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LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation
This “LifeKeeper Technical Documentation” contains detailed information on the installation, operation, and management of LifeKeeper, as well as a reference for technical information.
LifeKeeper on Ubuntu Technical Preview
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Troubleshooting » Known Issues and Restrictions » LifeKeeper on Ubuntu Technical Preview
LifeKeeper for Linux v10.1.0 is supported on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS in a limited Technical Preview capacity for evaluation purposes only. Usage of LifeKeeper v10.1.0 in an Ubuntu production environment is not supported. Restrictions The following restrictions apply when…
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…
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…
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux Technical Documentation
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection » LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux Technical Documentation
About LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux LifeKeeper Single Server Protection (SSP) allows for application monitoring in a single node configuration (i.e., no cluster requirements or restraints). Single node environments may be physical or virtual (vSphere,…
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…
Logical Volume Manager Recovery Kit Notes and Restrictions
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Logical Volume Manager Administration Guide » Overview » Logical Volume Manager Recovery Kit Notes and Restrictions
The following notes and restrictions apply to this version of the Logical Volume Manager Recovery Kit. Volume Group Activation In the current LVM implementations, when a volume group is activated, all logical volumes associated with that volume group are also…
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux Release Notes
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection » LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux Release Notes
Version 10.1 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 installation. Introduction This release notes…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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 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 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…
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.…
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…
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…
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 Apache Requirements
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Apache Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for Apache Requirements
Before attempting to install or remove the Recovery Kit for Apache, 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
SAP Configuration Considerations
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP Administration Guide » SAP Configuration Considerations
*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…
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 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 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…
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…
Mapping Server Configurations
LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide » Planning Your LifeKeeper Environment » Mapping Server Configurations
Document your server configuration using the following guidelines: Determine the server names, processor types, memory and other I/O devices for your configuration. When you specify a standby server, you should ensure that the server you select has the capacity to…
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…
Operating Systems
Certification Information » Operating Systems
LifeKeeper for Linux can be installed and used on the distributions and versions listed on this page. The following are common considerations and restrictions for all of the operating systems listed here. Upgrading from one kernel version to another major version is…
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 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…
Introduction – About this Document
Introduction – About this Document
Purpose of This Document and Target Audience The purpose of this document is to provide comprehensive information regarding the installation, configuration, and operation of LifeKeeper for Linux and LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux. The primary target…
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) needs to be installed in each of the EC2™ instances. LifeKeeper does not support Flake-based AWS…
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…
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 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…
AWS Direct Connect Requirements
LifeKeeper for Linux in a Cloud Environment » AWS Direct Connect Quick Start Guide » AWS Direct Connect Requirements
The following is a summary of requirements that should be met for an AWS environment and instances created on it. Requirements for AWS Environment Create a base environment on AWS to provide services. The requirements for using this configuration are as…
Installing the LifeKeeper Single Server Protection Software
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection » LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux Installation Guide » Installing the LifeKeeper Single Server Protection Software
This document will guide you through the installation of the LifeKeeper Single Server Protection Software (SSP) and assumes the user has basic knowledge of the Linux operating system. Please refer to the LifeKeeper Single Server Protection Software for Linux product…
Help Menu
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » GUI (Java GUI) » Menus » Help Menu
Technical Documentation: Displays the landing page of the SIOS Technology Corp. Technical Documentation. About: Displays LifeKeeper GUI version information.
