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

Configuring a resource for the web servers

You can add a process resource to the SQL Server service group to enable switching to the web servers at the site where the SQL Server service group is brought online. The process resource executes a Perl script to update the DNS server IP address for the web servers.

You add the process resource after you create the service group on the primary site. After you create the service group on the secondary site, you add the process resource to that service group as well.

The procedure shows how to add a resource using the Java Console. You can also use other methods, as described in the VCS documentation.

See Cluster Server Administrator's Guide.

Verify that the Perl executable, the scripts, and the customized settings file is available from the systems on which the service group is configured.

In addition, ensure that DNScmd.exe is installed to the same drive as the SFW HA application.

To configure a resource for the web servers

  1. Start the Cluster Manager Java Console, log on to the cluster, and open the Cluster Explorer window (click anywhere in the active Cluster Monitor panel).
  2. In the Cluster Explorer configuration tree, right-click the name of the SQL service group and click Add Resource. If prompted to switch to read-write mode, click Yes.
  3. In the Add Resource dialog box, specify a name for the resource and in the Resource Type list, click Process.
  4. Edit the following process resource attributes:

    StartProgram

    The full path names of the following, in the order shown, separated by spaces:

    • The Perl script executable

    • The dnsupdate-online script

    • The script settings file

    Example:

    c:\Program Files\Veritas\VRTSPerl\bin\perl.exe

    c:\bin\dnsupdate-online.pl c:\bin\dnsupdate-settings.txt

    StopProgram

    The full path names of the following, in the order shown, separated by spaces:

    • The Perl script executable

    • The dnsupdate-offline script

    • The script settings file

    Example:

    c:\Program Files\Veritas\VRTSPerl\bin\perl.exe

    c:\bin\dnsupdate-offline.pl c:\bin\dnsupdate-settings.txt

    MonitorProgram

    The full path names of the following, in the order shown, separated by spaces:

    • The Perl script executable

    • The dnsupdate-monitor script

    • The script settings file

    Example:

    c:\Program Files\Veritas\VRTSPerl\bin\perl.exe

    c:\bin\dnsupdate-monitor.pl c:\bin\dnsupdate-settings.txt

    UserName

    The name of the user account to run the script. The account must have access and change rights to the DNS server.

    Password

    The password for the user account.

    Domain

    The domain name for that user account.

  5. In the Add Resource dialog box, check Enabled and click OK.
  6. In the Resource view, right-click the process resource you just created and click Link.
  7. On the Link Resources dialog box, in the list of resources, select the name of the SQL Server resource and click OK.
  8. In the Cluster Explorer window, click File > Save Configuration, and then click File > Close Configuration.