Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 7.4.1 Solutions Guide - Windows

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (7.4.1)
Platform: Windows
  1. Section I. Introduction
    1. Introducing Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions
      1.  
        About the solutions guides
      2.  
        About Quick Recovery
      3.  
        About high availability
      4.  
        About campus clusters
      5.  
        About disaster recovery
      6.  
        About Microsoft clustering solutions
      7.  
        How this guide is organized
    2. Using the Solutions Configuration Center
      1.  
        About the Solutions Configuration Center
      2.  
        Starting the Solutions Configuration Center
      3.  
        Options in the Solutions Configuration Center
      4.  
        About launching wizards from the Solutions Configuration Center
      5.  
        Remote and local access to Solutions wizards
      6.  
        Solutions wizards and logs
      7.  
        Workflows in the Solutions Configuration Center
    3. SFW best practices for storage
      1. Best practices for storage availability
        1.  
          Adding software mirrors for critical data
        2.  
          Locating data objects for optimum recovery
        3.  
          Managing three-way software mirrors for reliability
        4.  
          Software striping and mirroring on top of hardware RAID for high availability
      2. Best practices configuring SFW disk groups for availability
        1.  
          Configuring disk groups for separate storage capacity pools or common pools
        2.  
          Allocating disk groups for availability in clusters
      3. Best practices for storage performance
        1.  
          Host-based mirroring for increased read performance and failure tolerance
        2.  
          Software striping across hardware for increased performance
        3.  
          Using software RAID 5 for read-mostly data
      4. Best practices for I/O performance tuning
        1.  
          Striping for I/O-request-intensive applications
        2.  
          Striping for data-transfer-intensive applications
      5. Best practices for storage capacity management
        1.  
          Managing storage allocation for flexibility
        2.  
          Aggregating hardware RAID for very large volumes
        3.  
          Managing unallocated space for free space savings
        4.  
          Reserving spares for failure-tolerant volume recovery
  2. Section II. Quick Recovery
    1. Quick Recovery overview
      1.  
        About the Quick Recovery solution
      2.  
        Need for implementing the SFW Quick Recovery solution
      3.  
        Understanding the underlying components of SFW's Quick Recovery process
      4. Overview of the Quick Recovery process
        1.  
          Creating initial snapshots
        2.  
          Refreshing a snapshot
        3.  
          Recovering a database
      5. Other applications for point-in-time snapshots
        1.  
          Off-host backups
        2.  
          Reporting and analysis
        3.  
          Application testing and training
    2. Quick Recovery example
      1. Example of quick recovery of an Oracle database
        1.  
          Creating a split-mirror snapshot of the database
        2.  
          Recovering the database using the split-mirror snapshot and database logs
      2.  
        Tips and references about FlashSnap
  3. Section III. High Availability
    1. High availability: Overview
      1.  
        About high availability
      2.  
        About clusters
      3. How VCS monitors storage components
        1.  
          Shared storage - if you use NetApp filers
        2.  
          Shared storage - if you use SFW to manage cluster dynamic disk groups
        3.  
          Shared storage - if you use Windows LDM to manage shared disks
        4.  
          Non-shared storage - if you use SFW to manage dynamic disk groups
        5.  
          Non-shared storage - if you use Windows LDM to manage local disks
        6.  
          Non-shared storage - if you use VMware storage
    2. Deploying InfoScale Enterprise for high availability: New installation
      1.  
        About the high availability solution
      2.  
        Tasks for a new high availability (HA) installation - additional applications
      3.  
        Reviewing the InfoScale installation requirements
      4. Notes and recommendations for cluster and application configuration
        1.  
          IPv6 support
      5.  
        Reviewing the configuration
      6.  
        Configuring the storage hardware and network
      7.  
        About installing the Veritas InfoScale products
      8. Configuring disk groups and volumes
        1. Planning disk groups and volumes
          1.  
            Planning your File Share storage
          2.  
            Planning your IIS storage
          3.  
            Planning your storage for additional applications
          4.  
            Considerations for a fast failover configuration
        2.  
          Creating a dynamic disk group
        3.  
          Creating dynamic volumes
        4.  
          About managing disk groups and volumes
        5.  
          Importing a disk group and mounting a volume
        6.  
          Unmounting a volume and deporting a disk group
      9. Configuring the cluster using the Cluster Configuration Wizard
        1.  
          Configuring notification
