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AWS Direct Connect Quick Start Guide
Quick Start Guides » 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…
AWS Direct Connect Requirements
Quick Start Guides » 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…
AWS Direct Connect Preparations
Quick Start Guides » AWS Direct Connect Quick Start Guide » AWS Direct Connect Setup Procedure » AWS Direct Connect Preparations
Create an environment that meets the AWS Direct Connect requirements. Install LifeKeeper on each instance and create a communication path between Node1 and Node2.
AWS Direct Connect Setup Procedure
Quick Start Guides » AWS Direct Connect Quick Start Guide » AWS Direct Connect Setup Procedure
This section describes the general procedure to setup the environment shown below.
AWS Direct Connect Known Issues and Troubleshooting
Quick Start Guides » Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS Transit Gateway Quick Start Guide » AWS Direct Connect Known Issues and Troubleshooting
There are currently no Known Issues.
Creating Direct Connect Resources
Quick Start Guides » AWS Direct Connect Quick Start Guide » AWS Direct Connect Setup Procedure » Creating Direct Connect Resources
Creating an IP Resource Create a virtual IP resource. The IP resource address must be outside the CIDR block managed by the VPC. Creating an EC2 Resource Create EC2 resources. For the IP resource requested when creating resources, specify the resource created…
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Quick Start Guides
AWS Direct Connect Quick Start Guide Protection Suite for Linux in the AWS Cloud (SAP) SAP HANA Recovery Kit Chef Support Documentation AWS VPC Peering Connections Quick Start Guide DataKeeper for Linux Evaluation Guide MySQL Cluster with Data Replication…
Considerations for Settings and Operations in AWS Direct Connect
Quick Start Guides » AWS Direct Connect Quick Start Guide » Considerations for Settings and Operations in AWS Direct Connect
Considering the Use of LifeKeeper I-O Fencing Since the shared disk environment cannot be used in an AWS environment, you cannot use SCSI reservations to prevent a split-brain. IP resources may cause a split-brain as it uses the real IP resource with different IP…
Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS Transit Gateway Quick Start Guide
Quick Start Guides » Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster 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…
Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS VPC Peering Quick Start Guide
Quick Start Guides » Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS VPC Peering Quick Start Guide
Objective This document descries the requirements and basic operations for building connections among VPCs with LifeKeeper for Linux for v9.5.0. You can also build HA clusters in the AWS environment using the existing Recovery Kit for EC 2; however, you cannot…
Cluster Connect Dialog
SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Technical Documentation » LifeKeeper » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » Common Tasks » Cluster Connect Dialog
Server Name. The name of the server to which you want to connect. Login. The login name of a user with LifeKeeper authorization on the server to which you want to connect. Password. The password that authorizes the specified login on the server to which you want…
AWS Route53 Scenario
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Before Starting an Evaluation of SIOS Protection Suite for Linux » How a Client Connects to the Active Node » AWS Route53 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),…
Install AWS CLI
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Install SIOS Protection Suite for Linux » Install AWS CLI
*The following commands must be executed on each node. First, the AWS CLI must be installed. Detailed steps are documented at Installing, updating, and uninstalling the AWS CLI version 2 on Linux. Once the CLI is installed, add the location of the CLI to the…
Other AWS VPC Requirements
Quick Start Guides » Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS VPC Peering Quick Start Guide » Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS Requirements » Other AWS VPC Requirements
Requirements for using this service from other VPCs are as follows: Clients using the service should be able to resolve names of the hosts that are protected by Route53 resources. Clients using the service should access with the host name protected by Route53…
AWS Route Table Scenario
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Before Starting an Evaluation of SIOS Protection Suite for Linux » How a Client Connects to the Active Node » AWS Route Table Scenario
When an instance is created on AWS, one of the first steps is to create a Route Table. The Route Table defines the route for each Destination. In the following diagram the Instance has two routes, one for 10.20.0.0/16, which is the VPC boundary (local network). Any…
AWS Elastic IP Scenario
