Cluster Server 7.3.1 Bundled Agents Reference Guide - Linux
- Introducing Bundled agents
- Storage agents
- DiskGroup agent
- DiskGroupSnap agent
- Notes for DiskGroupSnap agent
- Sample configurations for DiskGroupSnap agent
- Volume agent
- VolumeSet agent
- Sample configurations for VolumeSet agent
- LVMLogicalVolume agent
- LVMVolumeGroup agent
- Sample configurations for LVMVolumeGroup agent
- Mount agent
- Sample configurations for Mount agent
- VMwareDisks agent
- SFCache agent
- AWS EBSVol agent
- AzureDisk agent
- Network agents
- About the network agents
- IP agent
- NIC agent
- Notes for the NIC agent
- Sample configurations for NIC agent
- IPMultiNIC agent
- MultiNICA agent
- IP Conservation Mode (ICM) for MultiNICA agent
- Performance Mode (PM) for MultiNICA agent
- Sample configurations for MultiNICA agent
- DNS agent
- Agent notes for DNS agent
- About using the VCS DNS agent on UNIX with a secure Windows DNS server
- Sample configurations for DNS agent
- AWSIP agent
- AWSRoute53 agent
- AzureIP agent
- AzureDNSZone agent
- File share agents
- NFS agent
- NFSRestart agent
- Share agent
- About the Samba agents
- SambaServer agent
- SambaShare agent
- NetBios agent
- Service and application agents
- Apache HTTP server agent
- Application agent
- Notes for Application agent
- Sample configurations for Application agent
- CoordPoint agent
- KVMGuest agent
- Notes for KVMGuest agent
- Sample configurations for KVMGuest environment
- Sample configurations for RHEV environment
- Process agent
- Usage notes for Process agent
- Sample configurations for Process agent
- ProcessOnOnly agent
- AzureAuth agent
- Infrastructure and support agents
- Testing agents
- Replication agents
- RVG agent
- RVGPrimary agent
- RVGSnapshot
- RVGShared agent
- RVGLogowner agent
- RVGSharedPri agent
- VFRJob agent
- Dependencies for VFRJob agent
- Notes for the VFRJob agent
RVGSnapshot
For a fire drill, creates and destroys a transactionally consistent space-optimized snapshot of all volumes in a VVR secondary replicated data set. The RVGSnapshot agent takes space-optimized snapshots on a secondary RVG. These snapshots can be mounted and written to without affecting the actual replicated data, which means that the space-optimized snapshot can be an effective tool for scheduling a "fire drill" to confirm that a wide-area failover is possible. By combining this agent with the VCS Mount agent, the CFSMount agent, and VCS agents that manage the application being replicated, you can create a special fire drill service group. You can bring this service group online and take it offline at regularly scheduled intervals to verify that the disaster recovery environment is robust.
In addition to the agent itself, a text-based wizard /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/fdsetup that prepares the VVR and VCS infrastructure for a fire drill and a script /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/fdsched that runs the fire drill and consolidates the results are also included.
Complete details are in the Cluster Server Administrator's Guide.
The RVGSnapshot agent includes the following key features:
Automates the process of creating a space-optimized snapshot on a VVR secondary that can be mounted to simulate a wide-area failover without affecting the production application.
Includes a wizard to effectively set up and schedule fire drills that are completely managed by VCS.
Note:
The RVGSnapshot agent does not support Volume Sets.