Veritas™ Resiliency Platform 2.2 Deployment Guide
- Section I. Overview and planning
- Overview of Resiliency Platform
- Recovery to premises using third-party replication technologies
- Recovery to premises using Resiliency Platform Data Mover
- Recovery to AWS using Resiliency Platform Data Mover
- Recovery to vCloud Using Resiliency Platform Data Mover
- System requirements
- Section II. Deploying and configuring the virtual appliances
- Section III. Setting up and managing the resiliency domain
- Setting up the resiliency domain
- Setting up the resiliency domain
- About the web console
- Connecting to the Resiliency Platform web console
- Getting started with a new Resiliency Platform configuration
- Adding a Resiliency Manager to an existing resiliency domain
- Removing a Resiliency Manager from a resiliency domain
- Viewing the status of a Resiliency Manager in a data center
- Managing Infrastructure Management Servers
- Managing NetBackup and NetBackup Appliances
- About NetBackup and NetBackup Appliances
- About protecting assets with NetBackup using Resiliency Platform
- Using NetBackup - an overview
- Prerequisites for integrating NetBackup with Resiliency Platform
- Adding NetBackup master server
- Adding IMS to NetBackup master server as an additional server
- Editing the NetBackup master server
- Removing the NetBackup master server
- Removing IMS from NetBackup master server
- Refreshing the NetBackup master server
- Managing Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager Server
- About Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager
- Resiliency Platform support for InfoScale applications
- Managing InfoScale applications using Resiliency Platform
- Support matrix for InfoScale applications
- Prerequisites for managing Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager server using Resiliency Platform
- Adding a Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager server
- Regenerating registration URL for a Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager server
- Deleting a Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager server
- Editing the details of a Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager server
- Reconnecting the Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager to a Resiliency Manager
- Managing Resiliency Platform Data Mover gateway pairing
- Viewing Veritas Replication Gateways
- About Veritas Replication Gateway pairs
- How Resiliency Platform Data Mover supports encryption for data replication
- Creating a Veritas Replication Gateway pair
- Removing a Veritas Replication Gateway pair
- Viewing Veritas Replication Gateway pairs
- Modifying encryption for a Veritas Replication Gateway pair
- Setting up the resiliency domain
- Section IV. Adding the asset infrastructure
- Managing asset infrastructure
- Asset infrastructure use cases
- Adding asset infrastructure for Hyper-V virtual machines
- Adding asset infrastructure for VMware virtual machines
- Adding asset infrastructure for application discovery on Hyper-V virtual machines
- Adding asset infrastructure for application discovery on VMware virtual machines
- Adding asset infrastructure for application discovery on physical systems
- Adding the asset infrastructure
- Managing host assets
- Managing Hyper-V assets
- Managing VMware virtualization servers
- Managing enclosure assets
- Preparing and maintaining host assets
- About adding host assets
- Prerequisites for adding hosts
- Adding a Windows Install host
- Installing the host package on a Windows host
- Adding application hosts
- Preparing host for replication
- Removing hosts
- Refreshing host discovery information
- Uninstalling the host package from a Linux host
- Uninstalling the host package from a Windows host
- Managing Hyper-V virtualization server assets
- About Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization discovery
- Prerequisites for Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization discovery
- Adding Hyper-V virtualization servers
- Removing Hyper-V virtualization servers
- Refreshing Hyper-V virtualization servers
- Configuring asset infrastructure for replication for Hyper-V virtual machines
- Managing VMware virtualization server assets
- Prerequisites for adding VMware virtualization servers
- VMware vCenter Server privileges required for implementing Resiliency Platform Data Mover
- About near real-time discovery of VMware events
- Setting up near real-time discovery of VMware events
- Configuring the VMware vCenter Server to generate SNMP traps
- About adding a host for discovery of VMware servers
- Adding VMware virtualization servers
- Editing a VMware virtualization discovery configuration
- Viewing the details of a VMware virtualization discovery configuration
- Removing a VMware vCenter Server discovery configuration
- Refreshing VMware vCenter Server discovery information
- Managing enclosure assets
- About the discovery host for enclosures
- Configuration prerequisites for adding storage enclosures to an IMS
- Adding storage enclosures
- Adding RecoverPoint appliance for replication
- Editing the discovery configuration for an enclosure
- Removing the discovery configuration for an enclosure
- Refreshing enclosure discovery information
- Managing asset infrastructure
