Hp Serviceguard Metrocluster Security Solutions Building Disaster Recovery Using Continentalclusters A.08.00

2015-03-28

• Building Disaster Recovery Serviceguard Solutions Using Continentalclusters A.08.00
• Contents
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Building the Continentalclusters configuration
  • Creating the Serviceguard clusters at both the sites
    • Easy deployment method
    • Traditional deployment method
    • Setting up security
  • Creating data replication between the clusters
    • Using array based physical replication supported by Metrocluster
    • Using any other array based physical replication technology
    • Using software based logical replication
  • Creating volume groups or disk groups on the replicated disks if required
    • Creating and Exporting LVM Volume Groups
    • Creating VxVM Disk Groups
  • Installing and Configuring an application in the primary site
  • Installing and configuring a redundant copy of the application in the recovery site
  • Configuring the Continentalclusters primary and recovery packages
    • Configuring primary and recovery packages as modular packages when using Continuous Access P9000 or XP
    • Configuring the primary and recovery packages as modular packages when using Continuous Access EVA
    • Configuring the primary and recovery packages as modular packages when using EMC SRDF
    • Configuring the primary and recovery packages as modular packages when using 3PAR Remote Copy
  • Configuring the monitor package
  • Creating a Continentalclusters configuration
    • Cluster information
    • Recovery groups
    • Monitoring definitions
  • Checking and applying the Continentalclusters configuration
  • Starting the Continentalclusters monitor package
  • Testing the Continentalclusters
    • Testing Individual Packages
    • Testing Continentalclusters Operations
• 3 Performing a recovery operation in Continentalclusters environment
  • Performing recovery in case of disaster
    • Receiving notification
    • Verifying that recovery is required
    • Preparing the storage manually in the recovery cluster
    • Using cmrecovercl to recover the recovery groups
    • Previewing the storage preparation
    • Recovering the entire cluster after a cluster alarm
    • Recovering the entire cluster after a cluster alert
    • Recovering a single cluster in an N-1 configuration
  • Viewing the Continentalclusters status
• 4 Restoring disaster recovery cluster after a disaster
  • Retaining the original roles for primary and recovery cluster
    • Switching the Primary and Recovery Cluster Roles
      • Switching the Primary and Recovery Cluster Roles using cmswitchconcl
  • Creating a new Primary Cluster
  • Creating a new Recovery Cluster
• 5 Disaster recovery rehearsal in Continentalclusters
  • Overview of Disaster Recovery rehearsal
  • Configuring Continentalclusters Disaster Recovery rehearsal
    • Configuring maintenance mode in Continentalclusters
      • Overview of maintenance mode feature
      • Setting up the file system for Continentalclusters state directory
      • Configuring the monitor package to mount the file system from the shared disk
    • Configuring Continentalclusters rehearsal packages
    • Modifying Continentalclusters configuration
  • Precautions to be taken while performing DR Rehearsal
    • Client access IP address at recovery cluster
    • Cluster role switch during rehearsal
  • Performing Disaster Recovery rehearsal in Continentalclusters
  • Cleanup of secondary mirror copy
  • Recovering the primary cluster disaster during DR Rehearsal
  • Limitations of DR rehearsal feature
• 6 Configuring complex workloads in a Continentalclusters environment using SADTA
  • Setting up replication
  • Configuring the primary cluster with a single site
  • Configuring the recovery cluster with a single site
  • Setting up the complex workload in the primary cluster
    • Configuring the storage device for the complex workload at the primary cluster
      • Configuring the storage device using CFS or SG SMS CVM
      • Configuring the storage device using Veritas CVM
      • Configuring the storage device using SLVM
      • Configuring the complex workload at the primary cluster
        • Configuring complex workload packages to use CFS
        • Configuring complex workload packages to use CVM
        • Configuring complex workload packages to use SLVM
      • Halting the complex workload in the primary cluster
  • Configuring the Site Controller Package in the primary cluster
  • Configuring the Site Safety Latch dependencies in the primary cluster
  • Suspending the replication to the recovery cluster
  • Setting up redundant complex workload in the recovery cluster
    • Configuring the storage device for the complex workload at the recovery cluster
      • Configuring the storage device using CFS or SG SMS CVM
      • Configuring the storage device using Veritas CVM
      • Configuring the storage device using SLVM
  • Configuring the identical complex workload stack at the recovery cluster
  • Configuring the Site Controller package in the recovery cluster
  • Configuring Site Safety Latch dependencies
  • Resuming the replication to the recovery cluster
  • Configuring Continentalclusters
• 7 Administering Continentalclusters
  • Checking the status of clusters, nodes, and packages
  • Notes on Packages in Continentalclusters
    • Startup and Switching Characteristics
    • Network Attributes
  • Enabling and disabling maintenance mode
  • Recovering a cluster when the storage array or disks fail
  • Starting a recovery package forcefully
  • Adding or Removing a Node from a Cluster
  • Adding a Recovery Group to Continentalclusters
  • Modifying a package in a recovery group
  • Modifying Continentalclusters configuration
  • Removing a recovery group from the Continentalclusters
  • Removing a rehearsal package from a recovery group
  • Modifying a recovery group with a new rehearsal package
  • Changing monitoring definitions
