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Install LifeKeeper for Linux – MySQL Cluster

Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » How to Protect Other Resources (Databases or Applications) » Protecting MySQL Resources » 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:…

Install LifeKeeper for Linux

Evaluation Guides » DataKeeper for Linux Evaluation Guide » Install LifeKeeper for Linux

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…

Install LifeKeeper for Linux

Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Install LifeKeeper 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…

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…

SIOS LifeKeeper for Linux Introduction

LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » LifeKeeper » SIOS LifeKeeper for Linux Introduction

SIOS LifeKeeper for Linux provides high availability clustering for up to 32 nodes with many supported storage configurations, including shared storage (Fiber Channel SAN, iSCSI), network attached storage (NAS), host-based replication, integration with array-based SAN…

Install LifeKeeper for Linux – PostgreSQL

Quick Start Guides » PostgreSQL Cluster with Shared Storage (ISCSI) » Install LifeKeeper for Linux – PostgreSQL

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…

Install LifeKeeper for Linux – Apache

Quick Start Guides » Apache/MySQL Cluster Using Both Shared and Replicated Storage » Install LifeKeeper for Linux – Apache

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…

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…

Mirroring with SIOS DataKeeper for Linux

LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » Mirroring with SIOS DataKeeper for Linux

SIOS DataKeeper for Linux offers an alternative for customers who want to build a high availability cluster (using SIOS LifeKeeper) without shared storage or who simply want to replicate business-critical data in real-time between servers. SIOS DataKeeper uses either…

SIOS DataKeeper for Linux Resource Types

LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » SIOS DataKeeper Installation and Configuration » SIOS DataKeeper for Linux Resource Types

When creating your DataKeeper resource hierarchy, LifeKeeper will prompt you to select a resource type. There are several different DataKeeper resource types. The following information can help you determine which type is best for your environment. Replicate New File…

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…

Install, Configure and Start MySQL

Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » How to Protect Other Resources (Databases or Applications) » Protecting MySQL Resources » Install, Configure and Start MySQL

*Note: Several OS commands and database specific commands will require administrator (root) permissions. *Note: Individual setup steps may vary due to OS. Primary Server On your Primary server, perform the following actions: Install both the “mariadb” and…

LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux Introduction

LifeKeeper Single Server Protection » LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux Installation Guide » LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux Introduction

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, KVM, Amazon EC2). LifeKeeper SSP is built on the…

LifeKeeper for Linux

About LifeKeeper for Linux LifeKeeper for Linux integrates high availability clustering with innovative data replication functionality in a single, enterprise-class solution. LifeKeeper for Linux Integrated Components SIOS LifeKeeper provides a complete…

LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux Installation Guide

LifeKeeper Single Server Protection » LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux Installation Guide

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,…

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,…

LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux Release Notes

LifeKeeper Single Server Protection » LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux Release Notes

Version 9.7.0 Released March 28, 2023 Important!! !IMPORTANT: End of Support for Designated SIOS Application Recovery Kits (ARKs) SIOS is ending support for the following Recovery Kits. They will be discontinued and no longer supported in the next Major Release…

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…

Important Notice: Kernel issue with SIOS DataKeeper for Linux

LifeKeeper for Linux Release Notes » Important Notice: Kernel issue with SIOS DataKeeper for Linux

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Patch Available, Immediate Installation Required We are pleased to announce that we have completed all Engineering (Development and Quality Assurance) related activities for the issue that impacted the following kernel and…

Install Postgres 12 on Linux Nodes

Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » How to Protect Other Resources (Databases or Applications) » Protecting a PostgreSQL Resource » Install Postgres 12 on Linux Nodes

This section outlines the basic steps required to install Postgres 12 on Linux nodes. *Postgres must be installed on both the active and standby nodes. Instructions for installing Postgres are available at https://www.postgresql.org/download/. By selecting the…

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…

Using LifeKeeper for Linux

LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » LifeKeeper » 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…

DataKeeper for Linux Troubleshooting

LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » DataKeeper for Linux Troubleshooting

This section provides information regarding issues that may be encountered with the use of DataKeeper for Linux. Where appropriate, additional explanation of the cause of an error is provided along with necessary action to resolve the error condition. Messages…