Configuring Apache Web Server with LifeKeeper
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Apache Administration Guide » Configuring Apache Web Server with LifeKeeper
This section contains definitions and examples of typical LifeKeeper Apache Web Server configurations and information you should consider before you start to configure Apache Web Server. Please refer to the LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation for instructions…
Configuring the Recovery Kit for VMDK as Shared Storage
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for VMDK as Shared Storage Administration Guide » Configuring the Recovery Kit for VMDK as Shared Storage
This section describes the VMDK Recovery Kit configuration details. It also contains information you should consider before you start to configure and administer the VMDK Recovery Kit. Refer to the LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation for instructions on…
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…
Configuring the LifeKeeper for Linux Recovery Kit for IBM Db2 Database
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IBM Db2 Database Administration Guide » Configuring the LifeKeeper for Linux Recovery Kit for IBM Db2 Database
This section describes the LifeKeeper for Linux Recovery Kit for IBM Db2 Database configuration details. It also contains information you should consider before you start to configure and administer the Recovery Kit for IBM Db2 Database. Please refer to LifeKeeper for…
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…
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…
Installing the Software
LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide » Installing the Software
This document will guide you through the installation of the LifeKeeper for Linux and assumes the user has basic knowledge of the Linux operating system. Please refer to the LifeKeeper for Linux product documentation for more information. Pre-Installation…
Plan Your SAP Configuration
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for SAP Administration Guide » SAP Installation » Plan Your SAP Configuration
*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…
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)…
New Features
LifeKeeper for Linux Release Notes » New Features
New Features in LifeKeeper for Linux Version 10.1 / Supported Versions *v10.1 refers to all v10.1.x product versions. *Refer to https://docs.us.sios.com/alllinux.php for older versions of the documentation. v10.1.0 New Features Product Feature…
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…
AWS Direct Connect Quick Start Guide
LifeKeeper for Linux in a Cloud Environment » AWS Direct Connect Quick Start Guide
Objective With the release of AWS Transit Gateway, a route table scenario for the Recovery Kit for EC2 is now available with the configuration where the on-premises environment (on-premises in the figure below) using AWS Direct Connect is connected to the HA cluster…
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…
Multi-VPC Cluster Configuration Using AWS VPC Peering Connections Quick Start Guide
LifeKeeper for Linux in a Cloud Environment » Multi-VPC Cluster Configuration Using AWS VPC Peering Connections Quick Start Guide
Objective From LifeKeeper for Linux v9.2.2, a configuration in which cluster nodes are located in separate VPCs using a VPC peering connection (“multi-VPC cluster configuration”) is now supported. By using inter-region VPC peering connections,…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
Configuring the LifeKeeper for Linux Recovery Kit for DRBD
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Data Replication » Recovery Kit for DRBD » Configuring the LifeKeeper for Linux Recovery Kit for DRBD
This section describes the LifeKeeper for Linux Recovery Kit for DRBD configuration details. It also contains information you should consider before you start to configure and administer the Recovery Kit for DRBD. Please refer to LifeKeeper for Linux Technical…
Connection Between LifeKeeper Cluster and Clients Using AWS Transit Gateway Quick Start Guide
LifeKeeper for Linux in a Cloud Environment » Connection Between LifeKeeper Cluster and Clients Using AWS Transit Gateway Quick Start Guide
With the release of AWS Transit Gateway and AWS Transit Gateway inter-region peering, the Recovery Kit for EC2 route table scenario is now available for configurations where a client in a VPC (VPC B in the figure below) connects to an HA cluster located in a different…
AWS Elastic IP Scenario
Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Before Starting an Evaluation of LifeKeeper for Linux » How a Client Connects to the Active Node » AWS Elastic IP Scenario
If clients are located on the internet and require public access to the active cluster node, the Elastic IP scenario should be selected. In this example the SIOS Recovery Kit for EC2 switches the Elastic IP when switching between nodes and attaches the Elastic IP to…
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…
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…
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…
Azure – Global Load Balancer (cross-region load balancer) Scenario
Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Before Starting an Evaluation of LifeKeeper for Linux » How a Client Connects to the Active Node » Azure – Global Load Balancer (cross-region load balancer) Scenario
This section describes the configuration to ensure cross-region redundancy using the cross-region load balancer. The following image shows the configuration sample, with the Japan East region having the active node (10.5.0.5/22) and the Southeast Asia region having the…
Related LifeKeeper Resources for AWS VPC Peering
LifeKeeper for Linux in a Cloud Environment » Multi-VPC Cluster Configuration Using AWS VPC Peering Connections Quick Start Guide » Related LifeKeeper Resources for AWS VPC Peering
