Cluster Server 7.4 Agent for EMC SRDF Configuration Guide - Windows

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (7.4.1)
Platform: Windows
  1. Introducing the agent for EMC SRDF
    1.  
      About the agent for EMC SRDF
    2.  
      Supported hardware for EMC SRDF
    3.  
      Supported software
    4.  
      Typical EMC SRDF setup in a VCS cluster
    5. EMC SRDF agent functions
      1.  
        About the EMC SRDF agent's online function
      2.  
        About dynamic swap support for the EMC SRDF agent
    6.  
      Installing the agent for EMC SRDF
  2. Configuring the agent for EMC SRDF
    1. Configuration concepts for the EMC SRDF agent
      1.  
        Resource type definition for the EMC SRDF agent
      2. Attribute definitions for the SRDF agent
        1.  
          Required attributes
        2.  
          Optional attributes
        3.  
          Internal attributes
      3.  
        Sample configuration for the EMC SRDF agent
    2. Before you configure the agent for EMC SRDF
      1.  
        About cluster heartbeats
      2.  
        About configuring system zones in replicated data clusters
      3.  
        About preventing split-brain
    3. Configuring the agent for EMC SRDF
      1. Configuring the agent manually in a global cluster
        1.  
          Configuring the Symm heartbeat on each cluster
      2.  
        Configuring the agent manually in a replicated data cluster
      3.  
        Setting the OnlineTimeout attribute for the SRDF resource
      4.  
        Additional configuration considerations for the SRDF agent
  3. Testing VCS disaster recovery support with EMC SRDF
    1. How VCS recovers from various disasters in an HA/DR setup with EMC SRDF
      1.  
        Failure scenarios in global clusters
      2.  
        Failure scenarios in replicated data clusters
    2.  
      Testing the global service group migration
    3.  
      Testing disaster recovery after host failure
    4.  
      Testing disaster recovery after site failure
    5.  
      Performing failback after a node failure or an application failure
    6.  
      Performing failback after a site failure
  4. Setting up fire drill
    1.  
      About fire drills
    2.  
      Fire drill configurations
    3. About the SRDFSnap agent
      1.  
        SRDFSnap agent functions
      2.  
        Resource type definition for the SRDFSnap agent
      3.  
        Attribute definitions for the SRDFSnap agent
      4.  
        About the Snapshot attributes
      5.  
        Sample configuration for a fire drill service group
    4.  
      Additional considerations for running a fire drill
    5.  
      Before you configure the fire drill service group
    6. Configuring the fire drill service group
      1.  
        About the Fire Drill wizard
    7.  
      Verifying a successful fire drill

Supported hardware for EMC SRDF

The SRDF agent supports Solutions Enabler (SE) V6.4 up to V8.0.1. The SRDF agent also supports corresponding array microcode levels. The supported array models include EMC Symmetrix DMX and EMC Symmetrix V-Max family of arrays. Refer to the EMC hardware compatibility list for specific information.