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MySQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide
Application Recovery Kits » MySQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide
The LifeKeeper for Linux MySQL Recovery Kit 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 backup server without significant…
Administration
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection » LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux Technical Documentation » Administration
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection Administration Overview LifeKeeper Single Server Protection does not require administration during operation. LifeKeeper Single Server Protection works automatically to monitor protected resources and to perform the specified…
MySQL Troubleshooting
Application Recovery Kits » MySQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide » MySQL Troubleshooting
Common Error Messages This section provides a list of messages that you may encounter while creating and extending a LifeKeeper MySQL resource hierarchy or removing and restoring a resource. Where appropriate, it provides an additional explanation of the cause of an…
PostgreSQL Administration
Application Recovery Kits » PostgreSQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide » PostgreSQL Administration
Updating Database Administrator User The Update User option allows the LifeKeeper administrator to change the current PostgreSQL Database Administrator User for the LifeKeeper PostgreSQL resource instance. Testing Your PostgreSQL Resource Hierarchy You can test your…
SAP Administration
Application Recovery Kits » SAP Recovery Kit Administration Guide » SAP Administration
This section provides tips and other information that may be helpful for administration and maintenance of certain configurations. NFS Considerations Client Reconnect LifeKeeper SAP Tunable Parameters Separation of SAP and NFS Hierarchies Update Protection…
MySQL Configuration Requirements
Application Recovery Kits » MySQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide » MySQL Recovery Kit Configuration » MySQL Configuration Requirements
Each of the examples involves one or two database instances: databaseA and databaseB. The Database Tag names are arbitrary names that describe these database instances to LifeKeeper. The word on and the system identifier that follows provide clarification but are not…
MySQL Configuration Examples
Application Recovery Kits » MySQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide » MySQL Recovery Kit Configuration » MySQL Configuration Examples
The examples in this section show how MySQL database instances can be configured. Each diagram shows the relationship between the type of configuration and the MySQL parameters. Each configuration also adheres to the configuration rules and requirements described in…
Active/Standby MySQL Configuration
Application Recovery Kits » MySQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide » MySQL Recovery Kit Configuration » Active/Standby MySQL Configuration
This section provides an example of an active/standby configuration. In this configuration, Server 1 is considered active because it has exclusive access to the database. Server 2 does other processing. If Server 1 fails, Server 2 gains access to the database, and…
Active/Active MySQL Configuration
Application Recovery Kits » MySQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide » MySQL Recovery Kit Configuration » Active/Active MySQL Configuration
An active/active configuration consists of two or more servers actively running a different database instance with each serving as a backup for each other. The database instances must be on different shared physical disks. For LifeKeeper configurations supporting…
Extending Your MySQL Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » MySQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Installing/Configuring MySQL with LifeKeeper » Extending Your MySQL Hierarchy
After you have created a hierarchy, you will want to extend that hierarchy to another server in the cluster. There are three possible scenarios to extend your resource instance from the template server to a target server. The first scenario is when you Continue from…
Unextending Your MySQL Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » MySQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Installing/Configuring MySQL with LifeKeeper » Unextending Your MySQL Hierarchy
From the LifeKeeper GUI menu, select Edit, and Resource. From the drop‑down menu, select Unextend Resource Hierarchy. Select the Target Server where you want to unextend the MySQL resource. It cannot be the server where the MySQL resource is currently in…
MySQL Recovery Kit Configuration