Route53 Resource Summary When switchover occurs, it is necessary to update Amazon Route 53 DNS information in order to continue to secure the connection to the service. This feature is provided in Route53 resources. IP Resource Summary IP resource is a resource…
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…
Recovery Kit for JP1/AJS Administration Guide
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for JP1/AJS Administration Guide
Overview The Recovery Kit for JP1/AJS provides fault-tolerant protection for the integrated system management software “JP1” developed by Hitachi, Ltd. If a failure occurs in the protected JP1 software, LifeKeeper first attempts recovery on its primary server. If…
Creating a Switchable IP Address
LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide » Setting Up Your LifeKeeper Environment » Creating a Switchable IP Address
A switchable IP address is a “virtual” IP address that can be switched between servers. It is separate from the IP address associated with the network interface card of each server. Applications under LifeKeeper protection are associated with the switchable IP…
AWS Route 53 Scenario
Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Before Starting an Evaluation of LifeKeeper for Linux » How a Client Connects to the Active Node » AWS Route 53 Scenario
The previous sections discussed the Route Table Scenario when the client is located within the same VPC as the target node. However, if the client node is located within another VPC or located in an on-premise environment (connected to AWS via Direct Connect or VPN),…
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection Release Notes LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux Installation Guide
VMDK Configuration Examples
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for VMDK as Shared Storage Administration Guide » Configuring the Recovery Kit for VMDK as Shared Storage » VMDK Configuration Examples
Configuration 1: Active/Standby Configuration Example In this configuration, Guest 1 on ESXi Host 1 is considered active because it is able to access the virtual hard disk with the VMDK Recovery Kit software. If Guest 1 fails, Guest 2 gains access to the VMDK and…
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…
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…
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…
Google Cloud Internal Load Balancer Scenario
Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Before Starting an Evaluation of LifeKeeper for Linux » How a Client Connects to the Active Node » Google Cloud Internal Load Balancer Scenario
On Google Cloud, using a Virtual IP may not enable traffic to be resolved to the active node as many infrastructure layers are abstracted in the cloud environment. To resolve this issue, an Internal Load Balancer should be used to forward traffic to the active node.…
AWS Network Load Balancer Scenario
Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Before Starting an Evaluation of LifeKeeper for Linux » How a Client Connects to the Active Node » AWS Network Load Balancer Scenario
When configuring LifeKeeper on AWS, typically the Recovery Kit for EC2 or Recovery Kit for Route 53 is used. Both use the AWS CLI to control AWS services; however, there are some cases where these ARKs cannot be used. You cannot make configuration changes via the…
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…
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…
I/O Fencing with DataKeeper Configuration
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Data Replication » DataKeeper » SIOS DataKeeper Installation and Configuration » I/O Fencing with DataKeeper Configuration
In principle, I/O fencing using storage reservations is not available in DataKeeper configuration and split brain can occur. Therefore, you need to take steps to prevent a split brain from occurring via the following controls. Exclusive Control using IP Resources IP…
NAS Configuration Examples
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for Network Attached Storage Administration Guide » Configuring the Recovery Kit for NAS » NAS Configuration Examples
Configuration Examples A few examples of what happens during a fail over using LifeKeeper for Linux NAS Recovery Kit are provided below. Configuration 1: Active/Standby Configuration Example In this configuration, Server 1 is considered active because it is…
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…
Appendix B – Sample qm.ini Configuration File
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Recovery Kit for IBM MQ Administration Guide » Appendix B – Sample qm.ini Configuration File
#*******************************************************************# #* Module Name: qm.ini *# #* Type : WebSphere MQ queue manager configuration file *# # Function : Define the configuration of a single queue…
Azure Internal Load Balancer Scenario
Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Before Starting an Evaluation of LifeKeeper for Linux » How a Client Connects to the Active Node » Azure Internal Load Balancer Scenario
On Azure, using a Virtual IP may not enable traffic to be resolved to the active node as many infrastructure layers are abstracted in the cloud environment. To resolve this issue, an Internal Load Balancer should be used to forward traffic to the active node. As an…
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…
DRBD Hardware and Software Requirements
Recovery Kits Administrator’s Guide » Data Replication » Recovery Kit for DRBD » DRBD Hardware and Software Requirements
Your LifeKeeper configuration should meet the following requirements prior to the installation of the Recovery Kit for DRBD. Hardware Requirements Servers – Two or more LifeKeeper for Linux supported servers. The Recovery Kit for DRBD supports up to 4-node…
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 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…