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Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 8.0 HA and DR Solutions Guide for Enterprise Vault - Windows

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (8.0)
Platform: Windows
  1. Introducing SFW HA for EV
    1.  
      About clustering solutions with InfoScale products
    2.  
      About high availability
    3.  
      How a high availability solution works
    4. How VCS monitors storage components
      1.  
        Shared storage - if you use NetApp filers
      2.  
        Shared storage - if you use SFW to manage cluster dynamic disk groups
      3.  
        Shared storage - if you use Windows LDM to manage shared disks
      4.  
        Non-shared storage - if you use SFW to manage dynamic disk groups
      5.  
        Non-shared storage - if you use Windows LDM to manage local disks
      6.  
        Non-shared storage - if you use VMware storage
    5.  
      About replication
    6.  
      About disaster recovery
    7.  
      What you can do with a disaster recovery solution
    8.  
      Typical disaster recovery configuration
  2. Configuring high availability for Enterprise Vault with InfoScale Enterprise
    1. Reviewing the HA configuration
      1. Active-Passive configuration
        1.  
          Sample Active-Passive configuration
        2.  
          IP addresses for sample Active-Passive configuration
    2. Reviewing the disaster recovery configuration
      1.  
        Sample disaster recovery configuration
      2.  
        IP addresses for disaster recovery configuration
      3.  
        Supported disaster recovery configurations for service group dependencies
    3.  
      High availability (HA) configuration (New Server)
    4.  
      Following the HA workflow in the Solutions Configuration Center
    5. Disaster recovery configuration
      1.  
        DR configuration tasks: Primary site
      2.  
        DR configuration tasks: Secondary site
    6. Notes and recommendations for cluster and application configuration
      1.  
        IPv6 support
    7.  
      Configuring the storage hardware and network
    8. Configuring cluster disk groups and volumes for Enterprise Vault
      1.  
        About cluster disk groups and volumes
      2.  
        Prerequisites for configuring cluster disk groups and volumes
      3.  
        Considerations for a fast failover configuration
      4.  
        Considerations for disks and volumes for campus clusters
      5.  
        Considerations for volumes for a Volume Replicator configuration
      6.  
        Sample disk group and volume configuration
      7.  
        Viewing the available disk storage
      8.  
        Creating a cluster disk group
      9.  
        Creating Volumes
      10.  
        About managing disk groups and volumes
      11.  
        Importing a disk group and mounting a volume
      12.  
        Unmounting a volume and deporting a disk group
      13.  
        Adding drive letters to mount the volumes
      14.  
        Deporting the cluster disk group
    9.  
      Configuring the cluster
    10.  
      Adding a node to an existing VCS cluster
    11.  
      Verifying your primary site configuration
    12.  
      Guidelines for installing InfoScale Enterprise and configuring the cluster on the secondary site
    13.  
      Setting up your replication environment
    14.  
      Setting up security for Volume Replicator
    15.  
      Assigning user privileges (secure clusters only)
    16.  
      Configuring disaster recovery with the DR wizard
    17.  
      Cloning the storage on the secondary site using the DR wizard (Volume Replicator replication option)
    18.  
      Installing and configuring Enterprise Vault on the secondary site
    19.  
      Configuring Volume Replicator replication and global clustering
    20.  
      Configuring global clustering only
    21.  
      Setting service group dependencies for disaster recovery
    22.  
      Verifying the disaster recovery configuration
    23.  
      Adding multiple DR sites (optional)
    24.  
      Recovery procedures for service group dependencies
  3. 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
  4. Installing and configuring Enterprise Vault for failover
    1.  
      Installing Enterprise Vault
    2. Configuring the Enterprise Vault service group
      1.  
        Before you configure an EV service group
      2.  
        Creating an EV service group
      3.  
        Enabling fast failover for disk groups (optional)
    3.  
      Configuring Enterprise Vault Server in a cluster environment
    4.  
      Setting service group dependencies for high availability
    5.  
      Verifying the Enterprise Vault cluster configuration
    6.  
      Setting up Enterprise Vault
    7.  
      Considerations when modifying an EV service group

DR configuration tasks: Secondary site

The following table outlines the high-level tasks for configuring the secondary site for disaster recovery.

Table: Configuring the secondary site for disaster recovery

Action

Description

Install InfoScale Enterprise and configure the cluster on the secondary site

Caution: Ensure that the name you assign to the secondary site cluster is different from the name assigned to the primary site cluster.

Verify that Enterprise Vault has been configured for high availability at the primary site

Verify that Enterprise Vault has been configured for high availability at the primary site and that the service group is online

See Verifying your primary site configuration.

Set up security for Volume Replicator

Ensure that you have completed setting up Volume Replicator security before running the DR wizard

See Setting up security for Volume Replicator.

(Secure cluster only) Assign user privileges

For a secure cluster only, assign user privileges

See Assigning user privileges (secure clusters only).

Start running the DR wizard

  1. Review prerequisites for the DR wizard

  2. Start the DR wizard and make the initial selections required for each task: selecting a primary site system, the service group, the secondary site system, and the replication method

See Configuring disaster recovery with the DR wizard.

Clone the storage configuration (Volume Replicator only)

Clone the storage configuration on the secondary site using the DR wizard

See Cloning the storage on the secondary site using the DR wizard (Volume Replicator replication option).

Install Enterprise Vault on the cluster nodes

  • Ensure that the appropriate amount of local storage space is available on the first cluster node. This is required for storing temporary files during Enterprise Vault installation.

Refer to the Enterprise Vault documentation for installation instructions

Create an Enterprise Vault service group

  1. Ensure that you have met the prerequisites

  2. Ensure that the disk group and volumes for the various Enterprise Vault components are mounted on the first node

  3. Create a EV service group for the secondary site using the same service group name, virtual server name, and configuration as on the primary site

See Installing and configuring Enterprise Vault on the secondary site.

Configure Enterprise Vault for the cluster environment on the first node

  1. Launch the Enterprise Vault Configuration Wizard on the first node

  2. Choose the option to create a new Enterprise Vault server with cluster support

  3. Complete running the wizard on the first node

See Installing and configuring Enterprise Vault on the secondary site.

Refer to the Enterprise Vault documentation for more information.

Configure Enterprise Vault for the cluster environment on any additional nodes

  1. Bring the EV service group online on the first node

  2. Launch the Enterprise Vault Configuration Wizard on the second node

  3. Choose the option to add the node as a failover node for an existing clustered server

  4. Complete running the wizard on the second node

  5. Repeat these steps for any additional nodes in the EV cluster

See Installing and configuring Enterprise Vault on the secondary site.

Refer to the Enterprise Vault documentation for more information.

Perform additional configuration steps for Enterprise Vault

See Setting up Enterprise Vault.

Refer to the Enterprise Vault documentation for more information.

Configure replication and global clustering

Use the DR wizard to configure Volume Replicator replication and global clustering

See Configuring Volume Replicator replication and global clustering.

(Optional) Configure the appropriate service group dependencies

Configure the appropriate service group dependencies

See Setting service group dependencies for disaster recovery.

Verify the disaster recover configuration

Verify that the secondary site has been fully configured for disaster recovery

See Verifying the disaster recovery configuration.

(Optional) Add additional DR sites

Optionally, add additional DR sites to a Volume Replicator environment

See Adding multiple DR sites (optional).

Handling service group dependencies after failover

If your environment includes dependent service groups, review the considerations for bringing the service groups online after failover to the secondary site

See Recovery procedures for service group dependencies.