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…

Configure Storage for DK for Linux

Evaluation Guides » DataKeeper for Linux Evaluation Guide » Configure Storage for DK for Linux

!Replication requires a device have a GUID. 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…

Configure Linux Nodes to Run LifeKeeper for Linux

Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Configure Linux Nodes to Run LifeKeeper for Linux

This section outlines steps to configure the Linux nodes before installing LifeKeeper for Linux. In order to connect a Linux node, it may be necessary to install the ssh client software on Windows. Connecting to a Linux Node from Windows Client Using…

DataKeeper for Linux Evaluation Guide

Evaluation Guides » DataKeeper for Linux Evaluation Guide

Objective This document is intended to aid you in installing, configuring and using the LifeKeeper for Linux evaluation product with DataKeeper to enable real time, host based, block-level data replication There are five phases in this process: Phase 1 – Prepare…

Benefits of LifeKeeper for Linux

Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Before Starting an Evaluation of LifeKeeper for Linux » Benefits of LifeKeeper for Linux

SIOS software supports multiple operating system versions and flavors (both Linux and Windows). Consistent user experience to protect mission-critical resources regardless of the operating system. SIOS delivers high availability solutions for multiple…

DataKeeper for Linux Network Configuration

LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » SIOS DataKeeper Installation and Configuration » DataKeeper for Linux Network Configuration

The network path that is chosen for data replication between each pair of servers must also already be configured as a LifeKeeper communication path between those servers. To change the network path, see Changing the Data Replication Path. The communication line…

LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide

The LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide contains information on how to plan and install your LifeKeeper environment. In addition to providing the necessary steps for setting up your server, storage device and network components, it includes details for configuring…

LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation

LifeKeeper for Linux integrates high availability clustering with innovative data replication functionality in a single, enterprise-class solution. LifeKeeper for Linux Integrated Components SIOS LifeKeeper provides a complete fault-resilient software solution to…

LifeKeeper for Linux Release Notes

Version 9.7.0 Released March 28, 2023 Important!! !IMPORTANT: End of Support for Designated SIOS Application Recovery Kits (ARKs) SIOS is ending support for the following Recovery Kits. They will be discontinued and no longer supported in the next Major…

LifeKeeper for Linux Support Matrix

Supported Operating Systems Supported Applications Supported Virtualization Supported Operating Systems Product Supported Operating System LifeKeeper for Linux v9.5.0 v9.5.1 v9.5.2 v9.6.0 v9.6.1 v9.6.2…

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…

MySQL Administration

Application Recovery Kits » MySQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide » MySQL Administration

Testing Your Resource Hierarchy 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…

Activating the SAP SIOS HA Cluster Connector (SSHCC)

Application Recovery Kits » SAP Recovery Kit Administration Guide » SAP Installation » Activating the SAP SIOS HA Cluster Connector (SSHCC)

The SAP SIOS HA Cluster Connector (SSHCC) provides an interface between the SAP Start Service (sapstartsrv) and LifeKeeper. While the HA Cluster Connector is active for an SAP instance, calls through sapcontrol which affect the state of the instance will be routed…

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…

DataKeeper for Linux Terms to Know

Evaluation Guides » DataKeeper for Linux Evaluation Guide » DataKeeper for Linux Terms to Know

The following terms are used throughout this document and, while some may be familiar to you, it may be helpful to review how SIOS defines and uses these terms. Network Communication Terms Crossover cable – A cable used to directly connect computing devices…

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…

LifeKeeper for Linux – Integrated Components

Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Before Starting an Evaluation of LifeKeeper for Linux » LifeKeeper for Linux – Integrated Components

LifeKeeper includes the following software components to protect an organization’s mission-critical systems. SIOS LifeKeeper SIOS LifeKeeper provides a complete fault-resilient software solution that enables high availability for servers, file systems,…

LifeKeeper for Linux Getting Started Guide

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…

Install x11

Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Configure Linux Nodes to Run LifeKeeper for Linux » Install x11

The LifeKeeper for the Linux GUI uses the X Window System. We need to install it on each node. Install x11 to the machine. Install x11 related packages and enable it with the following steps: Install x11 related packages. # yum install …

Install Oracle

Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » How to Protect Other Resources (Databases or Applications) » Protecting an Oracle Resource (non-PDB) » Install Oracle

