load balancing target instances of load balancers in cloud environments such as Microsoft Azure (“Azure”) , Google Cloud™ and AWS…
SSHCC HA Actions
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP Administration Guide » SAP Administration » SSHCC HA Actions
The SAP SIOS HA Cluster Connector (SSHCC) Actions provide a list of advanced configuration operations that work in conjunction with the SAP SIOS HA Cluster Connector. The following advanced configuration operations are available: Start Instance – performs an…
Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Administration Guide
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Administration Guide
Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (RK for OCI) The RK for OCI provides a mechanism for using virtual IP addresses with the Recovery Kit or IP Address on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). For more information on the functionalities, scenarios and…
Peering Requirements for Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS
LifeKeeper for Linux in a Cloud Environment » Multi-VPC Cluster Configuration Using AWS VPC Peering Connections Quick Start Guide » Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS Requirements » Peering Requirements for Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS
You need to install the same version of LifeKeeper software and patches on each server. The Application Recovery Kit (ARK) required for this configuration is shown below. For the specific LifeKeeper requirements, please refer to: LifeKeeper for Linux Technical…
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…
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 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…
Installing and Configuring SAP ASE with LifeKeeper
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP ASE Administration Guide » Installing and Configuring SAP ASE with LifeKeeper
The following sequence is recommended for installing and configuring the SAP ASE product and LifeKeeper software. Each of these steps links to detailed tasks. Install the SAP ASE Software Create the SAP ASE Servers Install the LifeKeeper Software After you have…
The Evaluation Process
Evaluation Guides » DataKeeper for Linux Evaluation Guide » The Evaluation Process
SIOS strongly recommends performing your evaluation of LifeKeeper for Linux within a test lab environment. SIOS is not responsible and cannot provide support for evaluation software installed in a production environment. All questions during the evaluation period…
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…
Edit Menu – Resource
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » GUI (Java GUI) » Menus » Edit Menu – Resource
In Service. Bring a resource hierarchy into service. Out of Service. Take a resource hierarchy out of service. Extend Resource Hierarchy. Copy a resource hierarchy to another server for failover support. Unextend Resource Hierarchy. Remove an extended resource…
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…
Creating an Instance in Google Cloud from Scratch
Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Configuring Network Components and Creating Instances » Creating an Instance in Google Cloud from Scratch
!Disclaimer: The user interface may vary between regions or change over time. Please refer to the documentation provided by Google Cloud if the screenshots shown below are different from your experience. This Evaluation Guide uses the following network structure and…
Advanced Tasks
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » Common Tasks » Advanced Tasks
LCD LCM LifeKeeper API for Monitoring
LifeKeeper Configuration Tasks for MQ
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IBM MQ Administration Guide » LifeKeeper Configuration Tasks for MQ
All LifeKeeper for Linux Recovery Kit for IBM MQ administrative tasks can be performed via the LifeKeeper Graphical User Interface (GUI). The LifeKeeper GUI provides a guided interface to configure, administer and monitor WebSphere resources. Overview The following…
NFS Configuration Tasks
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for NFS Server Administration Guide » NFS Configuration Tasks
The following configuration tasks can be performed from the LifeKeeper GUI. These four tasks are described in this section as they are unique to an NFS Server resource instance and different for each Recovery Kit. *Note: Throughout this section, we explain how to…
SAP HANA Resource Configuration Tasks
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP HANA Administration Guide » 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…
Switching between Nodes in a Cloud Environment
Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » Switching between Nodes in a Cloud Environment
If you are operating in a cloud environment, there is an extra step to switch a virtual IP address between nodes. The following topics explain the background information and general approaches for each cloud environment: AWS Route Table Scenario AWS Elastic IP…
Viewing the Online Manual
LifeKeeper Web Management Console (LKWMC) » LKWMC GUI Operations and Layout » Header » Viewing the Online Manual
*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 SIOS Technical Documentation link will open the SIOS…
Creating the Second and Third VM
Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Configuring Network Components and Creating Instances » Creating an Instance in Google Cloud from Scratch » Creating the Second and Third VM
The steps required to create the second node (node-b) and third node (node-c) are almost the same as previously described for the first node (node-a). The following table illustrates the differences between the three nodes and the details required to create these…
Deleting a Communication Path
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » LifeKeeper Administration Overview » Administrator Tasks » Deleting a Communication Path
There are four ways to begin. • Right-click on a server icon, then click Delete Comm Path when the server context menu appears. • On the global toolbar, click the Delete Comm Path button. • On the server context toolbar, if displayed, click…