Application Recovery Kits » MySQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide » MySQL Recovery Kit 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…
Configuration Considerations for MySQL
Application Recovery Kits » MySQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide » MySQL Recovery Kit Configuration » Configuration Considerations for MySQL
Below are some specific considerations you need to think about concerning your LifeKeeper MySQL environment. To operate MySQL database services on the primary and backup servers, file systems and disk partitions must be accessible from each server. Before you can…
LifeKeeper Administration Overview
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » LifeKeeper » 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…
Samba Hierarchy Administration
Application Recovery Kits » Samba Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Samba Hierarchy Administration
Once your Samba resource hierarchies are created, follow these guidelines for ongoing administration of your Samba resources. Modifying the Samba Configuration File Maintaining the smbpasswd File
GUI Mirror Administration
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » Administering SIOS DataKeeper for Linux » GUI Mirror Administration
A SIOS DataKeeper mirror can be administered through the LifeKeeper GUI in two ways: By enabling the Properties Panel and clicking the toolbar icons (shown in the screenshot). Click on each icon below for a description. OR By…
Client Configuration Considerations for MySQL
Application Recovery Kits » MySQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide » MySQL Recovery Kit Configuration » Client Configuration Considerations for MySQL
Following are some configuration considerations for MySQL database clients: If clients will connect from remote hosts, create an IP address under LifeKeeper to be used for client connections. Clients must be configured to connect to the database server through a…
LifeKeeper Configuration Tasks for MySQL
Application Recovery Kits » MySQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Installing/Configuring MySQL with LifeKeeper » 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…
Creating a MySQL Resource Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » MySQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Installing/Configuring MySQL with LifeKeeper » Creating a MySQL Resource Hierarchy
!IMPORTANT: In a LifeKeeper cluster environment where the MySQL data directory (datadir) files are on a shared/replicated disk, you must make sure that the shared file system is mounted on the primary/template server. If the file system resource is created first,…
Deleting a MySQL Resource Hierarchy
Application Recovery Kits » MySQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Installing/Configuring MySQL with LifeKeeper » Deleting a MySQL Resource Hierarchy
To delete a resource hierarchy from all the servers in your LifeKeeper environment, complete the following steps: From the LifeKeeper GUI menu, select Edit, and then Resource. From the drop‑down menu, select Delete Resource Hierarchy. Select the name of the…
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…
MySQL – Known Issues / Restrictions
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » LifeKeeper » Troubleshooting » Known Issues and Restrictions » MySQL – Known Issues / Restrictions
Description The “include” directive is not supported The “include” directive is not supported. All the setup configuration information must be described in a single my.cnf file. Crash Recovery Restarting MySQL…
Installing/Configuring MySQL with LifeKeeper
Application Recovery Kits » MySQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Installing/Configuring MySQL with LifeKeeper
LifeKeeper Configuration Tasks Creating a MySQL Resource Hierarchy Deleting a Resource Hierarchy Extending Your Hierarchy Unextending Your Hierarchy
Command Line Mirror Administration
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » Administering SIOS DataKeeper for Linux » Command Line Mirror Administration
In addition to performing actions through the LifeKeeper GUI, the mirror can also be administered using the command line. There are several commands (found in the $LKROOT/bin directory) that can be used to administer a DataKeeper resource. Mirror…
The Evaluation Process – MySQL Cluster
Quick Start Guides » MySQL Cluster with Data Replication (“Shared Nothing” Cluster) » The Evaluation Process – MySQL Cluster
SIOS strongly recommends performing your evaluation of LifeKeeper for Linux in 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 should…
Apache Recovery Kit Administration Guide
Application Recovery Kits » Apache Recovery Kit Administration Guide
The LifeKeeper for Linux Apache Web Server Recovery Kit 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…