- Section V. Managing users and global product settings
- Managing licenses
- Managing user authentication and permissions
- Managing user authentication and permissions
- About user authentication in the web console
- About user permissions in the web console
- Predefined personas
- About limiting object scope for personas
- Configuring authentication domains
- Editing authentication domains
- Unconfiguring authentication domains
- Showing domains on login screen
- Configuring user groups and users
- Assigning permissions to user groups and users
- Adding custom personas
- Predefined jobs that can be used for custom personas
- Configuring Windows global user
- Managing service objectives
- Managing reports
- Managing settings
- Managing settings for alerts and notifications and miscellaneous product settings
- Adding, modifying, or deleting email settings
- Adding, modifying, or deleting SNMP settings
- Downloading the MIB file
- Setting up rules for event notifications
- Adding, modifying, or removing Syslog server
- Modifying the purge setting for logs and SNMP traps
- Modifying the purge setting for reports
- Modifying the purge setting for activities
- Enabling or disabling telemetry collection
- Section VI. Updating or uninstalling the product
- Updating Resiliency Platform
- About updating Resiliency Platform
- About applying updates to Resiliency Platform
- Prerequisites for a repository server
- Downloading the Resiliency Platform update
- Using YUM virtual appliance as YUM server
- Setting up the repository server
- Adding a repository server in Resiliency Platform
- Assigning a repository server in Resiliency Platform
- Applying updates to virtual appliances using the console
- Applying updates to virtual appliance using klish menu
- Applying update on Resiliency Managers
- Applying update for InfoScale environment
- Applying updates to Resiliency Platform Data Mover bundle
- Applying updates to the hosts
- Removing an update from the repository server
- Uninstalling Resiliency Platform
- Updating Resiliency Platform
- Section VII. Troubleshooting and maintenance
- Troubleshooting and maintenance
- Viewing events and logs in the console
- Accessing Resiliency Platform log files
- Displaying risk information
- About the Resiliency Manager services
- Components of Resiliency Platform virtual appliance
- Troubleshooting discovery of assets
- About the frequency of asset information discovery
- Troubleshooting the connection between Resiliency Managers in a resiliency domain
- Troubleshooting removing a Resiliency Manager from a resiliency domain
- Manually recovering the replication gateway
- Using Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools to find a Unique Message Identifier description and solution
- Troubleshooting and maintenance
- Section VIII. Reference
- Glossary
Predefined risks in Resiliency Platform
Table: Predefined risks lists the predefined risks available in Resiliency Platform. These risks are reflected in the current risk report and the historical risk report.
Table: Predefined risks
Risks | Description | Risk detection time | Risk type | Affected operation | Fix if violated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Veritas Infoscale Operations Manager disconnected | Checks for Veritas Infoscale Operations Manager to Resiliency Manager connection state | 1 minute | Error | All operations | Check Veritas Infoscale Operations Manager reachability Try to reconnect Veritas Infoscale Operations Manager |
vCenter Password Incorrect | Checks if vCenter password is incorrect | 5 minutes | Error |
| In case of a password change, resolve the password issue and refresh the vCenter configuration |
VM tools not installed | Checks if VM Tools are not Installed. It may affect IP Customization and VM Shutdown. | Real time, when resiliency group is created | Error |
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Snapshot removed from Virtual Machine | Checks if snapshot has been removed from virtual machine. | 5 minutes | Error | Resiliency Platform Data Mover replication | Edit the resiliency group to refresh configuration |
Snapshot reverted on Virtual Machine | Checks if snapshot has been reverted on virtual machine. | 5 minutes | Error | Resiliency Platform Data Mover replication | Remove and re-add the virtual machine to the Resiliency group by editing Resiliency group |
Data Mover Daemon Crash | Checks if VM Data Mover filter is not able to connect to its counterpart in ESX. | 5 minutes | Error | Resiliency Platform Data Mover replication | In order to continue the replication, you can move (VMotion) the VM to a different ESX node in the cluster and either troubleshoot the issue with this ESX node or raise a support case with Veritas |
Snapshot created on Virtual Machine | Checks if a snapshot has been created on Virtual machine. | 5 minutes | Error | Resiliency Platform Data Mover replication | Edit the resiliency group to refresh configuration |
DataMover virtual machine in noop mode | Checks if VM Data Mover filter is not able to connect to its counterpart in ESX. | 5 minutes | Error | Resiliency Platform Data Mover replication | In order to continue the replication, you can move (VMotion) the VM to a different ESX node in the cluster and either troubleshoot the issue with this ESX node or raise a support case with Veritas |