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Before Starting an Evaluation of SIOS Protection Suite 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…
Switching between AWS Services
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Configuring Network Components and Creating Instances » Creating an Instance in AWS from Scratch » Switching between AWS Services
AWS has a significant and growing number of services available. To move to a different service you can type in the name of the service in the search box at the top of the AWS console. Select the service from the list. The screenshot below shows the VPC (Virtual Private…
Configuration 2 – Direct Mounts
Application Recovery Kits » WebSphere MQ Recovery Kit Administration Guide » WebSphere MQ Configuration Considerations » MQ Configuration Requirements » MQ Supported File System Layouts » Configuration 2 – Direct Mounts
In this configuration, the QMDIR and the QMLOGDIR directories are located on shared storage. This requires two dedicated LUNS or partitions or the use of LVM for each queue manager. If LVM is used, two logical volumes from the same LUN can be created and separately…
Creating an AWS Route53 Resource
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » Switching between Nodes in a Cloud Environment » Creating an AWS Route53 Resource
Here we will discuss how to switch between nodes using Route53 by creating a DNS entry that points to the active node. Record Set on Route 53 to be Created Name Type Value node-a A-IPv4 Address 10.20.1.10 node-b…
AWS VPC Peering Connections Requirements
Quick Start Guides » Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS Transit Gateway Quick Start Guide » AWS VPC Peering Connections Requirements
The following requirements should be met when using this configuration. Below is a summary of requirements for the AWS environment and instances created on it. Requirements for AWS environment Create a base environment on AWS to provide services. The requirements for…
AWS VPC Peering Setup Procedure
Quick Start Guides » Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS Transit Gateway Quick Start Guide » AWS VPC Peering Setup Procedure
This section describes the general procedure to set up the environment shown in the figure below. Preparations Create an environment that satisfies the AWS VPC Peering Connections Requirements. Install LifeKeeper on each instance and create a communication…
Deciding on an AWS Region
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Configuring Network Components and Creating Instances » Creating an Instance in AWS from Scratch » Deciding on an AWS Region
AWS has regions in many geographic locations. It may be beneficial to select a region in close geographic proximity to the workplace location. Note that not all regions have 3+ Availability Zones, so exercise caution when making a selection in order to guarantee that…
Install, Configure, and Start MySQL
Quick Start Guides » MySQL Cluster with Data Replication (“Shared Nothing” Cluster) » Install, Configure, and Start MySQL
Primary Server On your Primary server, perform the following actions: Install both the “mysql” and “mysql-server” rpm packages if they do not exist on your system. Apply any required dependencies as well # yum install mysql mysql-server Verify that…
Install, Configure, and Start PostgreSQL
Quick Start Guides » PostgreSQL Cluster with Shared Storage (ISCSI) » Install, Configure, and Start PostgreSQL
Primary Server On your Primary server, perform the following actions: Install both the “postgresql-server” and “postgresql” rpm packages if they do not exist on your system. Apply any required dependencies as well # yum install postgresql…
LifeKeeper Software Requirements for AWS Environment
Quick Start Guides » Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster 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: SPS for Linux…
Protecting MSSQL Using Quick Service Protection
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » How to Protect Other Resources (Databases or Applications) » Protecting MSSQL Using Quick Service Protection
This section outlines the steps to protect Microsoft SQL Server 2017 in a Linux environment. *This document uses Microsoft SQL Server 2017 as an example. You can apply the same steps on Microsoft SQL Server 2012 R2 through Microsoft SQL Server 2019. Although…
Quick Service Protection Kit Message Catalog
Search for an Error Code » Combined Message Catalog » Quick Service Protection 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 …
Quick Service Protection (QSP) Recovery Kit
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux Technical Documentation » Administration » Quick Service Protection (QSP) Recovery Kit
The QSP Recovery Kit provides a simplified method to protect the OS service. With the QSP Recovery Kit users can easily create a LifeKeeper resource instance to protect an OS service provided that service can be started and stopped by the OS service command. The…
Quick Service Protection (QSP) Recovery Kit
Application Recovery Kits » Quick Service Protection (QSP) Recovery Kit