DB2 Recovery Kit Administration Guide
Application Recovery Kits » DB2 Recovery Kit Administration Guide
The LifeKeeper for Linux DB2 Recovery Kit provides fault resilient protection for DB2 database instances. LifeKeeper, together with the DB2 Universal Database product family afford increased availability to DB2 operating environments by effectively recovering database…
Oracle Recovery Kit Administration Guide
Application Recovery Kits » Oracle Recovery Kit Administration Guide
The LifeKeeper for Linux Oracle® Recovery Kit provides fault resilience for Oracle software in a LifeKeeper environment. The Recovery Kit software furnishes a mechanism to tie the data integrity of Oracle databases to the increased availability provided by…
NAS Recovery Kit Administration Guide
Application Recovery Kits » NAS Recovery Kit Administration Guide
The LifeKeeper for Linux Network Attached Storage Recovery Kit (hereafter referred to as the NAS Recovery Kit) provides fault resilience for Network File System (NFS) software in a LifeKeeper environment. The NAS Recovery Kit affords LifeKeeper users the opportunity to…
Postfix Recovery Kit Administration Guide
Application Recovery Kits » Postfix Recovery Kit Administration Guide
Postfix plays a variety of roles, all critical to the proper flow of email. It listens on the network for incoming mail, transports mail messages to other servers, and delivers local mail to a local program. The LifeKeeper for Linux Postfix Recovery Kit provides a…
PostgreSQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide
Application Recovery Kits » PostgreSQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide
The LifeKeeper for Linux PostgreSQL Recovery Kit 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 systems. The…
Samba Recovery Kit Administration Guide
Application Recovery Kits » Samba Recovery Kit Administration Guide
The LifeKeeper for Linux Samba Recovery Kit provides fault resilient protection for Samba file and print shares on a Linux server existing in a heterogeneous network. This enables a failure on the primary Samba server to be recovered on a designated backup server…
SAP Recovery Kit Administration Guide
Application Recovery Kits » SAP Recovery Kit Administration Guide
The LifeKeeper for Linux SAP Recovery Kit provides a mechanism to recover SAP NetWeaver from a failed primary server onto a backup server in a LifeKeeper environment. The SAP Recovery Kit works in conjunction with other LifeKeeper Recovery Kits (the IP Recovery Kit,…
SAP HANA Resource Hierarchy Administration
Application Recovery Kits » SAP HANA Recovery Kit Administration Guide » SAP HANA Resource Hierarchy Administration
*Important Note: Unless otherwise noted in this guide, all administrative tasks for a LifeKeeper-protected SAP HANA Database should be performed through LifeKeeper. Performing administrative actions such as stopping the database or disabling SAP HANA System…
SAP MaxDB Resource Hierarchy Administration
Application Recovery Kits » SAP MaxDB Recovery Kit Administration Guide » SAP MaxDB Resource Hierarchy Administration
The following tasks may be required after your resource hierarchies have been created. Modifying User_Keys Modifying OS User Updating Parameters
Sybase ASE Recovery Kit Administration
Application Recovery Kits » Sybase ASE Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Sybase ASE Recovery Kit Administration
Resource Hierarchy Administration Provides important recommendations for ongoing administration of the Sybase ASE hierarchy. The following tasks may be required after your resource hierarchies have been created. Modifying Protection for the Sybase Backup…
IP Recovery Kit Administration Guide
Application Recovery Kits » IP Recovery Kit Administration Guide
The LifeKeeper for Linux Internet Protocol (IP) Recovery Kit provides a mechanism to recover an IP address from a failed primary server to a backup server in a LifeKeeper environment. The IP Recovery Kit can define an IP address that can be used to connect to a…
LVM Recovery Kit Administration Guide
Application Recovery Kits » LVM Recovery Kit Administration Guide
The LifeKeeper for Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM) Recovery Kit provides logical volume support for other LifeKeeper Recovery Kits. Thus, LifeKeeper-protected applications can take advantage of the benefits offered by the Logical Volume Manager, including simplified…
MySQL Recovery Kit Hardware and Software Requirements
Application Recovery Kits » MySQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide » MySQL Recovery Kit 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 MySQL…
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…
Install LifeKeeper for Linux – MySQL Cluster
Quick Start Guides » MySQL Cluster with Data Replication (“Shared Nothing” Cluster) » Install LifeKeeper for Linux – MySQL Cluster
