Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 8.0.1 HA and DR Solutions Guide for Enterprise Vault - Windows

To create the EV service group

1. Start the Enterprise Vault Cluster Setup Wizard from the Apps menu on the Start screen.

   Alternatively, launch the Solutions Configuration Center from the Apps menu on the Start screen, expand the Solutions for Enterprise Vault Server tab, and click High Availability (HA) Configuration (New Server) > Configure the Enterprise Vault Service Group > Enterprise Vault Cluster Setup Wizard.

2. Review the information in the Welcome panel and click Next.
3. On the Wizard Options panel click Create service group and then click Next.
4. On the Service Group Configuration panel, specify the service group details and then click Next

   Service Group Name	Type a name for the EV service group.
   Available Cluster Systems	Select the systems on which to configure the service group and click the right arrow to move the systems to the service group's system list. To remove a system from the service group's system list, click the system in the Systems in Priority Order box and click the left arrow. To change a system's priority in the service group's system list, click the system from the Systems in Priority Order and click the up and down arrows. System priority defines the order in which service groups are failed over to systems. The system at the top of the list has the highest priority while the system at the bottom of the list has the lowest priority.
   Include selected systems in the service group's AutoStartList attribute	To enable the service group to automatically come online on one of the systems, select this checkbox. For information about the AutoStartList attribute, see the Cluster Server Administrator's Guide.

5. On the Virtual Server Configuration panel, specify information related to your network and then click Next.

   • Select IPv4 to configure an IPv4 address for the EV virtual server.

     • In the Virtual IP Address field, type a unique virtual IPv4 address for the EV virtual server.

     • In the Subnet Mask field, type the subnet to which the virtual IPv4 address belongs.

   • Select IPv6 to configure an IPv6 address for the EV virtual server. The IPv6 option is disabled if the network does not support IPv6.

     • Select the network from the drop-down list. The wizard uses the network prefix and automatically generates an IPv6 address that is valid and unique on the network.

   • In the Virtual Server Name field, type a unique name for the EV virtual server. This is the name by which the EV server will be referenced by clients. The virtual name must not exceed 15 characters. You will need to specify the same name when running the Enterprise Vault Configuration Wizard.

   • For each system in the cluster, select the public network adapter name. The Adapter Display Name field displays the TCP/IP enabled adapters on a system, including the private network adapters, if applicable.

     To view the adapters associated with a system, click the Adapter Display Name field and click the arrow. Verify that you select the adapters assigned to the public network, not the private.

   • If you require a computer object to be created in the Active Directory (AD), click Advanced Settings, check the Active Directory Update Required checkbox, specify the desired Organizational Unit in the domain and then click OK.

     This sets the Lanman resource attributes ADUpdateRequired and ADCriticalForOnline to true. This allows the Lanman agent to update Active Directory with the SQL virtual server name.

     You can type the OU details in the format

     CN=Computers,DC=domainname,DC=com.

     To search for the OU, click the ellipsis button and specify the search criteria in the Windows Find Organizational Units dialog box. By default, the Lanman resource adds the virtual server to the default container "Computers."

   • Click OK. The user account for VCS Helper service must have adequate privileges on the specified container to create and update computer accounts.

6. On the MSMQ and RegRep Directory Details panel, complete the following and then click Next:

   MSMQ Directory	Type a path or click ... (ellipsis button) to browse for the directory. All MSMQ data is stored at this location. Note: The wizard, by default, also stores the Indexing service and Shopping service data at this location. You can modify the location while configuring the EV Server, later.
   Replication Directory	Type a path or click ... (ellipsis button) to browse for the registry replication directory. This directory contains the list of registry keys to replicate. Veritas recommends that you configure the MSMQ and registry replication directories on different volumes.

   Note:

   Make sure that this is a new or empty directory. This directory must not contain data pertaining to an MSMQ service group that was deleted.

7. On the Storage Location Details panel, select the volumes that you want to configure for EV data and then click Next.

   Select the volumes from the Available Volumes box and then click the right arrow button to move them to the Selected Volumes box. The volumes listed in the Available volumes box do not include the volumes you specified for MSMQ and registry replication.

8. On the Service Group Summary panel, review the service group configuration.

   Resources	Displays a list of configured resources. The wizard assigns unique names to resources. Change the names of resource, if required. To edit a resource name, select the resource name and either click it or press the F2 key. Edit the resource name and then press the Enter key to confirm the changes. To cancel editing a resource name, press the Esc key.
   Attributes	Displays the attributes and their configured values, for a resource selected in the Resources list.
   Enable FastFailOver attribute for all the VMDg resources in the service group	To enable all the VMDg resources in the service group for fast failover, select this checkbox. For information about the FastFailOver attribute, see the Cluster Server Administrator's Guide.

   • Click Next.

     A message appears informing you that the wizard will run commands to modify the service group configuration.

   • Click Yes.

     The wizard starts running commands to create the service group. Various messages indicate the status of these commands.

9. On the completion dialog box, check Bring the service group online check box to bring the EV service group online on the local system, and then click Finish.