  • Behavior of Serviceguard commands in Continentalclusters
  • Verifying the status of Continentalclusters daemons
  • Renaming the Continentalclusters
  • Deleting the Continentalclusters configuration
  • Checking the Version Number of the Continentalclusters Executables
  • Maintaining the data replication environment
    • Maintaining Continuous Access P9000 and XP Data Replication Environment
      • Resynchronizing the device group
      • Using the pairresync command
      • Additional points
    • Maintaining Metrocluster with Continuous Access EVA P6000 data replication environment
      • Continuous Access EVA Link Suspend and Resume Modes
    • Maintaining EMC SRDF data replication environment
      • Normal Startup
    • Maintaining 3PAR Remote Copy data replication environment
      • Viewing the Remote Copy volume group details
      • Remote Copy Link Failure and Resume Modes
      • Restoring replication after a failover
  • Administering Continentalclusters using SADTA configuration
    • Maintaining a Node
    • Maintaining the Site
    • Maintaining Site Controller Package
    • Moving the Site Controller Package to a Node in the local cluster
    • Deleting the Site Controller Package
    • Starting a Complex Workload
    • Shutting Down a Complex Workload
    • Moving a Complex Workload to the Recovery Cluster
    • Restarting a Failed Site Controller Package
• 8 Troubleshooting Continentalclusters
  • Reviewing Messages and Log Files
    • Reviewing Messages and Log Files of Monitoring Daemon
    • Reviewing Messages and Log Files of Packages in Recovery Groups
    • Reviewing Logs of Notification Component
  • Troubleshooting Continentalclusters Error Messages
• A Migrating to Continentalclusters A.08.00
• B Continentalclusters Worksheets
  • Data Center Worksheet
  • Recovery Group Worksheet
  • Cluster Event Worksheet
  • Recovery Checklist
  • Site Aware Disaster Tolerant architecture configuration worksheet
    • Continentalclusters Site configuration
    • Replication configuration
    • CRS Sub-cluster configuration – using CFS
    • RAC database configuration
    • Site Controller package configuration
• C Configuration file parameters for Continentalclusters
• D Continentalclusters Command and Daemon Reference
• E Package attributes
  • Package Attributes for Continentalcluster with Continuous Access for P9000 and XP
  • Package Attributes for Continentalcluster with Continuous Access EVA
  • Package Attributes for Continentalcluster with EMC SRDF
• F Legacy packages
  • Migrating complex workloads using Legacy SG SMS CVM/CFS Packages to Modular SG SMS CVM/CFS Packages with minimal downtime
  • Migrating legacy to modular packages
    • Migrating legacy monitor package
    • Migrating legacy style primary and recovery packages to modular packages
      • Migrating legacy style primary and recovery packages to modular packages when using Continuous Access P9000 and XP
      • Migrating legacy style primary and recovery packages to modular packages using Continuous access EVA
      • Migrating legacy style primary and recovery packages to modular packages using EMC SRDF
  • Configuring legacy packages
    • Configuring the monitor package in legacy style
      • Configuring primary and recovery packages as legacy packages when using Continuous Access P9000 and XP
      • Configuring primary and recovery packages as legacy packages when using Continuous Access EVA
      • Configuring primary and recovery packages as legacy packages when using EMC SRDF
  • Configuring storage devices for complex workload
    • Configuring the storage device for the complex workload at the Source Disk Site using SG SMS CFS or CVM
    • Configuring the storage device for complex workload at the target disk site using SG SMS CFS or CVM
• G Configuration rules for using modular style packages in Continentalclusters
• H Sample Continentalclusters ASCII configuration file
  • Section 1 of the Continentalclusters ASCII configuration file
  • Section 2 of the Continentalclusters ASCII configuration file
  • Section 3 of the Continentalclusters ASCII configuration file
  • # Section1: Cluster Information
• I Sample input and output files for cmswitchconcl command
• J Configuring Oracle RAC in Continentalclusters in Legacy style
  • Support for Oracle RAC instances in a Continentalclusters environment
    • Configuring the environment for Continentalclusters to support Oracle RAC
    • Serviceguard/Serviceguard extension for RAC and Oracle Clusterware configuration
    • Initial startup of Oracle RAC instance in a Continentalclusters environment
    • Failover of Oracle RAC instances to the recovery site
    • Failback of Oracle RAC instances after a failover
    • Rehearsing Oracle RAC databases in Continentalclusters
• K Configuring Oracle RAC database with ASM in Continentalclusters using SADTA
  • Setting up replication
  • Configure a primary cluster with a single site
  • Configure a recovery cluster with a single site
  • Installing and configuring Oracle Clusterware
  • Installing Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) software
  • Creating the RAC database with ASM in the primary cluster
    • Configuring the ASM disk group in the primary cluster
    • Configuring SGeRAC toolkit packages for the ASM disk group in the primary cluster
    • Creating the Oracle RAC database in the primary cluster
    • Configuring and testing the RAC MNP stack in the primary cluster
    • Halting the RAC database in the primary cluster
  • Suspending the replication to the recovery cluster
  • Configuring the identical ASM instance in the recovery cluster
  • Configuring the identical RAC database in the recovery cluster
  • Configuring the Site Controller package in the primary cluster
  • Configuring the Site Safety Latch dependencies at the primary cluster
  • Configuring the Site Controller package in the recovery cluster
  • Configuring the Site Safety Latch dependencies at the recovery cluster
  • Database with ASM in the Continentalclusters in the primary cluster
• Glossary
• Index