      10. About modifying the cluster configuration
        1.  
          Adding nodes to a cluster
        2.  
          Removing nodes from a cluster
        3.  
          Reconfiguring a cluster
        4. Configuring the ClusterService group
          1.  
            Configuring notification
          2.  
            Configuring the wide-area connector process for global clusters
        5.  
          Deleting a cluster configuration
      11. About installing and configuring the application or server role
        1.  
          About configuring a File Share server role
        2.  
          About installing and configuring the IIS application
        3.  
          About installing additional applications
      12. Configuring the service group
        1. About configuring file shares
          1.  
            Before you configure a file share service group
          2.  
            Configuring file shares using the wizard
          3.  
            Creating non-scoped file shares configured with VCS
          4.  
            Making non-scoped file shares accessible while using virtual server name or IP address if NetBIOS and WINS are disabled
        2. About configuring IIS sites
          1.  
            Before you configure an IIS service group
          2.  
            Fixing the IPv6 address configuration for FTP sites
          3.  
            Installing IIS on Windows Server Core
          4.  
            Configuring an IIS service group using the wizard
        3. About configuring applications using the Application Configuration Wizard
          1.  
            Before you configure service groups using the Application Configuration wizard
          2. Adding resources to a service group
            1.  
              Configuring a GenericService resource
            2.  
              Configuring processes
            3.  
              Configuring a ServiceMonitor resource
            4.  
              Configuring VCS components
          3.  
            Configuring service groups using the Application Configuration Wizard
        4. About configuring the Oracle service group using the wizard
          1.  
            Prerequisites for configuring the Oracle service group
          2.  
            Creating an Oracle service group using the wizard
          3.  
            Configuring dependent services
        5.  
          Enabling fast failover for disk groups (optional)
      13.  
        Configuring the service group in a non-shared storage environment
      14.  
        Verifying the cluster configuration
      15.  
        Possible tasks after completing the configuration
      16.  
        Adding nodes to a cluster
      17. Modifying the application service groups
        1.  
          Modifying a file share service group using the wizard
        2.  
          Modifying an IIS service group using the wizard
        3.  
          Modifying an application service group
        4. About modifying an Oracle service group
          1.  
            Prerequisites for modifying the Oracle service group
          2.  
            Modifying an Oracle service group
          3.  
            Deleting an Oracle service group
          4. Configuring detail monitoring
            1.  
              Enabling detail monitoring
            2.  
              Disabling detail monitoring
    3. Adding DMP to a clustering configuration
      1.  
        About Dynamic Multi-Pathing
      2.  
        Overview of configuration tasks for adding DMP DSMs
      3.  
        Reviewing the prerequisites
      4.  
        Reviewing the configuration
      5.  
        Setting up DMP in a new cluster configuration
      6.  
        Setting up DMP in an existing cluster configuration
  4. Section IV. Campus Clustering
    1. Introduction to campus clustering
      1.  
        About Campus Clusters
      2.  
        Sample campus cluster configuration
      3.  
        Differences between campus clusters and local clusters
    2. Deploying InfoScale Enterprise for campus cluster
      1.  
        About the Campus Cluster solution
      2. Notes and recommendations for cluster and application configuration
        1.  
          IPv6 support
        2.  
          Campus cluster requirements
      3. Reviewing the configuration
        1.  
          Overview of campus clustering with VCS
        2.  
          Reinstating faulted hardware
        3.  
          Setting the ForceImport attribute
      4.  
        Installing and configuring the hardware
      5.  
        Configuring the storage hardware and network
      6.  
        About installing the Veritas InfoScale products
      7. Configuring the cluster using the Cluster Configuration Wizard
        1.  
          Configuring notification
      8. Creating disk groups and volumes
        1.  
          About cluster disk groups and volumes
        2.  
          Example disk group and volume configuration in campus cluster
        3.  
          Considerations when creating disks and volumes for campus clusters
        4.  
          Viewing the available disk storage
        5.  
          Creating a dynamic disk group
        6.  
          Adding disks to campus cluster sites
        7.  
          Creating volumes for campus clusters
      9. Installing the application on cluster nodes
        1.  
          About configuring a File Share server role in a campus cluster
        2.  
          About installing and configuring the IIS application in a campus cluster
        3.  
          About installing additional applications in a campus cluster