The QSP Recovery Kit provides a simplified method to protect the OS service. With the QSP Recovery Kit users can easily create a LifeKeeper resource instance to protect an OS service provided that service can be started and stopped by the OS service command or the…
Creating an AWS EC2 Resource (RouteTable Scenario)
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » Switching between Nodes in a Cloud Environment » Creating an AWS EC2 Resource (RouteTable Scenario)
Here we will discuss how the Route Table can be used to switch between nodes by creating an entry in the Route Table that points to the active node. Create an IP Resource Now you can create an IP resource. Note that the IP address of the resource must be located…
Related LifeKeeper Resources for AWS VPC Peering
Quick Start Guides » Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS VPC Peering 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. When the status of Route53 resource becomes “In…
Creating an Instance in AWS from Scratch
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Configuring Network Components and Creating Instances » Creating an Instance in AWS from Scratch
!Disclaimer: The user interface may vary between regions or change over time. Please refer to the documentation provided by AWS if screenshots shown below are different from your experience. This Evaluation Guide uses the following network structure and instances. …
Start Database and Listener on node-a
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » How to Protect Other Resources (Databases or Applications) » Protecting an Oracle Resource (non-PDB) » Start Database and Listener on node-a
*The following steps should be completed on node-a. As discussed in previous steps, start the database with sqlplus and the listener with lsnrctl. Start both processes on node-a so that LifeKeeper can see these processes as the corresponding resources are…
Install, Configure, and Start MySQL – Apache
Quick Start Guides » Apache/MySQL Cluster Using Both Shared and Replicated Storage » Install, Configure, and Start MySQL – Apache
Primary Server On your Primary server, perform the following actions: Install both the “mysql” and “mysql-server” rpm packages if they do not exist on your system. Apply any required dependencies as well # yum install mysql mysql-server Verify that…
Creating an AWS EC2 Resource (Elastic IP Scenario)
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » Switching between Nodes in a Cloud Environment » Creating an AWS EC2 Resource (Elastic IP Scenario)
Here we will discuss how to switch between nodes using an Elastic IP address by creating an entry that points to the active node. Assign Permission to Update Route Table Entries to Instances !To complete the steps below, the AWS CLI must be installed on each…
How to Prepare Disks for Replication on AWS
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » How to Create Data Replication of a File System » How to Prepare Disks for Replication on AWS
*The following steps must be performed on each node. Before setting up disk replication using DataKeeper, the disks must be prepared for replication. Please note that this tutorial assumes the availability of an empty disk for each node, both of equal size. This…
Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS Requirements
Quick Start Guides » Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS VPC Peering Quick Start Guide » Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS Requirements
Some requirements should be met when using this configuration. Below is a summary of requirements for the AWS environment and instances created on it. Requirements for AWS environment Create a base environment on AWS to provide services. The requirements for using…
Considerations for Settings and Operations in AWS VPC Peering
Quick Start Guides » Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS Transit Gateway Quick Start Guide » Considerations for Settings and Operations in AWS VPC Peering
Considering the Use of LifeKeeper I-O Fencing – AWS VPC Peering
SIOS Protection Suite for Linux in the AWS Cloud (SAP)
Quick Start Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux in the AWS Cloud (SAP)
Overview This document will guide the user during SIOS Protection Suite for Linux installation (SPS). Follow the quick decision matrix to understand how to install SPS for SAP environment. Note: The link above is provided here so it can be…
Peering Requirements for Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS
Quick Start Guides » Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS VPC Peering 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: SPS for Linux Technical Documentation…
Setup Procedure for Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS
Quick Start Guides » Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS VPC Peering Quick Start Guide » Setup Procedure for Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS
