Cluster Server One
mobilegleed
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March 16th, 2010
Applicable Releases: VCS One 2.0 & 2.0RU1
10/5/2009
VCS One Backup and Recovery
After implementing VCS One it’s important to have a good data protection plan to protect your Policy Master. The following discusses best practices for backing up the VCS One Policy Master.
What to Backup
There are two parts to a successful VCS One backup strategy: backing up the PM database and backing up the VCS One security brokers.
Backing up the PM Database
There are three methods for backing up the PM database:
1. Database backup
2. XML export
3. Command file dump
Database backups
A database backup makes a copy of the PM database by quiescing I/O and copying the database file, transaction log, and the odbc.ini file.
Advantages:
• Quick and allows for fast recovery.
Disadvantage
• Database backups cannot be edited offline.
• Database...
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Kimberley
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March 1st, 2010
Now in its third year, Symantec’s 2010 State of the Data Center study is a yearly report that highlights trends regarding data centers in companies worldwide. Conducted by Applied Research, the 2010 survey is based on input from 1,780 data center managers in 26 countries in November 2009. For the first time since the report was introduced in 2006, Symantec found that mid-sized enterprises rather than large or small organizations are vanguards of the data center; they lead in new technology adoption, data center change, and focus on staffing. The report also noted that the most important initiatives for 2010 are security, backup and recovery, and continuous data protection. At the same time, the study also found that IT organizations continue to face ongoing, familiar challenges such as increased data center complexity, reduced or flat resources and budgets, and incomplete disaster recovery plans.
Presenter by: Sean Derrington, Director of Storage Management and High...
Live Webcast, Storage and Clustering, Best Practice, Cluster Server, Cluster Server One, CommandCentral, FileStore, SFHA Management (SFM, VOM, VOS), Storage Foundation, Storage Foundation for Windows, Volume Replicator
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Kimberley
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February 19th, 2010
We've completed the work to merge the existing Storage Management and Clustering & Replication communities into a single community area. Since Connect launched last March, a good number of the storage posts and content have spanned the two communities. We realize that this means that many of you have been tracking content from both areas, and hope that this improvement will make it easier and faster for you to find and share information about Storage and High Availability products.
So what's new? A Storage & Clustering community that includes Storage Foundation, Storage Foundation for Windows, Cluster Server, Cluster Server One, CommandCentral, FileStore, Volume Replicator, and SFHA Management Tool product information, all in one community. How will this help you? You won't see duplicated content between the two communities. You won't have to go to two communities to view product forums. We will have technical expertise regarding Storage and High Availability in...
Basics, Best Practice, Features, Storage and Clustering, Storage & Clustering Community Blog, Cluster Server, Cluster Server One, CommandCentral, FileStore, SFHA Management (SFM, VOM, VOS), Storage Foundation, Storage Foundation for Windows, Volume Replicator
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Dev T
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December 15th, 2009
Hello,
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It would be great if we can come back to page # 1 from any page or go to any page we want. It will save lot of time
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changjung
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December 10th, 2009
Abstract
The Veritas product installer for Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.1 on Solaris provides support for Solaris JumpStart. The Solaris JumpStart feature is a customizable automated installation on Solaris environments. This document provides an overview of how to use the installer with Solaris JumpStart, including some simple examples.
What is JumpStart?
The JumpStart feature is an automatic installation process available in the Solaris operating environment. It allows system administrators to categorize machines on their network and automatically install systems based on the category to which a system belongs.
Reasons for JumpStart automated installation
The JumpStart automated installation provides the following benefits:
Simplifies installations.
Allows faster installations than installing from the CD/DVD-ROM.
Allows unattended installations.
Allows replication, to ensure the same installation on systems across the enterprise.
All Solaris base...
Storage and Clustering, Features, Installing, Solaris, Cluster Server, Cluster Server One, Storage Foundation
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Rishi Manocha
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December 6th, 2009
In this screencast Group Product Manager Laura Shepard discusses the new release model for Storage Foundation and High Availability products.
Video Length: 11:49 min
Basics, Storage and Clustering, Cluster Server, Cluster Server One, Upgrade, SFHA Management (SFM, VOM, VOS), Storage Foundation, Volume Replicator
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sundstrom
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December 6th, 2009
In this screencast, Software Engineer Sammi Wang demonstrates how to configure I/O fencing using the High Availability 5.1 product install scripts.
I/O fencing can protect the data on share disks in a split brain scenario. Symantec recommends configuring SFCFS clusters with I/O fencing enabled to prevent data corruption.In this screencast, Software Engineer Sammi Wang demonstrates how to configure I/O fencing using the High Availability 5.1 product install scripts.