        4.  
          Deporting and importing a disk group in a campus cluster
      10.  
        Configuring service groups
      11.  
        Verifying the cluster configuration
  5. Section V. Replicated Data Clusters
    1. Introduction to Replicated Data Clusters
      1.  
        About Replicated Data Clusters
      2.  
        How VCS Replicated Data Clusters work
      3. Setting up a Replicated Data Cluster configuration
        1.  
          Setting up replication
        2.  
          Configuring the service groups
      4.  
        Migrating the service group
    2. Deploying Replicated Data Clusters: New application installation
      1.  
        Tasks for a new replicated data cluster installation - additional applications
      2. Notes and recommendations for cluster and application configuration
        1.  
          IPv6 support
      3.  
        Sample configuration
      4.  
        Configuring the storage hardware and network
      5.  
        About installing the Veritas InfoScale products
      6.  
        Setting up security for Volume Replicator
      7. Configuring the cluster using the Cluster Configuration Wizard
        1.  
          Configuring notification
      8. Configuring disk groups and volumes
        1. Planning disk groups and volumes
          1.  
            Planning your File Share storage
          2.  
            Planning your IIS storage
          3.  
            Planning your storage for additional applications
        2.  
          Creating a dynamic disk group
        3.  
          Creating dynamic volumes
        4. About managing disk groups and volumes
          1.  
            Importing a disk group and mounting a volume
          2.  
            Unmounting a volume and deporting a disk group
      9. Installing and configuring the application or server role
        1.  
          Configuring a File Share server role
        2.  
          Installing and configuring the IIS application
        3.  
          Installing additional applications
      10. Configuring the service group
        1. About configuring file shares
          1.  
            Before you configure a file share service group
          2.  
            Configuring file shares using the wizard
          3.  
            Creating non-scoped file shares configured with VCS
          4.  
            Making non-scoped file shares accessible while using virtual server name or IP address if NetBIOS and WINS are disabled
        2. About configuring IIS sites
          1.  
            Before you configure an IIS service group
          2.  
            Fixing the IPv6 address configuration for FTP sites
          3.  
            Installing IIS on Windows Server Core
          4.  
            Configuring an IIS service group using the wizard
        3. About configuring applications using the Application Configuration Wizard
          1.  
            Before you configure service groups using the Application Configuration wizard
          2. Adding resources to a service group
            1.  
              Configuring a GenericService resource
            2.  
              Configuring processes
            3.  
              Configuring a ServiceMonitor resource
            4.  
              Configuring VCS components
          3.  
            Configuring service groups using the Application Configuration Wizard
      11.  
        Creating the primary system zone for the application service group
      12.  
        Verifying the cluster configuration
      13.  
        Creating a parallel environment in the secondary zone
      14.  
        Adding nodes to a cluster
      15.  
        Creating the Replicated Data Sets with the wizard
      16. Configuring a RVG service group for replication
        1.  
          Creating the RVG service group
        2. Configuring the resources in the RVG service group for RDC replication
          1.  
            Configuring the IP and NIC resources
          2. Configuring the VMDg or VMNSDg resources for the disk groups
            1.  
              Modifying the DGGuid attribute for the new disk group resource in the RVG service group
          3.  
            Adding the Volume Replicator RVG resources for the disk groups
          4.  
            Linking the Volume Replicator RVG resources to establish dependencies
          5.  
            Deleting the VMDg or VMNSDg resource from the application service group
        3. Configuring the RVG Primary resources
          1.  
            Creating the RVG Primary resources
          2.  
            Linking the RVG Primary resources to establish dependencies
          3.  
            Bringing the RVG Primary resources online
        4.  
          Configuring the primary system zone for the RVG service group
      17.  
        Setting a dependency between the service groups
      18. Adding the nodes from the secondary zone to the RDC
        1.  
          Adding the nodes from the secondary zone to the RVG service group
        2.  
          Configuring secondary zone nodes in the RVG service group
        3.  
          Configuring the RVG service group NIC resource for fail over (VMNSDg only)
        4.  
          Configuring the RVG service group IP resource for failover
        5.  
          Configuring the RVG service group VMNSDg resources for fail over
        6.  
          Adding the nodes from the secondary zone to the application service group
        7.  
          Configuring the zones in the application service group