In this section, a general procedure to setup the environment shown as the figure below Preparations Create an environment that satisfies Requirements. Please install LifeKeeper on each instance and create a communication path between Node1 and Node2 (or Node2’).…
Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS Settings and Operations Considerations
Quick Start Guides » Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS VPC Peering Quick Start Guide » Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS Settings and Operations Considerations
Considering the Use of LifeKeeper I-O Fencing when Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS
Considering the Use of LifeKeeper I-O Fencing – AWS VPC Peering
Quick Start Guides » Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS Transit Gateway Quick Start Guide » Considerations for Settings and Operations in AWS VPC Peering » Considering the Use of LifeKeeper I-O Fencing – AWS VPC Peering
Since an AWS environment does not support shared disk configurations, SCSI reservations cannot be used to prevent split brain scenarios. For this reason, consider using the Quorum/Witness Server or STONITH, LifeKeeper’s I/O fencing functionality, to operate more…
Considering the Use of LifeKeeper I-O Fencing when Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS
Quick Start Guides » Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS VPC Peering Quick Start Guide » Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS Settings and Operations Considerations » Considering the Use of LifeKeeper I-O Fencing when Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS
Since the shared disk environment cannot be used in AWS environment, you cannot use SCSI reservations to prevent a split-brain. Also, IP resource may cause the split-brain as it uses the real IP resource with different IP addresses for each node. For this reason,…
Additional Resources
Quick Start Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux in the AWS Cloud (SAP) » Switchover and Failover Testing » Additional Resources
AWS services Amazon EC2 https://aws.amazon.com/documentation/ec2/ AWS CloudFormation https://aws.amazon.com/documentation/cloudformation/ Amazon VPC https://aws.amazon.com/documentation/vpc/ SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Step-By-Step: How to configure…
Additional Steps to Configure SAP on SPS
Quick Start Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux in the AWS Cloud (SAP) » Additional Steps to Configure SAP on SPS
Follow the steps below to configure SAP on SPS. Step 1. Test the Deployment To connect to the SPS-L nodes, you need to connect to Windows jumpbox. To connect to a Windows machine, you need to connect to remote desktop terminal. In AWS console, select the windows…
Creating the First EC2 Instance
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Configuring Network Components and Creating Instances » Creating an Instance in AWS from Scratch » Creating the First EC2 Instance
In previous sections we covered configuration of the network. Now we are going to create the first instance. As discussed in Computing Resources Used in this Tutorial, we need two disks. This section also describes how to create the second disk. Go to “EC2”…
Creating a Subnet
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Configuring Network Components and Creating Instances » Creating an Instance in AWS from Scratch » Creating a Subnet
The basic concept of a subnet in AWS is the same as in on-premise environments. Namely it is a network within a network. Separate subnets can be defined to create a logical or physical boundary between components. Unique AWS-specific concepts are as follows: If a…
Creating the SAP Resource Hierarchy
Quick Start Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux in the AWS Cloud (SAP) » ASCS + ERS with NFS » Creating the SAP Resource Hierarchy
From the LifeKeeper GUI menu, select Edit, then Server. From the drop-down menu, select Create Resource Hierarchy. A dialog box will appear with a drop-down list box with all recognized recovery kits installed within the cluster. Select SAP from the drop-down…
How a Client Connects to the Active Node
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Before Starting an Evaluation of SIOS Protection Suite for Linux » How a Client Connects to the Active Node
As discussed earlier, once a High Availability cluster has been configured, two or more nodes run simultaneously and users connect to the “active” node. When an issue occurs on the active node, a “failover” condition occurs and the “standby” node becomes…
Creating the VPC
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Configuring Network Components and Creating Instances » Creating an Instance in AWS from Scratch » Creating the VPC
A VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) is an AWS resource that represents a local network. Different VPCs can be defined within the AWS cloud to logically separate different systems. Refer to the AWS documentation for more information. In this section we will create a VPC…
Route53 Parameters List
Parameters List » Route53 Parameters List