Video Length: 12:19 min
Storage and Clustering, Features, Installing, Cluster Server, Cluster Server One, Storage Foundation
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sundstrom
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December 5th, 2009
Instead of manually adding nodes into a Vertitas Cluster Server (VCS) cluster, the VCS 5.1 install script now supports an –addnode command line option to automate and simplify the process. In this screencast, Senior Software Engineer Kevin Xue demonstrates the steps to and important notices about adding a system into a running Vertitas Cluster Server cluster using the -addnode command line option.
All clustered products including VCS, Storage Foundation High Availability, Storage Foundation High Cluster File System, and SFRAC support automatically adding a node using the install script with -addnode option.
Video Length: 8:18
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Nidhi Yajnik
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December 5th, 2009
Nidhi Yajnik describes the the package consolidation done for Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.1, and how packages have resulted in a 60-69% package reduction. Get details about package sets.
Video Length: 4:27
AIX, Storage and Clustering, HP-UX, Linux, Features, Installing, Solaris, Cluster Server, Cluster Server One, Storage Foundation, Volume Replicator
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Rishi Manocha
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December 5th, 2009
Watch this video by Director of Product Management, Thomas Cornely, as he talks about game changing innovations in Veritas Storage Foundation High Availability 5.1, which includes Veritas Storage Foundation and Veritas Cluster Server. In the video, learn about how Veritas Storage Foundation offers fully automated solid state drive (SSD) optimization and a complete Thin Provisioning ecosystem.
Video Length: 9:11
Resources:
Video: Veritas Storage Foundation and Veritas Cluster Server 5.1 Product Overview (Part 1)
Basics, Storage and Clustering, Features, Cluster Server, Cluster Server One, Storage Foundation, Volume Replicator
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sundstrom
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December 5th, 2009
In this screencast, Steve Sundstrom, Symantec Technical Director, demonstrates upgrading Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.0MP3 on Solaris 9 to Storage Foundation and High Availability 5.1 on Solaris 10 using Live Upgrade. The demo installs Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions, however, Live Upgrade installation of any Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions product can be performed. Live Upgrade can also be used to either upgrade the Solaris operating system or Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions product independently on the alternate boot drive.
Video Length: 8:41
Storage and Clustering, Installing, Solaris, Cluster Server, Cluster Server One, Upgrade, Storage Foundation, Volume Replicator
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Dev Roy
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December 4th, 2009
Symantec Employees are well aware of DocCentral but many users / clients are not aware of that it is available and they can download User Guides, Admin Guides, Release Notes, Installation Guides, Mannual Pages etc for the various flavours of UNIX ( AIX, Solaris, HP-UX ), Linux and Windows for entire Storage Foundation product line.
Please find the link bellow for Storage Foundation DocCentral:
http://sfdoccentral.symantec.com
Regards,
Dev Roy.
Basics, Documentation, Storage and Clustering, Storage & Clustering Community Blog, Cluster Server, Cluster Server One, CommandCentral, SFHA Management (SFM, VOM, VOS), Storage Foundation, Storage Foundation for Windows, Volume Replicator
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sundstrom
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December 4th, 2009
In this screencast, Steve Sundstrom, Symantec Technical Director, demonstrates installing Storage Foundation 5.1 on systems using the new Web Install feature. Storage Foundation products are typically installed at the command line from a terminal window. The new Storage Foundation Web Installer provides a much richer display and many other usability improvements which are described in this screencast.
Video length: 12:40 min
Storage and Clustering, Features, Installing, Cluster Server One, CommandCentral, Storage Foundation, Volume Replicator
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Screecast: Installing Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.1 Using Solaris Jumpstart
sundstrom
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December 4th, 2009
In this screencast, Steve Sundstrom, Symantec Technical Director, demonstrates installing Storage Foundation 5.1 on systems along with a fresh Solaris image using JumpStart. The demo installs Veritas Storage Foundation, however a Jumpstart installation of any Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions product can be performed.
Video Length: 6:31
Resources:
Article: Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.1 Installer Support for JumpStart
Storage and Clustering, Installing, Solaris, Cluster Server, Cluster Server One, Upgrade, Storage Foundation, Volume Replicator
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sundstrom
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December 4th, 2009
In this screencast, Steve Sundstrom, Symantec Technical Director, demonstrates using a response file to automate installation and configuration of Storage Foundation 5.1 products. The demonstration uses VERITAS Cluster Server, but response files can be used to automate installation, configuration, and uninstall of any Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions products.
Video Length: 10:16
Resources
Installing Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.0 MP3 Using Solaris Jumpstart - Prior version screencast
Storage and Clustering, Features, Installing, Cluster Server, Cluster Server One, Upgrade, Storage Foundation, Volume Replicator
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VenuG
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November 30th, 2009
In this screencast, Venu Gadiraju, Software Engineer at Symantec Corporation, provides a step-by-step walkthrough describing how to configure a Coordination Point Server 5.1 using the configuration utility. The Coordination Point Server serves as an arbitration point for the Veritas I/O fencing module and provides an alternative to the SCSI-3 coordinator disk. It has the advantages of serving as a coordination point for multiple application clusters and is particularly economical for campus clusters. In this screencast, you'll learn how to configure the Coordination Point Server on a single node hosting Veritas Cluster Server 5.1.
