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• XP Cluster Extension Software Administrator Guide
• Contents
• 1 XP Cluster Extension features
  • Integration into cluster software
  • Enhanced disaster tolerance
  • Automated monitoring and redirecting of XP Continuous Access Software pairs
  • Rolling disaster protection
  • Command-line interface (CLI)
  • Fast Failback using XP Continuous Access Software
  • XP Cluster Extension configurations
    • One-to-one configurations
    • Consolidated-site configuration
    • Supported XP Continuous Access Software configurations and fence levels
    • XP Cluster Extension server configurations
  • Planning for XP Cluster Extension
    • Before configuring XP Cluster Extension resources
    • Cluster setup considerations
      • MNS quorum clusters (MSCS)
      • SLE HA cluster setup considerations
        • Quorum
        • STONITH
        • Networking in an SLE HA cluster
        • Resource constraints
        • Resource operation attribute
        • XP Cluster Extension resource dependency
        • Failover order
        • Failback option
        • Migration-threshold
        • Disk monitoring
      • RHCS cluster setup considerations
        • Quorum
        • Fencing
        • Qdisk configuration
        • Failover domains
        • Failback policy
        • Recovery policy
        • Service hierarchical structure and resource dependency
        • Disk monitoring
    • Setting up XP RAID Manager
      • Creating XP RAID Manager command devices
      • Creating XP RAID Manager instances
      • Creating XP RAID Manager device groups
      • Network considerations
      • Starting and stopping the XP RAID Manager instances
      • Test takeover function
• 2 Configuring XP Cluster Extension for AIX
  • Configuring resources
    • Configuring the pair/resync monitor
      • Updating the remote access hosts file
      • Configuring the pair/resync monitor port
  • Integrating XP Cluster Extension into HACMP
  • User configuration file for HACMP
  • Bringing a resource group online
  • Taking a resource group offline
  • Pair/resync monitor integration
    • Adding a Custom Cluster Event for pair/resync monitor integration
    • Redefining the Custom Cluster Event as a pre-event of the standard HACMP event
  • Timing considerations
  • Failure behavior
  • Restrictions for IBM HACMP with XP Cluster Extension
• 3 Configuring XP Cluster Extension for Windows
  • Integrating XP Cluster Extension with MSCS
  • Configuring XP Cluster Extension
    • Starting the XP Cluster Extension configuration tool
    • Defining XP Cluster Extension configuration information using the GUI
    • Defining XP Cluster Extension configuration information using the CLI
    • Importing and exporting configuration information
      • Exporting configuration settings using the GUI
      • Exporting configuration settings using the CLI
      • Importing configuration settings using the GUI
      • Importing configuration settings using the CLI
  • Adding an XP Cluster Extension resource
    • Adding an XP Cluster Extension resource using the Cluster Administrator GUI (Windows Server 2003)
    • Adding an XP Cluster Extension resource using the Failover Cluster Management GUI (Windows Server 2008/2008 R2)
    • Adding an XP Cluster Extension resource using the Microsoft CLI cluster commands
  • Changing an XP Cluster Extension resource name
    • Changing an XP Cluster Extension resource name (Windows Server 2003)
    • Changing an XP Cluster Extension resource name (Windows Server 2008/2008 R2)
  • Configuring XP Cluster Extension resources
    • Setting Microsoft cluster-specific resource and service or application properties
    • Setting XP Cluster Extension-specific resource properties
      • Setting XP Cluster Extension resource properties using the Cluster Administrator GUI (Windows Server 2003)
        • Configuring XP RAID Manager instance numbers for XP RAID Manager service
        • Configuring the XP RAID Manager device group details
        • Configuring XP RAID Manager device group advanced properties
        • Configuring server data center assignments
        • Changing failover and failback behavior
        • Activating the pair/resync monitor
        • Configuring takeover actions
        • Configuring rolling disaster protection
      • Setting XP Cluster Extension resource properties using the GUI (Windows Server 2008/2008 R2, Server Core, and Hyper-V Server)
        • Using Failover Cluster Management to set resource properties (Windows Server 2008/2008 R2)
        • Using the resource configuration tool to set resource properties (Server Core and Hyper-V Server)
        • Configuring XP RAID Manager instance numbers for XP RAID Manager service
        • Configuring the XP RAID Manager device group details
        • Configuring XP RAID Manager device group advanced properties
          • Notes
        • Configuring server data center assignments
        • Changing failover and failback behavior
        • Activating the pair/resync monitor
        • Configuring takeover actions
        • Configuring Rolling Disaster Protection
      • Setting XP Cluster Extension resource properties using the MMC
      • Setting XP Cluster Extension resource properties using the CLI
      • Setting XP Cluster Extension properties using a UCF
  • Adding dependencies on an XP Cluster Extension resource
    • Adding dependencies using Cluster Administrator (Windows Server 2003)
    • Adding dependencies using Failover Cluster Management (Windows Server 2008/2008 R2)
    • Adding dependencies using the CLI
  • Disaster-tolerant configuration example using a file share
  • Managing XP Cluster Extension resources
    • Bringing a resource online
    • Taking a resource offline
    • Deleting a resource
  • Using Hyper-V Live Migration with XP Cluster Extension
  • Timing considerations for MSCS
  • Bouncing service or application
  • Administration
    • Remote management of XP Cluster Extension resources in a cluster (Windows Server 2008/2008 R2)