The table below lists and explains the tunable values that are available for modifying the behavior of the Route53 Recovery Kit. These values are set by adding the /etc/default/LifeKeeper configuration file. Because none of the components of the Route53 Recovery Kit…
Install SIOS Protection Suite for Linux
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Install SIOS Protection Suite for Linux
*The following commands should be executed for each node. Mount ISO Image for Install Download the ISO image and license key files to the local environment. Copy the ISO image to each of the nodes. Copy the license file to each of the nodes. Log into…
EC2 Parameters List
Parameters List » EC2 Parameters List
The table below lists the EC2 parameters. These values are set by adding them to the /etc/default/LifeKeeper configuration file. Because none of the components of the Recovery Kit for EC2 are memory resident, changes to these particular values become effective…
Connecting Servers to a Cluster
SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Technical Documentation » LifeKeeper » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » Common Tasks » Connecting Servers to a Cluster
There are two possible ways to begin. On the Global Toolbar, click the Connect button. On the File Menu, click Connect. In the Server Name field of the Cluster Connect dialog, enter the name of a server within the cluster to which you want to…
Connecting to Other Nodes (node-b and node-c)
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Login and Basic Configuration Tasks » Connecting to Other Nodes (node-b and node-c)
Select “Connect” on LifeKeeper (the first icon on the toolbar). The login dialog is displayed again. Enter node-b and the root username and password to connect to the second node. Connect to node-c the same way. Now you have three nodes displayed in…
Creating an NFS Resource Hierarchy
Quick Start Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux in the AWS Cloud (SAP) » ASCS + ERS with NFS » Creating an NFS Resource Hierarchy
To create a resource instance from the primary server, you should complete the following steps: From the LifeKeeper GUI menu, select Edit, then Server. From the drop-down menu, select Create Resource Hierarchy. To change a selection already entered or if an error…
Creating an IP Resource
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » Creating an IP Resource
The first resource to be created on LifeKeeper should be an IP resource. As discussed earlier, a client can find the Active Node using a Virtual IP Address. Below is the list of IP addresses that are referenced in this section. IP Addresses for Nodes Field…
Configuring a Route Table
Quick Start Guides » AWS Direct Connect Quick Start Guide » AWS Direct Connect Setup Procedure » Configuring a Route Table
Configure a route table as shown below. Add the route information to the on-premises environment network to the route table of the VPC or subnet where the cluster nodes are located. Destination Address Target On-premises network address…
LKCLI – Communication Path Creation and Deletion
SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Technical Documentation » Command Line Interface » LKCLI Guide » LKCLI – Communication Path Creation and Deletion
What is a communication path? LifeKeeper configures clusters by connecting multiple nodes to each other. Availability can be maintained by switching to resources on another node in the cluster in the event that a node fails. To achieve this, it is necessary to…
Creating the Project
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Configuring Network Components and Creating Instances » Creating an Instance in GCP from Scratch » Creating the Project
A Project is the logical container in which you can create resources such as network components, computer resources, storage, etc. Refer to the GCP documentation for more information. If you have just signed up to GCP, you have a default project called “My First…
Switching between Nodes in a Cloud Environment
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux 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…
Creating an Internet Gateway and Assigning it to the VPC
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Configuring Network Components and Creating Instances » Creating an Instance in AWS from Scratch » Creating an Internet Gateway and Assigning it to the VPC
The next step is to create an internet gateway. An internet gateway is a VPC component that allows communication between the VPC and the internet. Refer to the AWS documentation for more information. Let’s create it and associate it with the VPC: Select…
Configuring the Route Table
Quick Start Guides » Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS Transit Gateway Quick Start Guide » Configuring the Route Table
The AWS environment should be configured as in the following diagram: Add the following routes to the route table for VPC B or the subnet that contains the client instance: Destination Address Target VPC A CIDR Block AWS Transit…
Update Dependency between Resources