For ease of installation, SIOS has provided the LifeKeeper for Linux with an installation script. Towards the end of the script, the desired Application Recovery Kits (ARKs) should be selected for installation. The software will be installed to the following locations:…
Considerations on MySQL use in systemd Environments
Application Recovery Kits » MySQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide » MySQL Recovery Kit Configuration » Considerations on MySQL use in systemd Environments
If MySQL (version 5.7.6 or later) is installed on a OS distribution adopting systemd, the mysqld_safe and mysqld_multi commands are not installed and thus unavailable for LifeKeeper use. In these environments, LifeKeeper will use the systemctl command to start and stop…
NFS Server Recovery Kit Administration Guide
Application Recovery Kits » NFS Server Recovery Kit Administration Guide
The LifeKeeper for Linux NFS Server Recovery Kit 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 time…
WebSphere MQ Recovery Kit Administration Guide
Application Recovery Kits » WebSphere MQ Recovery Kit Administration Guide
The LifeKeeper for Linux WebSphere MQ Recovery Kit provides fault resilient protection for WebSphere MQ queue managers and queue manager storage locations. This kit enables a failure on a primary WebSphere MQ server or queue manager to be recovered on the primary…
SAP HANA Recovery Kit Administration Guide
Application Recovery Kits » SAP HANA Recovery Kit Administration Guide
*Beginning in v9.5.0 SIOS has released the new SAP HANA Application Recovery Kit. SIOS will continue to support the SAP HANA gen/app based Recovery Kit with the 9.4.x releases until March 31, 2022. If you are using LifeKeeper for Linux v9.5 or later you must use the…
SAP MaxDB Recovery Kit Administration Guide
Application Recovery Kits » SAP MaxDB Recovery Kit 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…
Sybase ASE Recovery Kit Administration Guide
Application Recovery Kits » Sybase ASE Recovery Kit Administration Guide
Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise is a powerful data management platform for high performance business applications. Sybase ASE is a versatile, enterprise-class RDBMS that is especially good at handling OLTP workloads. Sybase ASE is used widely in financial,…
LifeKeeper LVM Hierarchy Creation and Administration
Application Recovery Kits » LVM Recovery Kit Administration Guide » LifeKeeper LVM Hierarchy Creation and Administration
LifeKeeper LVM hierarchies are created automatically during the hierarchy creation process for resources that sit on top of logical volumes. The creation and extension of hierarchies containing the LVM resource types will always be driven by the create and extend…
VMDK Shared Storage Recovery Kit Administration Guide
Application Recovery Kits » VMDK Shared Storage Recovery Kit Administration Guide
VMDK Shared Storage Recovery Kit Technical Documentation LifeKeeper for Linux VMDK Shared Storage Recovery Kit (hereafter referred to as the VMDK Recovery Kit) provides a VMware virtual hard disk as shared storage. The VMDK Recovery Kit allows LifeKeeper users to…
Recovery Kit for EC2™ Administration Guide
Application Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for EC2™ Administration Guide
The Recovery Kit for 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 IP Recovery Kit to work in multiple availability zones. Please see the Principles of Operation for a…
Apache/MySQL Cluster Using Both Shared and Replicated Storage
Quick Start Guides » Apache/MySQL Cluster Using Both Shared and Replicated Storage
Objective This document is intended to aid you in installing, configuring and using the LifeKeeper for Linux evaluation product to make Apache and MySQL highly available. If Apache and MySQL are not already installed, please allocate some time to install it on your…
Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Administration Guide
Application Recovery Kits » 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 IP Recovery Kit on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). For more information on the functionalities, scenarios and operations of the RK…
Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Administration Guide
Application Recovery Kits » Recovery Kit for Route 53™ Administration Guide
The Recovery Kit for 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 server to a…
MySQL Cluster with Data Replication (“Shared Nothing” Cluster)
Quick Start Guides » MySQL Cluster with Data Replication (“Shared Nothing” Cluster)
Objective This document is intended to aid you in installing, configuring and using the LifeKeeper for Linux evaluation product to make MySQL highly available. If MySQL is not already installed, please allocate some time to install it on your servers. Once this task…