        8.  
          Configuring the application service group IP resource for fail over (VMNSDg only)
        9.  
          Configuring the application service group NIC resource for fail over (VMNSDg only)
      19. Verifying the RDC configuration
        1.  
          Bringing the service group online
        2.  
          Switching online nodes
      20.  
        Additional instructions for GCO disaster recovery
  6. Section VI. Disaster Recovery
    1. Disaster recovery: Overview
      1.  
        About a disaster recovery solution
      2.  
        Need for implementing a disaster recovery solution
      3.  
        Overview of the recovery process
      4. Components of Volume Replicator that enable disaster recovery
        1.  
          Understanding replication
        2. Modes of replication
          1.  
            Synchronous replication
          2.  
            Asynchronous replication
          3.  
            Synchronous override replication
        3.  
          Features of Volume Replicator that help in disaster recovery
    2. Deploying disaster recovery: New application installation
      1.  
        Tasks for a new disaster recovery installation - additional applications
      2.  
        Tasks for setting up DR in a non-shared storage environment
      3. Notes and recommendations for cluster and application configuration
        1.  
          IPv6 support
      4. Reviewing the configuration
        1.  
          Supported disaster recovery configurations for service group dependencies
      5.  
        Configuring the storage hardware and network
      6. About managing disk groups and volumes
        1.  
          Importing a disk group and mounting a volume
        2.  
          Unmounting a volume and deporting a disk group
      7. Setting up the secondary site: Configuring SFW HA and setting up a cluster
        1. About installing the Veritas InfoScale products
          1. Installing the server components using the installation wizard
            1.  
              Applying the selected installation and product options to multiple systems
          2.  
            Installing the client components
        2.  
          Configuring the cluster using the Cluster Configuration Wizard
        3.  
          Configuring notification
      8.  
        Verifying that your application or server role is configured for HA at the primary site
      9. Setting up your replication environment
        1.  
          Setting up security for Volume Replicator
        2. Requirements for EMC SRDF array-based hardware replication
          1.  
            Software requirements for configuring EMC SRDF
          2.  
            Replication requirements for EMC SRDF
        3. Requirements for Hitachi TrueCopy array-based hardware replication
          1.  
            Software requirements for Hitachi TrueCopy
          2.  
            Replication requirements for Hitachi TrueCopy
      10.  
        Assigning user privileges (secure clusters only)
      11. About configuring disaster recovery with the DR wizard
        1.  
          Configuring disaster recovery with the DR wizard
      12.  
        Cloning the storage on the secondary site using the DR wizard (Volume Replicator replication option)
      13.  
        Creating temporary storage on the secondary site using the DR wizard (array-based replication)
      14. Installing and configuring the application or server role (secondary site)
        1.  
          Installing the FileShare application
        2.  
          Installing the IIS application
        3.  
          Installing additional applications
      15.  
        Cloning the service group configuration from the primary site to the secondary site
      16.  
        Configuring the application service group in a non-shared storage environment
      17. Configuring replication and global clustering
        1.  
          Configuring Volume Replicator replication and global clustering
        2. Configuring EMC SRDF replication and global clustering
          1.  
            Optional settings for EMC SRDF
        3. Configuring Hitachi TrueCopy replication and global clustering
          1.  
            Optional settings for HTC
        4.  
          Configuring global clustering only
      18.  
        Creating the replicated data sets (RDS) for Volume Replicator replication
      19.  
        Creating the Volume Replicator RVG service group for replication
      20. Configuring the global cluster option for wide-area failover
        1.  
          Linking clusters: Adding a remote cluster to a local cluster
        2.  
          Converting a local service group to a global service group
        3.  
          Bringing a global service group online
      21.  
        Verifying the disaster recovery configuration
      22.  
        Establishing secure communication within the global cluster (optional)
      23.  
        Adding multiple DR sites (optional)
      24. Possible task after creating the DR environment: Adding a new failover node to a Volume Replicator environment
        1.  
          Preparing the new node
        2.  
          Preparing the existing DR environment
        3.  
          Modifying the replication and application service groups
        4.  
          Reversing replication direction
      25. Maintaining: Normal operations and recovery procedures (Volume Replicator environment)
        1.  
          Normal operations: Monitoring the status of the replication
        2.  
          Performing planned migration