    • Remote management of XP Cluster Extension resources in a cluster (Windows Server 2003)
    • System resources
    • Logs
      • Hyper-V Live Migration log entries
• 4 Configuring XP Cluster Extension for Solaris
  • Configuration of the XP Cluster Extension agent
    • Disaster tolerant configuration example using a web server
  • Configuring the pair/resync monitor
    • Updating the remote access hosts file
    • Configuring the pair/resync monitor port
  • Including the XP Cluster Extension resource type
  • Configuring the XP Cluster Extension resource
    • XP Cluster Extension resource types
    • Resource type definition
  • Adding an XP Cluster Extension resource
    • Adding an XP Cluster Extension resource using the VCS CLI
    • Adding an XP Cluster Extension resource using the VCS Cluster Manager GUI
  • Changing XP Cluster Extension attributes
    • Changing an attribute value using the VCS CLI
    • Changing an attribute value using the VCS Cluster Manager GUI
  • Linking an XP Cluster Extension resource
    • Linking other resources to the XP Cluster Extension resource
    • Linking other resources using the VCS Cluster Manager GUI
  • Bringing an XP Cluster Extension resource online
    • Enabling and bringing an XP Cluster Extension resource online using the CLI
    • Enabling and bringing an XP Cluster Extension resource online using the VCS Cluster Manager GUI
  • Taking an XP Cluster Extension resource offline
    • Taking an XP Cluster Extension resource offline using the VCS Cluster Manager GUI
  • Deleting an XP Cluster Extension resource
    • Deleting a resource using the VCS CLI
    • Deleting a resource using the VCS Cluster Manager GUI
  • Disabling the XP Cluster Extension agent
  • Pair/resync monitor integration
    • Log-level reporting
  • Timing considerations for VCS
  • Enabling/disabling service groups
  • Restrictions for VCS with XP Cluster Extension
  • Unexpected offline conditions
    • Bringing the XP Cluster Extension resources online
• 5 Configuring XP Cluster Extension for Linux
  • XP Cluster Extension for Linux: Sample configuration
  • Configuring XP Cluster Extension with RHCS
    • Configuration overview
    • Creating an RHCS XP Cluster Extension shared resource
      • Using Conga to create a shared resource
      • Using system-config-cluster to create a shared resource
    • Creating an RHCS service using the XP Cluster Extension shared resource
      • Using Conga to create a service
      • Using system-config-cluster to create a service
      • Creating the XP Cluster Extension resource configuration file
      • Testing the service configuration
    • Managing XP Cluster Extension services (RHCS)
      • Starting an RHCS service
      • Stopping or disabling an RHCS service
  • Configuring XP Cluster Extension with SLE HA
    • Configuration overview
    • Creating and configuring an XP Cluster Extension resource
      • Creating the XP Cluster Extension resource configuration file
      • Creating an XP Cluster Extension resource for Pacemaker
      • Creating an XP Cluster Extension resource for Heartbeat
      • Testing the configuration
    • Managing XP Cluster Extension services (SLE HA)
  • Rescanning multipath devices
    • Configuring the rescan script
    • Finding the user-friendly name of a multipath device
  • Configuring the pair/resync monitor
    • Updating the remote access hosts file
    • Configuring the pair/resync monitor port
  • Activating the pair/resync monitor
  • Timing considerations
• 6 XP Cluster Extension and CLI
  • Configuring the CLI
    • Creating the Continuous Access environment and configuring XP RAID Manager
    • Timing considerations
    • Restrictions for customized XP Cluster Extension implementations
    • Creating and configuring the user configuration file
  • CLI commands
    • clxrun
    • clxchkmon
      • Displaying resources
      • Removing resources
      • Stopping the pair/resync monitor
• 7 XP Cluster Extension recovery procedures
  • XP disk pair states
  • Recovery sequence
• 8 User configuration file and XP Cluster Extension objects
  • User configuration file location
    • File structure
    • Specifying object values
  • COMMON objects
  • APPLICATION objects
    • APPLICATION objects
  • Basic configuration example
• 9 Advanced XP Cluster Extension configuration
  • Implementing rolling disaster protection
    • Using XP RAID Manager with rolling disaster protection
    • Setting XP Cluster Extension objects to enable rolling disaster protection
    • Setting automatic recovery for rolling disaster protection
    • Using the pair/resync monitor with rolling disaster protection
    • Restoring server operation for rolling disaster protection
  • Monitoring and resynchronizing device groups
  • Enabling write access regardless of disk pair state
  • Executing programs before and after an XP Cluster Extension takeover
    • Arguments
    • Pre-executable return codes
    • Post-executable return codes
• 10 Troubleshooting
  • XP Cluster Extension log facility
  • Start errors
  • Failover error handling
  • HACMP-specific error handling
    • Start errors
    • Failover errors
  • MSCS-specific error handling
    • Resource start errors
    • Failover errors
    • Using the Domain user account (Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 only)
  • VCS-specific error handling
    • Start errors
    • Failover errors
  • Linux-specific error handling
    • Failover errors
    • The FC link is down (RHCS)
    • A storage replication link is down (RHCS)
    • A data center is down (SLE HA and RHCS)
  • Pair/resync monitor messages in syslog/errorlog/messages/event log
• 11 Support and other resources
  • Contacting HP
    • Subscription service
  • New and changed information in this edition
  • Related information
    • White papers
    • HP websites
  • Typographic conventions
  • HP product documentation survey
• Glossary
• Index

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