Cluster Server 8.0 Bundled Agents Reference Guide - Windows

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (8.0)
Platform: Windows
  1. Introducing VCS bundled agents
    1.  
      About VCS bundled agents
    2.  
      Resources and their attributes
    3.  
      Modifying agents and their resources
    4. Attributes
      1.  
        Attribute data types
      2.  
        Attribute dimensions
    5. Categories of bundled agents
      1.  
        Storage agents
      2.  
        Network agents
      3.  
        FileShare agents
      4.  
        Services and applications agents
      5.  
        VCS infrastructure and support agents
    6.  
      Which agents should I use?
  2. Storage agents
    1.  
      About Storage agents for VCS
    2. DiskReservation (DiskRes) agent
      1.  
        Agent functions
      2.  
        State definitions
      3.  
        Resource type definition
      4.  
        Attribute definitions
      5.  
        Sample configuration
    3. Mount agent
      1.  
        Dependency
      2.  
        Agent functions
      3.  
        State definitions
      4.  
        Resource type definition
      5.  
        Attribute definitions
      6.  
        Sample configurations
    4. Volume Manager Diskgroup (VMDg) agent
      1.  
        Agent functions
      2.  
        State definitions
      3.  
        Resource type definition
      4.  
        Attribute definitions
      5.  
        Sample configuration
    5. MountV agent
      1.  
        Dependency
      2.  
        Agent functions
      3.  
        State definitions
      4.  
        Resource type definition
      5.  
        Attribute definitions
      6.  
        Sample configuration
    6. VVRSnap agent
      1.  
        Agent functions
      2.  
        State definitions
      3.  
        Resource type definition
      4.  
        Attribute definitions
      5.  
        Sample configuration
    7. VMwareDisks agent
      1.  
        Agent functions
      2.  
        State definitions
      3.  
        Resource type definition
      4.  
        Attributes
      5.  
        Sample configuration
    8. VMNSDg agent
      1.  
        Agent functions
      2.  
        State definitions
      3.  
        Resource type definition
      4.  
        Attribute definitions
      5.  
        Sample configuration
    9. NativeDisks agent
      1.  
        Agent functions
      2.  
        State definitions
      3.  
        Resource type definition
      4.  
        Attribute definitions
      5.  
        Sample configuration
    10.  
      AWS EBSVol agent
    11.  
      AzureDisk agent
    12.  
      GoogleDisk agent
  3. Network agents
    1.  
      About network agents
    2. NIC agent
      1.  
        Agent functions
      2.  
        State definitions
      3.  
        Resource type definition
      4.  
        Attribute definitions
      5.  
        Sample configuration
    3. IP agent
      1.  
        Dependency
      2.  
        Agent functions
      3.  
        State definitions
      4.  
        Resource type definitions
      5.  
        Attribute definitions
      6.  
        Sample configuration
    4. IPv6 agent
      1.  
        Dependency
      2.  
        Agent functions
      3.  
        State definitions
      4.  
        Resource type definition
      5.  
        Attribute definitions
      6.  
        Sample configuration
    5. Lanman agent
      1.  
        Dependency
      2.  
        Agent functions
      3.  
        State definitions
      4.  
        Resource type definition
      5. Attribute definitions
        1.  
          Updating manual DNS entries
        2.  
          Updating DNS servers
      6.  
        Sample configurations
    6.  
      AWSIP agent
    7.  
      AzureIP agent
    8. AzureDNSZone agent
      1.  
        Prerequisites
      2.  
        Dependencies
      3.  
        Agent functions
      4.  
        State definitions
      5.  
        Attributes
      6.  
        Resource type definition
      7.  
        Samples configurations
      8.  
        Delegating a domain to Azure DNS
    9.  
      GoogleIP agent
  4. FileShare agents
    1.  
      About FileShare agents
    2. FileShare agent
      1.  
        Dependencies
      2.  
        Agent functions
      3.  
        State definitions
      4.  
        About ForceControl function
      5.  
        Resource type definition
      6.  
        Attribute definitions
      7.  
        Sample configuration
    3. CompositeFileShare agent
      1.  
        Dependencies
      2.  
        Agent functions
      3.  
        State definitions
      4.  
        About ForceControl function
      5.  
        Resource type definition
      6.  
        Attribute definitions
      7.  
        Sample configuration
  5. Services and applications agents
    1.  
      About services and application agents
    2. Internet Information Services agent
      1.  
        Agent functions
      2.  
        State definitions
      3.  
        Resource type definition
      4.  
        Attribute definitions
      5. Sample configurations
        1.  
          Sample configuration I
        2.  
          Sample configuration II
    3. GenericService agent
      1.  
        Agent functions
      2.  
        State definitions
      3.  
        Resource type definition
      4.  
        Attribute definitions
      5.  
        Sample configuration
    4. ServiceMonitor agent
      1.  
        Agent functions
      2.  
        State definitions
      3.  
        Resource type definition
      4.  
        Attribute definitions
      5.  
        Sample configurations
    5. Process agent
      1.  
        Agent functions
      2.  
        State definitions
      3.  
        Resource type definition
      4.  
        Attribute definitions
      5.  
        Sample configuration
    6. MSMQ agent
      1.  
        Dependencies
      2.  
        Agent functions
      3.  
        State definitions
      4.  
        Resource type definition
      5.  
        Attribute definitions
      6.  
        Sample configuration
    7.  
      AzureAuth agent
  6. VCS infrastructure and support agents
    1.  
      About VCS infrastructure and support agents
    2. NotifierMngr agent
      1.  
        Agent functions
      2.  
        State definitions
      3.  
        Resource type definition
      4.  
        Attribute definitions
      5.  
        Sample configuration
    3. Registry Replication (RegRep) agent
      1.  
        Dependency
      2.  
        Agent functions
      3.  
        State definitions
      4.  
        Resource type definition
      5. Attribute definitions
        1.  
          Excluding keys
        2.  
          Configuring registry keys
        3.  
          Ignoring subkeys
      6.  
        Sample configuration
    4. Proxy agent
      1.  
        Agent functions
      2.  
        State definitions
      3.  
        Resource type definition
      4.  
        Attribute definitions
      5.  
        Sample configurations
    5. Phantom agent
      1.  
        Agent functions
      2.  
        State definitions
      3.  
        Attribute definitions
      4.  
        Sample configuration
    6. FileNone agent
      1.  
        Agent functions
      2.  
        State definitions
      3.  
        Resource type definition
      4.  
        Attribute definitions
      5.  
        Sample configuration
    7. ElifNone agent
      1.  
        Agent functions
      2.  
        State definitions
      3.  
        Resource type definition
      4.  
        Attribute definitions
      5.  
        Sample configuration
    8. FileOnOff agent
      1.  
        Agent functions
      2.  
        State definitions
      3.  
        Resource type definition
      4.  
        Attribute definitions
      5.  
        Sample configuration
    9. FileOnOnly agent
      1.  
        Agent functions
      2.  
        State definitions
      3.  
        Resource type definition
      4.  
        Attribute definitions
      5.  
        Sample configuration
    10. RemoteGroup agent
      1.  
        Dependency
      2.  
        Agent functions
      3.  
        State definitions
      4.  
        Resource type definition
      5. Attribute definitions
        1.  
          About the ControlMode attribute
      6. Sample scenario
        1.  
          Service group behavior
  7. VCS hardware replication agent for NetApp
    1.  
      About hardware replication agents for NetApp
    2. NetApp Filer agent
      1.  
        Agent function
      2.  
        Resource type definition
      3.  
        Attribute definitions
      4.  
        Sample configuration
    3. NetApp SnapDrive agent
      1.  
        Dependency
      2.  
        Agent functions
      3.  
        Resource type definition
      4.  
        Attribute definitions
      5.  
        Sample configuration
    4. NetApp SnapMirror agent
      1.  
        Dependency
      2.  
        Agent functions
      3.  
        Action function
      4.  
        Resource type definition
      5.  
        Attribute definitions
      6.  
        Sample configuration
  8. Troubleshooting bundled agents
    1.  
      About troubleshooting bundled agents
    2.  
      VCS logging
    3. Troubleshooting storage agents
      1.  
        Disk Reservation agent error messages
      2.  
        Mount agent error messages
      3.  
        Volume Manager (VMDg) agent error messages
      4.  
        MountV agent error messages
    4. Troubleshooting network agents
      1.  
        NIC agent error messages
      2.  
        IP agent error messages
      3.  
        Lanman agent error messages
    5. Troubleshooting FileShare agents
      1.  
        FileShare agent error messages
      2.  
        CompositeFileShare agent error messages
    6. Troubleshooting services and application agents
      1.  
        IIS agent error messages
      2.  
        GenericService agent error messages
      3.  
        ServiceMonitor agent error messages
      4.  
        Process agent error messages
      5.  
        MSMQ agent error messages
    7. Troubleshooting infrastructure and support agents
      1.  
        Notifier Manager agent error messages
      2.  
        Registry Replication agent error messages
      3.  
        Proxy agent error messages
      4.  
        Phantom agent error message
      5.  
        FileNone agent error message
      6.  
        ElifNone agent error message
      7.  
        FileOnOff agent error messages
      8.  
        FileOnOnly agent error messages
    8.  
      Troubleshooting NetApp agents