        3. Disaster recovery procedures
          1.  
            Restoring the primary host
      26.  
        Recovery procedures for service group dependencies
    3. Testing fault readiness by running a fire drill
      1.  
        About disaster recovery fire drills
      2. About the Fire Drill Wizard
        1.  
          About Fire Drill Wizard general operations
        2. About Fire Drill Wizard operations in a Volume Replicator environment
          1.  
            Preparing the fire drill configuration
          2.  
            About running the fire drill
          3.  
            About restoring the fire drill configuration
          4.  
            About deleting the fire drill configuration
        3.  
          About Fire Drill Wizard operations in a Hitachi TrueCopy or EMC SRDF environment
      3.  
        About post-fire drill scripts
      4.  
        Tasks for configuring and running fire drills
      5. Prerequisites for a fire drill
        1.  
          Prerequisites for a fire drill in a Volume Replicator environment
        2.  
          Prerequisites for a fire drill in a Hitachi TrueCopy environment
        3.  
          Prerequisites for a fire drill in an EMC SRDF environment
      6. Preparing the fire drill configuration
        1.  
          System Selection panel details
        2.  
          Service Group Selection panel details
        3.  
          Secondary System Selection panel details
        4.  
          Fire Drill Service Group Settings panel details
        5.  
          Disk Selection panel details
        6.  
          Hitachi TrueCopy Path Information panel details
        7.  
          HTCSnap Resource Configuration panel details
        8.  
          SRDFSnap Resource Configuration panel details
        9.  
          Fire Drill Preparation panel details
      7.  
        Running a fire drill
      8.  
        Re-creating a fire drill configuration that has changed
      9.  
        Restoring the fire drill system to a prepared state
      10. Deleting the fire drill configuration
        1.  
          Fire Drill Deletion panel details
      11.  
        Considerations for switching over fire drill service groups
  7. Section VII. Microsoft Clustering Solutions
    1. Microsoft clustering solutions overview
      1.  
        About Microsoft clustering with high availability
      2.  
        About Microsoft clustering with Volume Replicator
      3.  
        About Microsoft clustering with campus clustering
      4. About the SFW-Microsoft clustering-Volume Replicator configuration
        1.  
          Configuring the quorum device for high availability
    2. Deploying SFW with Microsoft failover clustering
      1.  
        Tasks for deploying InfoScale Storage with Microsoft failover clustering
      2.  
        Reviewing the configuration
      3.  
        Configuring the storage hardware and network
      4.  
        Establishing a Microsoft failover cluster
      5. Tasks for installing InfoScale Foundation or InfoScale Storage for Microsoft failover clustering
        1.  
          Pre-installation task: moving the online groups
        2.  
          About installing the Veritas InfoScale products
        3. Installing the server components using the installation wizard
          1.  
            Applying the selected installation and product options to multiple systems
          2.  
            Registering the InfoScale Storage resource DLLs
        4.  
          Installing the client components
        5.  
          Post-installation task: moving the online groups
      6. Creating SFW disk groups and volumes
        1.  
          Planning disk groups and volumes
        2.  
          Creating a dynamic disk group
        3.  
          Creating dynamic volumes
      7.  
        Creating a group for the application in the failover cluster
      8.  
        Installing the application on cluster nodes
      9.  
        Completing the setup of the application group in the failover cluster
      10. Implementing a dynamic quorum resource
        1.  
          Creating a dynamic cluster disk group and a mirrored volume for the quorum resource
        2.  
          Adding a VMDg resource for the quorum
        3.  
          Changing the quorum resource to a dynamic mirrored quorum resource
      11.  
        Verifying the cluster configuration
      12.  
        Configuring InfoScale Storage in an existing Microsoft Failover Cluster
    3. Deploying SFW with Microsoft failover clustering in a campus cluster
      1.  
        Tasks for deploying InfoScale Storage with Microsoft failover clustering in a campus cluster
      2. Reviewing the configuration
        1.  
          Overview of campus clustering with Microsoft clustering
        2. Campus cluster failure with Microsoft clustering scenarios
          1.  
            Dealing with a failover situation
        3. Microsoft clustering quorum and quorum arbitration
          1.  
            Quorum
          2.  
            Cluster ownership of the quorum resource
          3.  
            The vxclus utility
      3.  
        Configuring the storage hardware and network
      4. Establishing a Microsoft failover cluster
        1.  
          Connecting the two nodes
      5. Tasks for installing InfoScale Foundation or InfoScale Storage for Microsoft failover clustering
        1.  
          Pre-installation task: moving the online groups
        2.  
          About installing the Veritas InfoScale products
        3.  
