Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 7.4.2 HA and DR Solutions Guide for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 - Windows

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (7.4.2)
Platform: Windows
  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

Updating the SQL Server IP address

You configure the VCS Lanman agent to update the DNS server with the virtual IP address for the SQL Server instance that is being brought online. The Lanman agent resource is created automatically as part of the SQL Server service group. However, you need to edit the default Lanman settings.

You must specify the following attribute settings for the Lanman agent, at a minimum:

DNSUpdate

True

This setting causes the update of the SQL Server IP address on the DNS server.

DNSCriticalForOnline

True

The server will not be able to come online if the DNS update is not successful.

DNSOptions

PurgeDuplicate

Removes duplicate DNS entries from the DNS servers.

More information on Lanman agent settings is provided in the agent documentation.

See Cluster Server Bundled Agents Reference Guide.

The procedure shows how to edit the Lanman resource of an existing SQL Server service group from the VCS Cluster Manager Java Console. You do this after you create the service group on the primary site and again on the secondary site after creating the service group there.

To configure the Lanman agent resource to update the SQL Server IP address

  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, expand the SQL Server service group and expand Lanman.
  3. Under Lanman, right-click the resource icon (labeled with the service group name and the "-Lanman" suffix) and click View > Properties View.
  4. Expand the Properties View window as necessary to see all attributes under Type Specific Attributes.
  5. Edit the following attribute settings by locating the row containing the setting, clicking the Edit icon in that row, and editing the setting as follows in the Edit Attribute dialog box. Leave Global (the default) enabled to apply the attribute to all nodes in the cluster. If initially prompted to switch to read/write mode, click Yes.

    DNSUpdateRequired

    Check DNSUpdateRequired and click OK.

    DNSCriticalForOnline

    Check DNSCriticalForOnline and click OK.

    DNSOptions

    Under Vector Values, click the plus icon to display the list, select PurgeDuplicate and click OK.

  6. If your site uses additional DNS servers, edit the setting for AdditionalDNSServers to specify the IP addresses.
  7. In the Cluster Explorer window, click File > Save Configuration, and then click File > Close Configuration.
  8. If you are configuring a resource for the web servers, continue with that procedure; otherwise, log off the cluster and exit the Cluster Manager.

    See Configuring a resource for the web servers.