Application Recovery Kits
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection » Application Recovery Kits
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux Application 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. Apache Recovery Kit…
Application Recovery Kits
Application Recovery Kits
LifeKeeper for Linux Application Recovery Kits (ARKs) include tools and utilities that allow LifeKeeper to manage and control a specific application. The following optional recovery kits are available with this release of LifeKeeper. Apache Recovery Kit Administration…
Test Your Environment
Quick Start Guides » MySQL Cluster with Data Replication (“Shared Nothing” Cluster) » Test Your Environment
The following test scenarios have been included to guide you as you get started evaluating LifeKeeper for Linux. Before beginning these tests, make sure the data replication resources are in the mirroring state. *Note: For these test examples, the Primary Server is…
Using Network Attached Storage
Application Recovery Kits » MySQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide » MySQL Recovery Kit Configuration » Using Network Attached Storage
There are a couple of special considerations to take into account when configuring LifeKeeper to use an NFS file server (Network Attached Storage) as cluster storage. Use the NAS Recovery Kit The optional Network Attached Storage (NAS) recovery kit is required when…
Test Your Environment – Apache
Quick Start Guides » Apache/MySQL Cluster Using Both Shared and Replicated Storage » Test Your Environment – Apache
The following test scenarios have been included to guide you as you get started evaluating LifeKeeper for Linux. Before beginning these tests, make sure the data replication resources are in the mirroring state. *Note: For these test examples, the Primary Server is…
Using mysqld Groups with LifeKeeper
Application Recovery Kits » MySQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide » MySQL Recovery Kit Configuration » Using mysqld Groups with LifeKeeper
The MySQL Application Recovery Kit supports my.cnf files using the mysqld group feature managed via mysqld_multi. This MySQL feature allows multiple MySQL instances to be easily configured via a single my.cnf file (typically stored in /etc.) The kit now detects a…
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux Release Notes
LifeKeeper Single Server Protection » LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux Release Notes
Version 9.6.1 Released April 20, 2022 Important!! Read This Document Before Attempting To Install Or Use This Product! This document contains last minute information that must be considered before, during and after installation. Introduction This release…
Multiple Database Server Environment
Application Recovery Kits » MySQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide » MySQL Recovery Kit Configuration » Multiple Database Server Environment
Following are some configuration considerations if you have multiple MySQL database servers and databases: If running active/active or muliple MySQL instances (of the same or different versions), please consider using the mysqld Group feature if possible. SIOS…
LifeKeeper for Linux Release Notes
LifeKeeper for Linux Release Notes
Version 9.6.1 Released April 20, 2022 Important!! !IMPORTANT: In keeping with industry best practices, SIOS is no longer recommending installing the NFS servers/clients on the same nodes as the SAP services when setting up an SAP system (also known as…
Quick Start Guides
Quick Start Guides
AWS Direct Connect Quick Start Guide Microsoft Azure Quick Azure Guide MySQL Cluster with Data Replication (Shared Nothing Cluster) LifeKeeper for Linux in the AWS Cloud (SAP) Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS Transit Gateway Quick Start…
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…
Configure Storage
Quick Start Guides » MySQL Cluster with Data Replication (“Shared Nothing” Cluster) » Configure Storage
Before You Begin Ensure the following: You have an extra disk/partition on both servers that can be used for data replication. A target volume’s size must be equal to or larger than the size of its source disk/partition. Partition local storage for use with…
Performing a Manual Switchover from the GUI
Application Recovery Kits » MySQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Installing/Configuring MySQL with LifeKeeper » Performing a Manual Switchover from the GUI
You can test your MySQL resource hierarchy by initiating a manual switchover. This will simulate a failover of a resource instance from the primary server to the backup server. Performing a Manual Switchover from the GUI You can initiate a manual switchover from the…