          Post-installation task: moving the online groups
      6. Creating disk groups and volumes
        1.  
          Example disk group and volume configuration in campus cluster
        2.  
          Considerations when creating disks and volumes for campus clusters
        3.  
          Viewing the available disk storage
        4.  
          Creating a dynamic disk group
        5.  
          Adding disks to campus cluster sites
        6.  
          Creating volumes for campus clusters
      7. Implementing a dynamic quorum resource
        1.  
          Creating a dynamic cluster disk group and a mirrored volume for the quorum resource
        2.  
          Adding a VMDg resource for the quorum
        3.  
          Changing the quorum resource to a dynamic mirrored quorum resource
      8.  
        Setting up a group for the application in the failover cluster
      9. Installing the application on the cluster nodes
        1.  
          Pointers for installing the application on the first node
        2.  
          Pointers for installing the application on the second node
      10.  
        Completing the setup of the application group in the cluster
      11.  
        Verifying the cluster configuration
    4. Deploying SFW and VVR with Microsoft failover clustering
      1.  
        Tasks for deploying InfoScale Storage and Volume Replicator with Microsoft failover clustering
      2. Part 1: Setting up the cluster on the primary site
        1. Reviewing the prerequisites and the configuration
          1.  
            Reviewing the configuration
        2.  
          Installing and configuring the hardware
        3.  
          Installing Windows and configuring network settings
        4.  
          Establishing a Microsoft failover cluster
        5.  
          Installing InfoScale Storage (primary site)
        6.  
          Setting up security for Volume Replicator
        7.  
          Creating SFW disk groups and volumes
        8.  
          Completing the primary site configuration
      3. Part 2: Setting up the cluster on the secondary site
        1.  
          Repeating cluster configuration steps for the secondary site
      4. Part 3: Adding the Volume Replicator components for replication
        1.  
          Volume Replicator components overview
        2.  
          Configuring the Replicator Log volumes for Volume Replicator
        3.  
          Creating the Replicated Data Sets with the wizard
        4.  
          Creating resources for Volume Replicator
        5. Creating an RVG resource and setting the dependencies
          1.  
            Creating an RVG resource
          2.  
            Setting the application resource dependency on the RVG resource
      5. Part 4: Maintaining normal operations and recovery procedures
        1.  
          Normal operations: Monitoring the status of the replication
        2.  
          Performing planned migration
        3. Disaster recovery procedures
          1.  
            Bringing up the application on the secondary host
          2.  
            Restoring the primary host
  8. Section VIII. Server Consolidation
    1. Server consolidation overview
      1.  
        Server consolidation definition
      2.  
        Need for implementing server consolidation
      3.  
        Advantages of using SFW with server consolidation
      4.  
        Overview of the server consolidation process
    2. Server consolidation configurations
      1. Typical server consolidation configuration
        1.  
          Proof of concept
      2. Server consolidation configuration 1 - many to one
        1. About this configuration
          1.  
            Proof of concept
          2.  
            Phased approach: Flexible use of storage devices
        2.  
          Preparing to consolidate
        3.  
          Migrating the data to the large server
        4.  
          Adding the storage array
        5.  
          Completing the consolidation process
      3. Server consolidation configuration 2 - many to two: Adding clustering and DMP
        1. About this configuration
          1.  
            More on DMP paths
        2.  
          Adding the new hardware
        3.  
          Establishing the Microsoft failover cluster
        4.  
          Adding SFW support to the cluster
        5.  
          Setting up Microsoft failover cluster groups for the applications
        6.  
          Installing applications on the second computer
        7.  
          Completing the setup of the application group in the Microsoft cluster
        8.  
          Changing the quorum resource to the dynamic quorum resource
        9.  
          Verifying the cluster configuration
        10.  
          Enabling DMP
      4. SFW features that support server consolidation
        1.  
          Automatic volume growth
        2.  
          Features that support storage in a SAN
        3.  
          Performance monitoring
  9. Appendix A. Using Veritas AppProtect for vSphere
    1.  
      About Just In Time Availability
    2.  
      Prerequisites
    3.  
      Setting up a plan
    4.  
      Deleting a plan
    5.  
      Managing a plan
    6.  
      Viewing the history tab
    7.  
      Limitations of Just In Time Availability
    8.  
      Getting started with Just In Time Availability
    9.  
      Supported operating systems and configurations
    10.  
      Viewing the properties
    11.  
      Log files
    12.  
      Plan states
    13.  
      Troubleshooting Just In Time Availability