*Install Oracle 19c on both nodes. Install Oracle on a Linux system. Refer to the Database Installation Guide for Linux Install Oracle 19c at the following location: /u01/app/oracle/product/19.3.0/dbhome_1 The location should be specified in the environment…

Install LifeKeeper

Application Recovery Kits » SAP Recovery Kit Administration Guide » SAP Installation » Install LifeKeeper

On both the Primary and the Backup servers, LifeKeeper software will now be installed including the following recovery kits: SAP appropriate database (i.e. Oracle, SAP MaxDB) IP NAS (required when data is hosted by an NFS server) Quorum…

Protecting MySQL Resources

Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » How to Protect Other Resources (Databases or Applications) » Protecting MySQL Resources

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…

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…

Linux Dependencies

LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide » Setting Up Your LifeKeeper Environment » Linux Dependencies

Successful completion of the installation of LifeKeeper for Linux requires the installation of a number of prerequisite packages. To prevent script failures, these packages should be installed prior to attempting to run the installation setup script. The prerequisite…

Linux Configuration

LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » LifeKeeper » Installation and Configuration » Linux Configuration

Operating System The default operating system must be installed to ensure that all required packages are…

Cluster Example

LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » LifeKeeper » User Guide » Cluster Example

Expanded Multicluster Example

Modifying Protection for the Sybase Backup Server

Application Recovery Kits » Sybase ASE Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Sybase ASE Recovery Kit Administration » Modifying Protection for the Sybase Backup Server

The Sybase Backup Server is an Open Server-based application that manages all database backups (dump) and restores (load) operations for Adaptive Server. The Sybase Backup Server can be protected by the LifeKeeper Sybase ASE resource hierarchy during the resource…

Modifying Protection for the Sybase Monitor Server

Application Recovery Kits » Sybase ASE Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Sybase ASE Recovery Kit Administration » Modifying Protection for the Sybase Monitor Server

*NOTE: The Sybase Monitor Server is no longer supported with the Sybase ASE ARK v9.0.2 and later. The Monitor Server is a separate server from the database server that monitors the Adaptive Server. The Monitor Server can provide real time or historical data to client…

Prepare to Install

Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » How to Protect Other Resources (Databases or Applications) » Protecting MySQL Resources » 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…

Install SAP Instances

Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » How to Protect Other Resources (Databases or Applications) » Protecting SAP Resources » Install SAP Instances

Complete the following steps to install the ASCS10 and ERS20 instances on node-a and node-b. Prepare for Installation On node-a and node-b, increase the available swap space to greater than 1MiB to satisfy the SAP system requirements. In this example we will create…

Install MSSQL 2017

Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » How to Protect Other Resources (Databases or Applications) » Protecting MSSQL Using Quick Service Protection » Install MSSQL 2017

*Install MSSQL on both nodes. Refer to Microsoft’s Installation guidance for SQL Server on Linux guide. It contains instructions for different versions of operating systems as well as MSSQL servers. Download the Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Red Hat repository…

Install AWS CLI

Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Install LifeKeeper for Linux » Amazon Web Services » 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…

Configuring the LifeKeeper for Linux Postfix Recovery Kit

Application Recovery Kits » Postfix Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Configuring the LifeKeeper for Linux Postfix Recovery Kit

This section describes the LifeKeeper for Linux Postfix Recovery Kit configuration details. It also contains information you should consider before you start to configure and administer the Postfix Recovery Kit. Please refer to LifeKeeper for Linux Technical…

LifeKeeper for Linux in the AWS Cloud (SAP)

Quick Start Guides » LifeKeeper for Linux in the AWS Cloud (SAP)

Overview This document will guide the user during LifeKeeper for Linux installation. Follow the quick decision matrix to understand how to install LifeKeeper for Linux for SAP environment. Note: The link above is provided here so it can be…

Before Starting an Evaluation of LifeKeeper for Linux

Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Before Starting an Evaluation of LifeKeeper for Linux

This section discusses general topics to consider when evaluating software bringing High Availability to mission-critical workloads. High Availability, RTO, and RPO LifeKeeper for Linux – Integrated Components Benefits of LifeKeeper for Linux How…

Configuring the LifeKeeper for Linux NAS Recovery Kit

Application Recovery Kits » NAS Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Configuring the LifeKeeper for Linux NAS Recovery Kit