Resiliency group configuration drift | Checks if disk configuration of any of the assets in the resiliency group has changed. | 30 minutes | Error |
| Edit the resiliency group to first remove the impacted virtual machine from the resiliency group and then add it back to the resiliency group. |
Global user deleted | Checks if there are no global users. In this case, the user will not be able to customize the IP for Windows machines in VMware environment. | Real time | Warning |
| Edit the resiliency group or add a Global user |
Missing heartbeat from Resiliency Manager | Checks for heartbeat failure from a Resiliency Manager. | 5 minutes | Error | All | Fix the Resiliency Manager connectivity issue |
Infrastructure Management Server disconnected | Check for Infrastructure Management Server(IMS) to Resiliency Manager(RM) connection state. | 1 minute | Error | All | Check IMS reachability Try to reconnect IMS |
Storage Discovery Host down | Checks if the discovery daemon is down on the storage discovery host | 15 minutes | Error | Migrate | Resolve the discovery daemon issue |
DNS removed | Checks if DNS is removed from the resiliency group where DNS customization is enabled | real time | Warning |
| Edit the Resiliency Group and disable DNS customization |
IOTap driver not configured | Checks if the IOTap driver is not configured | 2 hours | Error | None | Configure the IOTap driver This risk is removed when the workload is configured for disaster recovery |
VMware Discovery Host Down | Checks if the discovery daemon is down on the VMware Discovery Host | 15 minutes | Error | Migrate | Resolve the discovery daemon issue |
VM restart is pending | Checks if the VM has not been restarted after add host operation | 2 hours | Error | Configure DR | Restart the VM after add host operation |
New VM added to replication storage | Checks if a virtual machine that is added to a Veritas Replication Set on a primary site, is not a part of the resiliency group. | 5 minutes | Error |
| Add the virtual machine to the resiliency group. |
Replication lag exceeding RPO | Checks if the replication lag exceeds the thresholds defined for the resiliency group. This risk affects the SLA for the services running on your production data center. | 5 minutes | Warning |
| Check if the replication lag exceeds the RPO that is defined in the Service Objective |
Replication state broken/critical | Checks if the replication is not working or is in a critical condition for each resiliency group. | 5 minutes | Error |
| Contact the enclosure vendor. |
Remote mount point already mounted | Checks if the mount point is not available for mounting on target site for any of the following reasons:
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| Warning |
| Unmount the mount point that is already mounted or is being used by other assets. |
Disk utilization critical | Checks if at least 80% of the disk capacity is being utilized. The risk is generated for all the resiliency groups associated with that particular file system. |
| Warning |
| Delete or move some files or uninstall some non-critical applications to free up some disk space. |
ESX not reachable | Checks if the ESX server is in a disconnected state. | 5 minutes | Error |
| Resolve the ESX server connection issue. |
vCenter Server not reachable | Checks if the virtualization server is unreachable or if the password for the virtualization server has changed. | 5 minutes | Error |
| Resolve the virtualization server connection issue. In case of a password change, resolve the password issue. |
Insufficient compute resources on failover target | Checks if there are insufficient CPU resources on failover target in a virtual environment. | 6 hours | Warning |
| Reduce the number of CPUs assigned to the virtual machines on the primary site to match the available CPU resources on failover target. |
Host not added on recovery data center | Checks if the host is not added to the IMS on the recovery data center. | 30 minutes | Error | Migrate | Check the following and fix:
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NetBackup Notification channel disconnected | Checks for NetBackup Notification channel connection state | 5 minutes | Error | Restore | Check if the NetBackup Notification channel is added to the NetBackup master server. |
Backup image violates the defined RPO | Checks if the backup image violates the defined RPO | 30 minutes | Warning | No operation |
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NetBackup master server disconnected | Checks if NetBackup master server is disconnected or not reachable | 5 minutes | Error | Restore | Check if IMS is added as an additional server to the NetBackup master server |
Assets do not have copy policy | Checks if the assets do not have a copy policy | 3 hours | Warning | No operation | Set up copy policy and then refresh the NetBackup master server |
Target replication is not configured | Checks if the target replication is not configured | 3 hours | Warning | No operation | Configure target replication and then refresh the NetBackup master server |
Disabled NetBackup Policy | NetBackup policy associated with the virtual machine is disabled | 3 hours | Warning | No operation | Fix the disabled policy |