Installing the server components using the installation wizard

The product installation wizard allows you to install the product on multiple systems at a time.

Before you begin to install the product ensure that you have reviewed the installation prerequisites, licensing, and the product co-existence details.

Note:

If you plan to install InfoScale Storage in an active Microsoft Failover Cluster, ensure that you have reviewed the applicable pre-requisites, and use the "rolling-install" procedure to perform the product installation. To use the "rolling-install" procedure, install InfoScale Storage first on the inactive cluster node. Then move the cluster resources to the other node and install the product on the now inactive node.

Perform the following steps to install the server components

  1. Download the installation package from the following location:

    https://sort.veritas.com

  2. Allow the autorun feature to start the installation or double-click Setup.exe.

    The CD browser appears.

    Note:

    If you install the software using the product software disc, the CD browser displays the installation options for all the products. However, if you download the installation package from the Veritas website, the CD browser displays the installation options only for the product to be installed.

  3. Click the required product-specific tab and then click the link to install the components.

    Note:

    The client components are installed by default along with the server components. However, the client components are not installed if the system is a server core machine.

    In addition to the product-specific tabs, the CD browser also provides the following links:

    Late Breaking News

    Click to access the latest information about updates, patches, and software issues regarding this release.

    Windows Data Collector

    Click to verify that your configuration meets all pertinent software and hardware requirements.

    SORT

    Click to access the Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools (SORT) site.

    In addition to the product download you can also download the custom reports about your computer and Veritas enterprise products, a checklist providing configuration recommendations, and system and patch requirements to install or upgrade your software.

    Browse Contents

    Click to view the software disc contents.

    Technical Support

    Click to contact Veritas Technical Support.

  4. On the Welcome panel, review the list of prerequisites and click Next.
  5. On the License panel, read the license terms, select I accept the terms of License Agreement, and then click Next.
  6. On the System Selection panel, select the systems and the desired Installation and Product options:

    You can select the systems in one of the following ways:

    • In the System Name or IP text box, manually type the system name or its IP address and click Add.

      If you specify an IPv6 address, make sure to use the unicast format.

      The local host is populated by default.

    • Alternatively, browse to select the systems.