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 DB2 Recovery Kit

Application Recovery Kits » DB2 Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Configuring the LifeKeeper for Linux DB2 Recovery Kit

This section describes the LifeKeeper for Linux DB2 Recovery Kit configuration details. It also contains information you should consider before you start to configure and administer the DB2 Recovery Kit. Please refer to LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation for…

LifeKeeper for Linux DB2 Recovery Kit Configuration Tasks

Application Recovery Kits » DB2 Recovery Kit Administration Guide » LifeKeeper for Linux DB2 Recovery Kit Configuration Tasks

You can perform all LifeKeeper for Linux DB2 Recovery Kit administrative tasks via the LifeKeeper Graphical User Interface (GUI). The LifeKeeper GUI provides a guided interface to configure, administer, and monitor DB2 resources. The following tasks are available for…

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…

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…

Configuring the Oracle Net Listener for LifeKeeper Protection

Application Recovery Kits » Oracle Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Configuring Oracle with LifeKeeper » Configuring the Oracle Net Listener for LifeKeeper Protection

If your Oracle database will have remote client connections, you will want to protect the Oracle Listener in addition to the Oracle database server. Please refer to the Oracle documentation for information on using Oracle network configuration utilities to create…

Configure the Cluster

Evaluation Guides » LifeKeeper Evaluation Guide for Cloud Environments » Protecting Our Resources » How to Protect Other Resources (Databases or Applications) » Protecting MySQL Resources » Configure the Cluster

*Before you begin to create the MySQL Resource Hierarchy, refer to Install LifeKeeper for Linux – MySQL Cluster and Configuration Considerations for MySQL and make sure you have completed the necessary configuration tasks. Create the MySQL Resource Hierarchy Create…

Cluster Connect Dialog

LifeKeeper 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…

Cluster Disconnect Dialog

LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » LifeKeeper » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » Common Tasks » Cluster Disconnect Dialog

Select Server in Cluster A drop-down list box containing the names of connected servers will appear. From the list, select a server from the cluster from which you want to disconnect. All servers in the cluster to be disconnected are noted in the confirmation…

Postfix Protection Objects

Application Recovery Kits » Postfix Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Configuring the LifeKeeper for Linux Postfix Recovery Kit » Postfix Protection Objects

The Postfix Recovery Kit protects the following objects: Postfix service daemon Network socket of Postfix Create one or more virtual IP addresses for monitoring mail and assign them to the inet_interfaces parameter in the Postfix configuration file. If…

Install the PostgreSQL Software

Application Recovery Kits » PostgreSQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide » PostgreSQL Installation » Install the PostgreSQL Software

Install the PostgreSQL software on all servers in the cluster using identical parameters/settings. Refer to the PostgreSQL Administration Guide for details. The following are additional recommendations and reminders to ensure that LifeKeeper will work with…

Install the LifeKeeper Software

Application Recovery Kits » PostgreSQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide » PostgreSQL Installation » Install the LifeKeeper Software

Once you have installed the PostgreSQL software and created your database, you are ready to install the LifeKeeper Core software and any required patches followed by the PostgreSQL Recovery Kit. Refer to the LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide for details on…

Install the LifeKeeper Software

Application Recovery Kits » SAP HANA Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Configuring SAP HANA with LifeKeeper » Install the LifeKeeper Software

Once you have installed the SAP HANA software and configured SAP HANA System Replication, you are ready to install the LifeKeeper Core software and any required patches followed by the SAP HANA Recovery Kit. Refer to the LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide for…

Install the LifeKeeper Software

Application Recovery Kits » SAP MaxDB Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Configuring SAP MaxDB with LifeKeeper » Install the LifeKeeper Software

Once you have installed the SAP MaxDB software, created your database and created the User_Key, you are ready to install the LifeKeeper Core software and any required patches followed by the SAP Max DB Recovery Kit. Also, if you plan to use SAP MaxDB with raw devices,…

How SIOS DataKeeper Works

LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » How SIOS DataKeeper Works

SIOS DataKeeper creates and protects NetRAID devices. A NetRAID device is a RAID1 device that consists of a local disk or partition and a Network Block Device (NBD) as shown in the diagram below. A LifeKeeper supported file system can be mounted on a NetRAID…

