Cluster Server 7.4 Agent for EMC SRDF Configuration Guide - Windows

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (7.4.1)
Platform: Windows
  1. Introducing the agent for EMC SRDF
    1.  
      About the agent for EMC SRDF
    2.  
      Supported hardware for EMC SRDF
    3.  
      Supported software
    4.  
      Typical EMC SRDF setup in a VCS cluster
    5. EMC SRDF agent functions
      1.  
        About the EMC SRDF agent's online function
      2.  
        About dynamic swap support for the EMC SRDF agent
    6.  
      Installing the agent for EMC SRDF
  2. Configuring the agent for EMC SRDF
    1. Configuration concepts for the EMC SRDF agent
      1.  
        Resource type definition for the EMC SRDF agent
      2. Attribute definitions for the SRDF agent
        1.  
          Required attributes
        2.  
          Optional attributes
        3.  
          Internal attributes
      3.  
        Sample configuration for the EMC SRDF agent
    2. Before you configure the agent for EMC SRDF
      1.  
        About cluster heartbeats
      2.  
        About configuring system zones in replicated data clusters
      3.  
        About preventing split-brain
    3. Configuring the agent for EMC SRDF
      1. Configuring the agent manually in a global cluster
        1.  
          Configuring the Symm heartbeat on each cluster
      2.  
        Configuring the agent manually in a replicated data cluster
      3.  
        Setting the OnlineTimeout attribute for the SRDF resource
      4.  
        Additional configuration considerations for the SRDF agent
  3. Testing VCS disaster recovery support with EMC SRDF
    1. How VCS recovers from various disasters in an HA/DR setup with EMC SRDF
      1.  
        Failure scenarios in global clusters
      2.  
        Failure scenarios in replicated data clusters
    2.  
      Testing the global service group migration
    3.  
      Testing disaster recovery after host failure
    4.  
      Testing disaster recovery after site failure
    5.  
      Performing failback after a node failure or an application failure
    6.  
      Performing failback after a site failure
  4. Setting up fire drill
    1.  
      About fire drills
    2.  
      Fire drill configurations
    3. About the SRDFSnap agent
      1.  
        SRDFSnap agent functions
      2.  
        Resource type definition for the SRDFSnap agent
      3.  
        Attribute definitions for the SRDFSnap agent
      4.  
        About the Snapshot attributes
      5.  
        Sample configuration for a fire drill service group
    4.  
      Additional considerations for running a fire drill
    5.  
      Before you configure the fire drill service group
    6. Configuring the fire drill service group
      1.  
        About the Fire Drill wizard
    7.  
      Verifying a successful fire drill

Configuring the Symm heartbeat on each cluster

To configure Symm heartbeat on each cluster

  1. From Cluster Explorer Edit menu, choose Configure Heartbeats.
  2. On the Heartbeats Configuration dialog box, enter the name of the heartbeat (Symm).
  3. Select the check box next to the name of the cluster to add it to the cluster list for the heartbeat.
  4. Click the icon in the Configure column to open the Heartbeat Settings dialog box.
  5. Set the value of the AYARetryLimit attribute for this heartbeat to 1 less than the value for the ICMP heartbeat.
  6. As a first value of the Argument attribute, specify the ID of the Symmetrix array in the other cluster.
  7. As a second value of the Argument attribute, specify the full path of SYMCLIs, using the short path name.
  8. Click OK.
  9. Symm heartbeat monitors only one array using the Symmetrix ping utility. You must configure additional heartbeats if you use devices from more than one array.

    To configure additional heartbeats:

    • Create a copy of <your installation directory>\cluster server\bin\hb\Symm folder using a different name under <your installation directory>\cluster server\bin\hb\*, say Symm_1.

    • Open the VCS Java GUI to configure Symm_1 heartbeat.

      The parameters are similar to Symm heartbeats.