      The systems that belong to the domain in which you have logged in are listed in the Available Systems list. Select one or more systems and click the right arrow to move them to the Selected Systems list. Click OK.

    Once you add or select a system, the wizard performs certain validation checks, and notes the details in the Verification Details box. To review the details, select the desired system.

    To select the installation and product options, perform the following tasks on each of the selected system.

    Note:

    To apply the selection to multiple systems, select the system for which you have selected the installation and product options and then click Apply to multiple systems.

    See Applying the selected installation and product options to multiple systems.

    • By default the wizard uses %ProgramFiles%\Veritas as the installation directory. To customize the installation directory, click Browse and select the desired location. Click OK.

      Install the product at the same location on all the systems.

      If you are upgrading the product, the installation directory is selected by default.

      Note:

      The installation directory must contain only English characters, if:

      - You plan to configure the cluster for single sign-on authentication.

      Your system runs a non-English locale operating system.

    • Select the required license type from the License key drop-down list.

      Note:

      The default license type is "Keyless".

      If you select the "Keyless" license type, all the available product options are displayed and are selected by default.

      If you select "User entered license key" as your license type, the License Details panel appears by default. On the License Details panel, browse to the location where you have saved the license key(s) and select the license key for the product you currently want to install. You can select only one license key at a time.

      Note:

      The license key file must be present on the same node where you are trying to install the product.

      The wizard validates the entered license key and displays the relevant error if the validation fails. After the validation is complete, click OK.

    • From the list of product options, select the options to be installed.

      The options differ depending on the product you install.

      For the list of available options and details about the scenarios in which they can be used, refer to:

  7. On the System Selection panel, click Next.

    Note that the wizard fails to proceed with the installation, unless all the selected systems have passed the validation checks and are ready for installation. In case the validation checks have failed on any of the system, review the details and rectify the issue. Before you choose to proceed with the installation, select the system and click Re-verify to re-initiate the validation checks for this system.

  8. On the Pre-install Summary panel, review the summary and click Next.

    Note that the Automatically reboot systems after installer completes operation check box is selected by default. This selection reboots all the selected remote systems immediately after the installation is complete on the respective system. If you do not want the wizard to initiate this auto reboot, clear the selection of Automatically reboot systems after installer completes operation check box.

  9. On the Installation panel, review the progress of installation and click Next after the installation is complete.

    If an installation is not successful on any of the systems, the status screen shows a failed installation.

    Note:

    During the upgrade, the Installation panel displays a list of services and processes running on the systems. Select a system to view the services and processes running on it and review the list.

    The wizard stops the product-specific services and discovers the processes running, if any, on the systems. These processes need to be stopped to proceed with the operation. Click Next to forcefully stop the processes and proceed with the operation. Alternatively, you can manually stop the processes. If the services or processes cannot be stopped, the operation fails. Rectify the error and then click Retry to validate the affected system again. Click Retry All to validate all the systems again.

    In case you want to proceed with the upgrade without stopping a particular process, contact Veritas Technical Support.

  10. On the Post-install Summary panel, review the installation result and click Next.

    If the installation has failed on any of the system, refer to the log file for details. You may have to re-install the software.

  11. On the Finish panel, click Finish.

    If you had chosen to initiate the auto reboot, a confirmation message to reboot the local system appears. Click Yes to reboot immediately or No to reboot later.

    In case you had not selected to initiate the auto reboot, ensure that you manually reboot these systems.

This completes the product installation. Check the SORT website for the applicable patches, agents, or the array-specific modules, if any, to be installed:

https://sort.veritas.com/

You can now proceed to configure the required components. Refer to the component-specific guides for more details about the configuration tasks.

Note:

If you have installed InfoScale Storage with Microsoft Failover Cluster, but the cluster is not yet configured, you must register the InfoScale Storage resources, after configuring the Microsoft failover cluster software.

See Registering the InfoScale Storage resource DLLs.

However, if you have installed InfoScale Storage in an active Microsoft Failover Cluster, then you must remove the physical disk resources for all the basic disks. You must do so before configuring the InfoScale Storage cluster disk groups. Failing this, a reservation conflict occurs.