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…

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…

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

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…

MySQL Recovery Kit Operations Overview

Application Recovery Kits » MySQL Recovery Kit Administration Guide » MySQL Recovery Kit Operations Overview

Bringing a Resource In Service (restore) Start the MySQL resource in the following order. Check the same items as in the monitoring process described later to confirm that MySQL is running. If it is determined that MySQL is running, the startup process ends…

Peering Requirements for Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS

Quick Start Guides » 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…

Setup Procedure for Connecting to a LifeKeeper Cluster using AWS

Quick Start Guides » Multi-VPC Cluster Configuration Using AWS VPC Peering Connections 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’).…

Disconnecting from a Cluster

LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » LifeKeeper » User Guide » Using LifeKeeper for Linux » Common Tasks » Disconnecting from a Cluster

This task disconnects your GUI client from all servers in the cluster, and it does so through the server you select. There are three possible ways to begin. • On the Global Toolbar, click the Disconnect button. • On the Edit Menu, select Server and…

LifeKeeper Single Server Protection

LifeKeeper Single Server Protection Release Notes LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux Installation Guide

Enable/Disable Listener Protection

Application Recovery Kits » WebSphere MQ Recovery Kit Administration Guide » LifeKeeper Configuration Tasks for MQ » Editing MQ Configuration Resource Properties » Enable/Disable Listener Protection

GUI First navigate to the WebSphere MQ Resource Properties Panel or the Resource Context Menu described above. The resource must be in service to modify the Listener Protection value. Then click on Listener Protection Configuration icon or menu item. The following…

Update SAP Protection Level

Application Recovery Kits » SAP Recovery Kit Administration Guide » SAP Administration » Update SAP Protection Level

The Protection Level represents the actions that are allowed for each resource. To find out what your current protection level is or to change this option, go to Update Protection Level. The level of protection can be set to FULL, STANDARD, BASIC or…

How to Install a License

LifeKeeper Single Server Protection » LifeKeeper Single Server Protection for Linux Installation Guide » About LifeKeeper Single Server Protection Licensing » How to Install a License

Perform the following steps on each node of the cluster. Install your license. /opt/LifeKeeper/bin/lkkeyins Start SSP. Check the license information to make sure it is registered correctly. If you are using a permanent license, all license information should be…

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…

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…

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…

Install the SAP HANA Software

Application Recovery Kits » SAP HANA Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Configuring SAP HANA with LifeKeeper » Install the SAP HANA Software

Install the SAP HANA software on all servers in the cluster using identical parameters/settings. In particular, the same SAP System ID (SID) and instance number must be used on all systems. Refer to the SAP HANA Master Guide for installation details.

Install the SAP MaxDB Software

Application Recovery Kits » SAP MaxDB Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Configuring SAP MaxDB with LifeKeeper » Install the SAP MaxDB Software

Install the SAP MaxDB software on all servers in the cluster using identical parameters/settings. Refer to the SAP MaxDB Installation Guide for details. The following are additional recommendations to ensure that LifeKeeper will work with SAP MaxDB: A non-root…

Install the Sybase ASE Software

Application Recovery Kits » Sybase ASE Recovery Kit Administration Guide » Installing and Configuring Sybase ASE with LifeKeeper » Install the Sybase ASE Software

Install the Sybase ASE software on all servers in the cluster using identical parameters/settings. Refer to the Installation Guide Adaptive Server for Linux for details. The following are additional recommendations to ensure that LifeKeeper will work with Sybase…

How to Install a License

LifeKeeper for Linux Installation Guide » Setting Up Your LifeKeeper Environment » About LifeKeeper Licensing » How to Install a License

Video : How to install a license Perform the following steps on each node of the cluster. Install your license. /opt/LifeKeeper/bin/lkkeyins Start LifeKeeper. Check the license information to make sure it is registered correctly. If you are using a permanent…

SIOS DataKeeper Installation and Configuration

LifeKeeper for Linux Technical Documentation » DataKeeper » SIOS DataKeeper Installation and Configuration

Installing and Configuring SIOS DataKeeper for Linux Hardware/Software Requirements Before Configuring Your DataKeeper Resources The following topics contain information for consideration before beginning to create and administer your DataKeeper resources. They also…

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…