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » How to Protect Other Resources (Databases or Applications) » Protecting MSSQL Using Quick Service Protection » Update Dependency between Resources
At this point, the LifeKeeper GUI shows the MSSQL related resources as shown below: The QSP-mssql-server resource depends on the following resources: ip-10.20.10.100 (to connect to the database, we need the virtual IP to connect to) /datakeeper (to make the…
Using External Snapshot Functions for Disks and Devices Protected by DataKeeper
SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » Using External Snapshot Functions for Disks and Devices Protected by DataKeeper
Full synchronization is required when using a snapshot process to restore data to a disk or device that is actively protected by DataKeeper. Snapshot capability referred to in this document includes: Snapshots provided by cloud environment services such as…
Changing LifeKeeper WebSphere MQ Recovery Kit Defaults
Application Recovery Kits » WebSphere MQ Recovery Kit 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…
Setup X Window Client Software on Microsoft Windows
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Login and Basic Configuration Tasks » Setup X Window Client Software on Microsoft Windows
After following the steps in Connecting to a Linux Node from Windows Client Using ssh, PuTTY has been installed and configured. This following explains how to enable X11 forwarding so that it is possible to connect with nodes and use GUI based applications. Download…
Running the GUI on a LifeKeeper Server
SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Technical Documentation » LifeKeeper » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » GUI » Preparing to Run the GUI » Running the GUI on a LifeKeeper Server
The simplest way to run the LifeKeeper GUI is as an application on a LifeKeeper server. By doing so you are, in effect, running the GUI client and server on the same system. After configuring the LifeKeeper server for GUI Administration, you can run the GUI as an…
Connecting to a Linux Node from Windows Client Using ssh
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Configure Linux Nodes to Run SIOS Protection Suite for Linux » Connecting to a Linux Node from Windows Client Using ssh
Linux nodes can accept a login using ssh and an ssh client is therefore required. This page explains how to use PuTTY to connect to the Linux node using a public/private key pair (instead of a password). It also covers how to create a basic configuration on the Linux…
Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Requirements
Application Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for 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 EC 2 instances. Refer to Installing AWS Command Line Interface” for…
MQ Parameters List
Parameters List » MQ Parameters List
The table below lists and explains names and meanings of the MQ parameters. These values are tuned by editing the /etc/default/LifeKeeper configuration file. Parameter Name Meaning Setting Value Default Value When to Apply Notes…
Creating a New SSH Key
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Configuring Network Components and Creating Instances » Creating an Instance in GCP from Scratch » Creating a New SSH Key
You will need to use an ssh key to connect to VMs. This section outlines how you can create a new ssh key on the GCP console and then download the private key to your local system. Refer to the GCP documentation for more information. Activate the Cloud Shell by…
Recovery Kit for EC2™ Requirements
Application Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for 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…
Migrating a Pluggable Database
Application Recovery Kits » Oracle Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Oracle Appendix » Migrating a Pluggable Database
This section describes the procedure for migrating a pluggable database (PDB) between container databases (CDB) protected by LifeKeeper. We recommend to make a backup of the database in advance. How to Migrate This section describes how to migrate a PDB using the PDB…
Creating the Route Table
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Configuring Network Components and Creating Instances » Creating an Instance in AWS from Scratch » Creating the Route Table
The route table defines how the traffic from instances within a subnet should be transferred. Refer to the AWS documentation for more information. In this section we will create a route table and add a route to the internet via an Internet Gateway. Select…
Upgrading from the SAP HANA Gen/App to the SAP HANA Recovery Kit
Application Recovery Kits » SAP HANA Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Upgrading from the SAP HANA Gen/App to the SAP HANA Recovery Kit
*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 SIOS Protection Suite for Linux v9.5 or later you must…
Application Configuration
SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Technical Documentation » LifeKeeper » Installation and Configuration » Application Configuration