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…
LifeKeeper Configuration Tasks for MySQL
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for MySQL Administration Guide » Managing MySQL Resource Hierarchies » LifeKeeper Configuration Tasks for MySQL
You can perform the following configuration tasks from the LifeKeeper GUI. The following four tasks are described in this section, as they are unique to a MySQL resource instance, and different for each Recovery Kit. Create a Resource Hierarchy. Creates an…
Installation and Configuration
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Installation and Configuration
LifeKeeper for Linux Installation For complete installation instructions on installing the LifeKeeper for Linux software, see the LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide. Refer to the LifeKeeper for Linux Release Notes for additional information. LifeKeeper for Linux…
Recovery Kit for Amazon EC2™ Administration Guide
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Amazon EC2™ Administration Guide
The Recovery Kit for Amazon EC2™ provides a mechanism to recover an Elastic IP from a failed primary server to a backup server. It also provides a mechanism to enable the Recovery Kit for IP Address to work in multiple availability zones. Please see the Overview…
Common Causes of a LifeKeeper Initiated Failover
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » Common Causes of a LifeKeeper Initiated Failover
In the event of a failure, LifeKeeper has two methods of recovery: local recovery and inter-server recovery. If local recovery fails, a “failover” is implemented. A failover is defined as automatic switching to a backup server upon the failure or abnormal…
Notes – Special Configuration Steps
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP Administration Guide » SAP Configuration Considerations » Notes – Special Configuration Steps
The following items require special configuration steps in a high availability (HA) environment. Please consult the document SAP Web Application Server in Switchover Environments for additional information on configuration requirements for each: Login Groups SAP…
Fault Detection and Recovery Scenarios
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Fault Detection and Recovery Scenarios
To demonstrate how the various LifeKeeper components work together to provide fault detection and recovery, see the following topics that illustrate and describe three types of recovery…
Installation on the Backup Server
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP Administration Guide » SAP Installation » Installation on the Backup Server
On the backup server, repeat the Installation procedures that were performed on the primary server: Install the Core Services, ABAP and Java Central Services Install the Database Install the Application Services
PostgreSQL Installation
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for PostgreSQL Administration Guide » PostgreSQL Installation
Installing/Configuring PostgreSQL with LifeKeeper The following sequence is recommended for installing and configuring the PostgreSQL database and LifeKeeper software. Each of these steps links to detailed tasks. Install the PostgreSQL software. Create the…
Resource Hierarchy Information
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Configuration Concepts » Resource Hierarchies » Resource Hierarchy Information
The resource status of each resource is displayed in the Detailed Status Display and the Short Status Display. The LifeKeeper tag names of root resources are displayed beginning in the left-most position of the TAG column, with tag names of resources within the…
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…
LifeKeeper for Linux Recovery Kit for IBM Db2 Database Configuration Tasks
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IBM Db2 Database Administration Guide » LifeKeeper for Linux Recovery Kit for IBM Db2 Database Configuration Tasks
You can perform all LifeKeeper for Linux Recovery Kit for IBM Db2 Database 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…
WAN Configuration
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Data Replication » DataKeeper » SIOS DataKeeper Installation and Configuration » WAN Configuration
Using SIOS DataKeeper in a WAN environment requires special configuration due to the nature of WAN networking. The following tips are recommended: To prevent false failover, you should enable manual failover confirmation. Because most WANs are somewhat less…
Deleting a Hierarchy from All Servers
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » LifeKeeper Administration Overview » Administrator Tasks » Deleting a Hierarchy from All Servers
There are five possible ways to begin. Right-click on the icon for a resource in the hierarchy that you want to delete under the server where you want the deletion to begin. When the resource context menu appears, click Delete Resource Hierarchy. *Note:…
LifeKeeper Configuration Tasks for Oracle
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Oracle Database Administration Guide » LifeKeeper Configuration Tasks for Oracle
You can perform the following configuration tasks from the LifeKeeper GUI. The following four tasks are described in this guide, as they are unique to an Oracle resource instance and different for each Recovery Kit. Create a Resource Hierarchy. Creates an…
Creating Resource Hierarchies
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » LifeKeeper Administration Overview » Administrator Tasks » Creating Resource Hierarchies
There are four ways to begin creating a resource hierarchy. *A Quorum node cannot be used to create hierarchies since the node does not have all of the kit licenses. Right-click on a server icon to bring up the server context menu, then click on Create Resource…
Principles of Operation
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Administration Guide » Principles of Operation
The Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (RK for OCI) manages the assignment of secondary private IP addresses to Virtual Network Interface Cards (VNICs) so that clients on the OCI can connect to the LifeKeeper-protected IP resources (virtual IP…