Attribute definitions

This section summarizes the required and optional attributes of the DiskRes agent.

Table: DiskRes agent required attributes

Required Attribute

Description

Signatures

An array specifying the signature of each SCSI disk. To retrieve the disk signature, use the VCS utility, "havol" with the "scsitest" option.

See the Cluster Server Administrator's Guide for instructions on how to use the utility.

Type and Dimension: string-vector

Table: DiskRes agent optional attributes

Optional Attributes

Description

ConfigPercentage

The percentage of shared disks a system must reserve to be designated owner of the DiskRes resource. When a system acquires reservation to the number of disks that equals this value, the resource is brought online on the system.

Set this attribute to at least 51 percent. If you set this attribute to a value less than 50 percent, the agent changes it to 51 percent. Default is 80 percent.

Note:

If you set this attribute to a value less than 51 percent, the agent internally treats it to be 51 percent. However, this is not updated in the GUI.

Type and Dimension: integer-scalar

FailFastInterval

Number of seconds the resource waits before bringing down the system after reservation fails. If during this interval the resource acquires reservation, it is not brought down. The resource is brought down in case of a reservation conflict, that is, if another system acquires reservation to the shared disks. Note that if a resource is brought down under these conditions, all service groups on the system might fail over to another system in the cluster.

Default is 1 second.

Type and Dimension: integer-scalar

GracePeriod

Number of seconds the agent waits before taking over disk reservation after issuing a bus reset.

Default is 5 seconds.

Type and Dimension: integer-scalar