LKCLI Subcommands for Each ARK
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Command Line Interface » LKCLI (LifeKeeper Command Line Interface) » LKCLI Subcommands for Each ARK
ARK List Apache DataKeeper DB2 EC2 FileSystem Multipath Recovery Kits – DMMP / HDLM / PPATH Generic Application IP MySQL NFS Recovery Kit for Oracle Cloud…
Configure the Cluster – Apache
Quick Start Guides » Apache/MySQL Cluster Using Both Shared and Replicated Storage » Configure the Cluster – Apache
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…
Test Your DK for Linux Environment
Evaluation Guides » DataKeeper for Linux Evaluation Guide » Test Your DK for Linux Environment
The following test scenarios have been included to guide you as you get started evaluating LifeKeeper for Linux. Before beginning these tests, make sure the data replication resources are in the mirroring state. *Note: For these test examples, the Primary Server is…
Configure Storage – Apache
Quick Start Guides » Apache/MySQL Cluster Using Both Shared and Replicated Storage » Configure Storage – Apache
Before you Begin Ensure the following: You have an extra disk/partition on both servers that can be used for data replication. A target volume’s size must equal to or larger than the size of its source disk/partition. Shared storage is available. This can either…
Configure Storage for DK for Linux
Evaluation Guides » DataKeeper for Linux Evaluation Guide » Configure Storage for DK for Linux
Before You Begin Ensure the following: You have an extra disk/partition on both servers that can be used for data replication. A target volume’s size must equal to or larger than the size of its source disk/partition. Partition local storage for use with SIOS…
Installing and Setting Up Database Applications
LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide » Setting Up Your LifeKeeper Environment » Installing and Setting Up Database Applications
If your environment includes a protected database application such as Oracle, DB2 or MySQL, you should install the application using the documentation provided with the database. Ensure that the database is on a shared file system and that the configuration files are…
Prepare to Install – Apache
Quick Start Guides » Apache/MySQL Cluster Using Both Shared and Replicated Storage » Prepare to Install – Apache
Hardware Requirements Primary and Secondary Servers Systems must meet the minimum requirements for the Linux distribution to be used during the evaluation. 512MB RAM minimum; 1GB RAM recommended. 2GB of available hard disk space recommended. Multiple Network…
Prepare to Install
Quick Start Guides » MySQL Cluster with Data Replication (“Shared Nothing” Cluster) » Prepare to Install
Hardware Requirements Primary and Secondary Servers Systems must meet the minimum requirements for the Linux distribution to be used during the evaluation. 512MB RAM minimum; 1GB RAM recommended. 2GB of available hard disk space recommended. Multiple…
Prepare to Install – PostgreSQL
Quick Start Guides » PostgreSQL Cluster with Shared Storage (ISCSI) » Prepare to Install – PostgreSQL
Hardware Requirements Primary and Secondary Servers Systems must meet the minimum requirements for the Linux distribution to be used during the evaluation. 512MB RAM minimum; 1GB RAM recommended. 2GB of available hard disk space recommended. Multiple Network…
Known Issues and Restrictions
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » LifeKeeper » 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…
Protected Resources
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » LifeKeeper » SIOS LifeKeeper for Linux Introduction » Protected Resources
The LifeKeeper family of products includes software that allows you to provide failover protection for a range of system resources. The following figure demonstrates LifeKeeper’s flexibility and identifies the resource types you can specify for automatic…
Administering SIOS DataKeeper for Linux
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » 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…
DB2 Troubleshooting
Application Recovery Kits » DB2 Recovery Kit Administration Guide » DB2 Troubleshooting
Symptom Possible Cause One or more of your DB2 EEE partition servers fail to start The db2nodes.cfg file’s port number may have erroneously outgrown the range set in the /etc/services file. View the number of ports set in the…
DB2 Recovery Kit Overview
Application Recovery Kits » DB2 Recovery Kit Administration Guide » DB2 Recovery Kit Overview
LifeKeeper for Linux DB2 Recovery Kit In versions 8 and greater, DB2 UDB Enterprise Edition (EE) and Enterprise-Extended Edition (EEE) have been combined into a single product named DB2 UDB Enterprise Server Edition (ESE). Previous versions included two separate…
LifeKeeper GUI Software Package
