Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 7.4.1 HA and DR Solutions Guide for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 - Windows

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (7.4.1)
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
  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

Disaster recovery configuration

For configuring disaster recovery, you first begin by configuring the primary site for high availability.

See High availability (HA) configuration.

After setting up an SFW HA high availability environment for SharePoint Server on a primary site, you can create a secondary or "failover" site for disaster recovery.

The following table outlines the high-level objectives and the tasks to complete each objective for a DR configuration at the secondary site.

Table: Configuring the secondary site for disaster recovery

Action

Description

Configure SQL Server for disaster recovery at the secondary site

For the steps for configuring SQL Server for high availability and disaster recovery, refer to the HA and DR solutions guide for the desired SQL Server version.

Modify the SQL Server service group on the primary and secondary site

Edit the SQL Server service group on both the primary and secondary site to allow updating the NLB details if a disaster recovery failover occurs.

See Configuring the SQL Server service group for DR in the SharePoint environment.

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

Verify that SharePoint has been configured for high availability at the primary site.

See Verifying the SharePoint cluster configuration.

Install InfoScale Enterprise and configure the cluster on the secondary site

Install InfoScale Enterprise on the SharePoint server systems on the secondary site. Ensure that you select the option to install the Cluster Server Application Agent for SharePoint Server 2010.

See Configuring the secondary site for SharePoint disaster recovery.

Install SharePoint on the cluster nodes on the secondary site

Install Microsoft SharePoint Server on the SharePoint servers on the secondary site. Run the Microsoft SharePoint Products Configuration wizard to add the servers to the existing primary site farm. Choose the option to connect to an existing server farm.

Note:

You do not need to configure the same number of web servers or service applications on the secondary site as on the primary site. However, you should provide for all required services.

Create the SharePoint service groups on the secondary site

Configure the SharePoint Server service groups for the secondary site

The VCS SharePoint Server Configuration Wizard helps you create SharePoint Server service groups.

See About configuring SharePoint service groups.

Verify the disaster recovery configuration

In the Cluster Server Java console, ensure that you can bring the SharePoint service groups online and offline.