Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 7.3.1 HA and DR Solutions Guide for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 - Windows

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (7.3.1)
  1. Introducing Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions for SharePoint 2010
    1.  
      About clustering solutions with SFW HA
    2.  
      About high availability
    3.  
      How a high availability solution works
    4.  
      About replication
    5.  
      About disaster recovery
    6.  
      What you can do with a disaster recovery solution
    7.  
      Typical disaster recovery configuration
    8. About high availability support for SharePoint Server
      1.  
        About disaster recovery support for SharePoint Server
      2.  
        Before you begin configuring quick recovery for SharePoint Server 2010
      3.  
        About quick recovery support for SharePoint Server
    9.  
      About the SharePoint Search service application
  2. Introducing the VCS agent for SharePoint Server 2010
    1.  
      About the VCS agent for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
    2.  
      SharePoint Server agent functions
    3.  
      SharePoint Server agent state definitions
    4.  
      SharePoint Server agent resource type definition
    5.  
      SharePoint Server agent attribute definitions
  3. Configuration workflows for SharePoint Server 2010
    1. Reviewing the HA configuration
      1.  
        Sample SharePoint Server HA configuration
      2.  
        Following the HA workflow in the Solutions Configuration Center
    2.  
      Reviewing the disaster recovery configuration
    3.  
      High availability (HA) configuration
    4.  
      Disaster recovery configuration
    5. Notes and recommendations for cluster and application configuration
      1.  
        IPv6 support
    6.  
      Configuring the storage hardware and network
    7. Configuring the cluster using the Cluster Configuration Wizard
      1.  
        Configuring notification
      2.  
        Adding nodes to a cluster
  4. 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
  5. Installing and configuring SharePoint Server 2010 for high availability
    1.  
      About installing and configuring SharePoint
    2.  
      Configuring 64-bit Perl for SharePoint
    3. About configuring SharePoint service groups
      1.  
        Before you configure a SharePoint service group
      2.  
        Creating a SharePoint service group
      3.  
        About service groups for SharePoint Search
    4.  
      Verifying the SharePoint cluster configuration
    5.  
      Considerations when modifying a SharePoint service group
  6. Configuring disaster recovery for SharePoint Server 2010
    1.  
      Tasks for configuring disaster recovery for SharePoint Server
    2. Configuring the SQL Server service group for DR in the SharePoint environment
      1.  
        Updating the SQL Server IP address
      2. Updating the IP address for web requests
        1.  
          Requirements
        2.  
          Customizing the DNS update settings for the web servers
        3.  
          Configuring a resource for the web servers
    3. Configuring the secondary site for SharePoint disaster recovery
      1.  
        Installing InfoScale Enterprise and configuring the cluster on the secondary site
      2.  
        About installing the SharePoint servers on the secondary site
      3.  
        About configuring the SharePoint service groups on the secondary site
      4.  
        Verifying the service group configuration
  7. Introducing the VCS agent for SharePoint Search Service Application
    1. About the VCS agent for SharePoint Search service application
      1.  
        How the VCS agent makes SharePoint Search service application highly available
      2.  
        VCS agent for SharePoint Search service application - functions
      3.  
        VCS agent for SharePoint Search service application - state definitions
      4.  
        Resource type definition
      5.  
        Attribute definitions
      6.  
        Sample configuration file
    2. Configuring the SharePoint Search Service Application service group
      1.  
        Prerequisites for configuring a service group for a SharePoint Search service application
      2.  
        Installing and configuring SharePoint Server 2010
      3.  
        Changing the index location of the Crawl and Query components
      4.  
        Configuring a service group for a SharePoint Search service application manually
      5.  
        Configuring the service group for a Search service application using the wizard
      6. Verifying the application service group
        1.  
          Bringing the service group online
        2.  
          Taking the service group offline
        3.  
          Switching the service group
        4.  
          Disabling the service group
      7.  
        Configuring a Search service application for disaster recovery
    3. Administering the SharePoint Search Service Application service group
      1.  
        About administering the application service group
      2.  
        Modifying the application service group
      3.  
        Deleting the application service group
  8. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      About troubleshooting VCS agents
    2. Troubleshooting issues with SharePoint Search service application components
      1.  
        Restoring the Crawl or Query component registry keys
    3. VCS logging
      1.  
        VCS Cluster Configuration Wizard (VCW) logs
    4. Agent error messages and descriptions
      1.  
        VCS agent for SharePoint Search service application
  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

Prerequisites

Before getting started with Just In Time Availability, ensure that the following prerequisites are met:

  • The Just In Time (JIT) solution feature cannot co-exist with VMware HA, VMware FT, and VMware DRS. This pre-requisite is applicable for Unplanned Recoveryonly.

  • VIOM 7.2 version must be installed and configured using fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or IP.

  • Make sure that you have the admin privileges for vCenter.

  • VMware Tools must be installed and running on the guest virtual machine.

  • VIOM Control Host add-on must be installed on VIOM server or machine.

  • The virtual machines must be added in VIOM. The virtual machines, vSphere ESX servers, and VIOM must have the same Network Time Protocol (NTP) server configured.

  • Make sure to specify VIOM Central Server FQDN or IP in the SNMP Settings of the vCenter Server.

  • vCenter Server and VIOM must be configured using the same FQDN or IP address. Make sure that if FQDN is used to configure vCenter in VIOM Server that is used during the configuration.

  • If raw disk mapping (RDM) disks are added to the virtual machine, then make sure that the virtual machine is in the physical compatibility mode. Veritas AppProtect does not support the virtual compatibility mode for RDM disks.

  • For Microsoft Windows operating system, make sure that you have the Microsoft Windows product license key. The key is required to run the Sysprep utility, which enables customization of the Windows operating system for a clone operation.

  • For RHEL7 and SUSE12 operating system, install the deployPkg plug-in file on the virtual machine.

    For more information on installing the plug-in, see

    https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2075048

  • Make sure that the InfoScale Availability service group is configured with one of the storage agents such as Mount, DiskGroup, LVMVolumeGroup, VMNSDg (for Windows), or DiskRes (for Windows), for the data disks. This configuration enables Veritas AppProtect to discover data disks for the applications. Also, ensure that the service group is online to determine data disk mapping.

  • Virtual machines which have snapshots associated with them are not supported.

  • Virtual machines with SCSI Bus Sharing are not supported.

  • Make sure that the SNMP Traps are configured for the following from vCenter server to VIOM:

    • Registered virtual machine

    • Reconfigured virtual machine

    • Virtual machine which is getting cloned

  • Make sure that the boot disk of VM's (vmdk) does not have spaces.

  • For HA console add on upgrade from VIOM 7.1 to VIOM 7.2, refer Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager 7.2 Add-ons User's Guide for more details.

  • Make sure to set the vSphere DRS Automation Level to manual, if you want to configure Restart VM on target ESX or Restore VM on target ESX policies for your plan.

  • Ensure to update or edit the plan, when a virtual machine is migrated or if there are any modifications made to the settings of the virtual machines which are configured for that plan.

  • Ensure to increase the tolerance limit of DiskRes resource to two, if you want to create a plan for unplanned recovery with Restore VM on target ESX as the unplanned recovery policy.

    Note:

    This prerequisite is applicable for Windows operating system.