Item Description Database Initialization Files The initialization files for databases need to be either on a shared device and symbolically linked to specified locations in the local file system or kept on separate systems and manually…
Browser Security Parameters for GUI Applet
SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Technical Documentation » LifeKeeper » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » GUI » Preparing to Run the GUI » Browser Security Parameters for GUI Applet
!WARNING: Be careful of other sites you visit with security set to low values. Firefox From the Edit menu, select Preferences. In the Preferences dialog box, select Content. Select the Enable Java and Enable Java Script options. Click Close. Internet…
EC2 Resource Monitoring and Configuration
Application Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for EC2™ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for EC2™ Configuration » EC2 Resource Monitoring and Configuration
Route Table scenario (Backend Cluster): The recovery kit uses AWS CLI to perform the monitoring of the Route Table settings to enable an access from clients within the VPC to the protected IP resources. The recovery kit ensures that the target of the IP resources for…
Relocate Master Database and Log Files to Replicated Storage
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » How to Protect Other Resources (Databases or Applications) » Protecting MSSQL Using Quick Service Protection » Relocate Master Database and Log Files to Replicated Storage
As discussed earlier, the data should be stored on the replicated file system. Therefore, we use the following locations for each component. Items Location Master DataBase Files /datakeeper/mssql/data Master Log File …
How to Create Data Replication of a File System
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » How to Create Data Replication of a File System
As discussed in How Does Data Replication between Nodes Work, DataKeeper creates a NetRAID Device which works as RAID1 device. This guide uses the following parameters as examples. Replace these parameters based on the local environment that DataKeeper is being…
Create the ERS Resources
Quick Start Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux in the AWS Cloud (SAP) » ASCS + ERS with NFS » Create the ERS Resources
The ERS resource provides additional protection against a single point of failure of a Core Instance (Central Services Instance) or enqueue server process. When a Core Instance (Central Services Instance) fails and is restarted, it will retrieve the current status of…
Creating a Security Group
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Configuring Network Components and Creating Instances » Creating an Instance in AWS from Scratch » Creating a Security Group
A Security Group works as a firewall, and “allow” rules can be defined from each source. A source can be an internet address or security group, and a security group can be assigned to an Elastic Network Interface. As a network interface is attached to an Instance,…
Configuring Network Components and Creating Instances
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Configuring Network Components and Creating Instances
This section outlines the computing resource required for each node, the network structure and the process required to configure these components. Network Structure Used in This Tutorial Computing Resources Used in This Tutorial In the following sections we…
Configure the Cluster – DK for Linux
Evaluation Guides » DataKeeper for Linux Evaluation Guide » Configure the Cluster – DK for Linux
Primary Server Complete the following steps on the primary server to configure the cluster: Create TCP Communication (Comm) Path(s) Verify the Communication (Comm) Path(s) Before you begin, SIOS recommends at least two TCP communications paths between each…
Specific Configuration Considerations for Oracle
Application Recovery Kits » Oracle Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Configuring Oracle with LifeKeeper » Specific Configuration Considerations for Oracle
*If you plan to use Oracle with Raw I/O, the Raw I/O devices must be properly set up prior to use. See the Appendix for instructions. (Raw I/O is not an option for LifeKeeper Single Server Protection.) Before configuring the Oracle Recovery Kit, complete the following…
SPS Configuration Steps
SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Technical Documentation » LifeKeeper » Installation and Configuration » SPS Configuration Steps
If you have installed your SPS environment as described in the SPS Installation Guide, you should be ready to start and configure the SPS software on each server in your cluster. Follow the steps below which contain links to topics with additional details. Perform…
Switchover and Failover Testing
Quick Start Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux in the AWS Cloud (SAP) » Switchover and Failover Testing