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » LifeKeeper » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » GUI » GUI Overview – General » LifeKeeper GUI Software Package
The LifeKeeper GUI is included in the steeleye-lkGUI software package which is bundled with the LifeKeeper Core Package Cluster. The steeleye-lkGUI package: Installs the LifeKeeper GUI Client in Java archive format. Installs the LifeKeeper GUI…
LCM
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » LifeKeeper » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » Advanced Tasks » LCM
The LifeKeeper Communications Manager (LCM) provides reliable communication between processes on one or more LifeKeeper servers. This process can use redundant communication paths between systems so that failure of a single communication path does not cause failure of…
Connecting Servers and Shared Storage
LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide » Setting Up Your LifeKeeper Environment » Connecting Servers and Shared Storage
If you are planning to use LifeKeeper in a non-shared storage environment, then you may skip this information. If you are using LifeKeeper in a data replication (mirroring) environment, see the DataKeeper section of this documentation. If you are using LifeKeeper in a…
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: LifeKeeper for…
Prepare to Install DK for Linux
Evaluation Guides » DataKeeper for Linux Evaluation Guide » Prepare to Install DK for Linux
Hardware Requirements Primary and Secondary Servers Systems must meet the minimum requirements for the Linux distribution to be used during the evaluation. 512MB RAM minimum; 1GB RAM recommended. 2GB of available hard disk space recommended. Multiple Network…
Application Configuration
LifeKeeper 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…
Oracle Recovery Kit Hardware and Software Requirements
Application Recovery Kits » Oracle Recovery Kit 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. Kit Hardware and Software Requirements Be sure that your configuration meets the…
References and Acknowledgements
Quick Start Guides » Microsoft Azure Quick Start Guide » References and Acknowledgements
SIOS Technology: SIOS Technical Documentation LifeKeeper for Linux 9.5.2 Technical Documentation Oracle Recovery Kit Administration Guide External websites: Microsoft Azure https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/ Microsoft Azure Linux Virtual Machine Document…
Running the GUI on a LifeKeeper Server
LifeKeeper 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…
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’).…
Documentation and Training
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Documentation and Training
Documentation A complete reference providing instructions for installing, configuring, administering and troubleshooting LifeKeeper for Linux is available in the LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation. The following sections cover every aspect of LifeKeeper for…
Oracle Configuration Requirements
Application Recovery Kits » Oracle Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Configuring Oracle with LifeKeeper » Oracle Configuration Examples » Oracle Configuration Requirements
Each of the examples involves one or two databases: databaseA and databaseB. By default, LifeKeeper offers a tag name matching the Oracle database system identifier (SID). However, the screen examples in the following pages use tag names consisting of the SID and…
Creating Resource Hierarchies
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » LifeKeeper » 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…
lklogmsg
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » Command Line Interface » Commands » lklogmsg
This command provides a command line interface to the LifeKeeper logging interface. It can be used in scripts that are part of the implementation of a Recovery Kit. NAME lklogmsg — command line interface to the LifeKeeper logging…
Configuring Oracle with LifeKeeper
Application Recovery Kits » Oracle Recovery Kit 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…
LVM Documentation and References
Application Recovery Kits » LVM Recovery Kit Administration Guide » LVM 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…
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…
Oracle – Known Issues / Restrictions
LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » LifeKeeper » Troubleshooting » Known Issues and Restrictions » Oracle – Known Issues / Restrictions
Description The Oracle Recovery Kit does not include support for Connection Manager and Oracle Names features The LifeKeeper Oracle Recovery Kit does not include support for the following Oracle Net features of Oracle: Oracle Connection…
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…