Steps below are for testing the switchover and failover of a SIOS cluster for SAP. Open “SAP Logon” or “SAP GUI for Windows”, which is an SAP supplied Windows client the Windows client. The program can be downloaded from the SAP download site. The…
Public Cloud Platforms and their Network Structure Differences
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Before Starting an Evaluation of SIOS Protection Suite for Linux » Public Cloud Platforms and their Network Structure Differences
There are several public cloud platforms including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). While there are many similarities in their infrastructures, there are some differences. In many cases a VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) or a VNET…
Configuration Considerations for All DB2 Configurations
Application Recovery Kits » DB2 Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Configuring the LifeKeeper for Linux DB2 Recovery Kit » Configuration Considerations for All DB2 Configurations
DB2 instance names should contain alphanumeric characters only. DB2 clients should be configured to connect to the database via a LifeKeeper protected IP address. Users can define: DB2SYSTEM=” in $instancehome/sqllib/profile.env and catalog the floating IP…
Network Structure Used in this Tutorial
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Configuring Network Components and Creating Instances » Network Structure Used in this Tutorial
In this tutorial three nodes will be created. Node-A and Node-B will be used as the Active node and Standby node, respectively. In addition to these two nodes, Node-C (the Quorum/Witness node), will also be created. (See What is for an explanation of the need for a…
Software RAID Notes and Restrictions
Application Recovery Kits » MD Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Software RAID (md) Recovery Kit Overview » Software RAID Notes and Restrictions
The following notes and restrictions apply to this version of the Software RAID Recovery Kit. Activating Virtual Devices During Boot Up Virtual devices on shared storage should not be activated during system boot-up. Persistent Superblock All virtual devices must…
Configure the Cluster
Quick Start Guides » MySQL Cluster with Data Replication (“Shared Nothing” Cluster) » Configure the Cluster
Primary Server Complete the following steps on the primary server to configure the cluster: Create TCP Communication (Comm) Path(s) Verify the Communication (Comm) Path(s) Before you begin, SIOS recommends at least two TCP communications paths between each server…
inqfail error in the LifeKeeper Log
Application Recovery Kits » Oracle Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Oracle Troubleshooting » Oracle Known Issues and Restrictions » inqfail error in the LifeKeeper Log
If an inqfail error appears in your LifeKeeper error log following a failover, you will need to change the filesystemio setting. Note: The disk id and server name will be different for each configuration. To resolve this problem, you will need to change the setting…
Configure the Cluster – PostgreSQL
Quick Start Guides » PostgreSQL Cluster with Shared Storage (ISCSI) » Configure the Cluster – PostgreSQL
Primary Server Complete the following steps on the primary server to configure the cluster: Create TCP Communication (Comm) Path(s) Verify the Communication (Comm) Path(s) Before you begin, SIOS recommends at least two TCP communications paths between each server…
PostgreSQL General Tips
Application Recovery Kits » PostgreSQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide » PostgreSQL Troubleshooting » PostgreSQL General Tips
The following error messages and conditions may be encountered while using the recovery kit. Error Solution Unable to protect PostgreSQL database using the same port as another LK protected PostgreSQL database. Verify the version of…
Creating an EC2 Resource Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for EC2™ Administration Guide » Recovery Kit for EC2™ Configuration » Creating an EC2 Resource Hierarchy
To create a resource instance from the primary server, complete the following steps: From the LifeKeeper GUI menu, select Edit, then Server. From the drop down menu, select Create Resource Hierarchy. A dialog box will appear with a drop down list showing all of…
Protecting Our Resources
Evaluation Guides » SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources
A Typical Resource Protection Scenario with LifeKeeper With LifeKeeper, most of the configuration can be completed using wizards. The wizard collects information about the resource(s) that are available for protection, and these resources can be protected by answering…
Standby Node Health Check
SIOS Protection Suite for Linux Technical Documentation » LifeKeeper » Installation and Configuration » Standby Node Health Check
Overview The Standby Node Health Check feature allows you to monitor CPU and memory utilization on the standby node and monitor the health of out-of-service resources to detect errors on the standby node. This allows for issues to be resolved in advance, reducing the…