Video length: 5:14
Storage and Clustering, Configuring, Features, Installing, Cluster Server, Cluster Server One, Storage Foundation
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VenuG
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November 30th, 2009
In this screencast, Venu Gadiraju, Software Engineer at Symantec Corporation, provides a detailed walkthrough describing how to configure Veritas I/O fencing module 5.1 in customized mode with at least one of the coordination points as a Coordination Point Server 5.1. The I/O fencing module prevents data corruption in the event of network partitions in the cluster. A combination of Coordination Point Servers and SCSI-3 coordinator disks can be configured as coordination points for I/O fencing. In this screencast, you'll learn how to configure I/O fencing on a Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC 5.1 cluster with one Coordination Point Server and two SCSI-3 coordinator disks using the product installer.
Video Length: 10:47
Storage and Clustering, Configuring, Features, Installing, Cluster Server, Cluster Server One, SFHA Management (SFM, VOM, VOS), Storage Foundation
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Rishi Manocha
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November 25th, 2009
Watch this video by Director of Product Management, Thomas Cornely, as he provides an overview of the Veritas Storage Foundation High Availability product line. Also, learn about what’s new in version 5.1, which is simpler, leaner and more resilient than ever.
Video Length: 8:59
Resources:
Video: Game Changing Innovations in Veritas Storage Foundation and Veritas Cluster Server 5.1 (Part 2)
Storage and Clustering, Cluster Server, Cluster Server One, CommandCentral, SFHA Management (SFM, VOM, VOS), Storage Foundation
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ScottK
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November 23rd, 2009
What is FileConnect?
FileConnect is the Symantec site from which business customers download product binaries. Its url is http://fileconnect.symantec.com
Logging in to FileConnect requires a serial number; that serial number is not the product license key. The serial number is provided to customers after purchase. Many, but not all, Symantec products for business customers are also posted on Symantec’s Trialware site. This site requires a SymAccount login rather than a Serial Number. Trialware’s url is http://www.symantec.com/business/products/licensing/trialware.jsp
What is being done?
The Symantec product group for SFHA and CommandCentral:Storage is rolling out standardized file names for files posted on / downloaded from FileConnect. This aims to improve usability and to create a more uniform and predictable experience.
To what versions do these rules apply?
For products in the Storage Foundation & VCS families, these names apply from 5.0 on UNIX and 5.1 on...
Storage and Clustering, Downloads, Cluster Server, Cluster Server One, CommandCentral, Storage Foundation, Storage Foundation for Windows, Volume Replicator
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JoeH
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November 20th, 2009
Hello everyone,
We had a great meeting on Nov 18th with Mark Salmon presenting a technical review of Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) and the associated VCS testing tool called FireDrill. These are two really great products from Symantec that are definitely leaders in their space.
I have attached the two (2) presentations to this message for you to download and review.
Thank you again to Symantec for the excellent food and door prizes and we hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season with Thanksgiving and Christmas just around the corner. We will plan to meet again sometime around February next year to get everything off to a great start.
And don't forget, UserGroup members get an awesome $400 off Symantec Vision registration, a $175 MGM Gift Card, and a limited edition Symantec Vision jacket!!! Must register before March 12, 2010 and use the promo code: VISUG when registering.
Sincerely,
Joe Hayes
Group Director
Atlanta Storage & High...
Documentation, Features, Storage and Clustering, Storage & Clustering Community Blog, Cluster Server, Cluster Server One
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dshupp
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November 10th, 2009
Veritas Cluster Server One 5.0 is released on November 2nd 2009
Product Overview
Product Description:
Veritas Cluster Server One is the next generation of high availability solution to solve the emerging availability problems in virtualized, consolidated modern data centers. Veritas Cluster Server One provides rich awareness and control of both the applications as well as virtual machines. Veritas Cluster Server One maximizes application availability while minimizing capital and operational expenditure in virtual and scale-out environments. At the core is a flexible, scalable architecture which provides key capabilities such as local and remote failover, multi-tier application control, active/active data centers, prioritized availability, role-based access control, automation and standardization across physical and virtual environments.
New Features, Functionality, and Highlights:
Terminology
The terminology for VCS One has changed. The...
Downloads, Features, Installing, Upgrade, Storage and Clustering, Storage & Clustering Community Blog, Cluster Server One
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Kimberley
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November 2nd, 2009
1 - 4 December 2009 | Las Vegas, NV | Caesars Palace Las Vegas
Join Symantec at Expo Booth F at the Gartner Data Center Conference. The conference " delivers tactics and strategies to address your hottest issues: next-stage virtualization, the impact of cloud computing, best practices in cost optimization, managing escalating energy costs, the aging infrastructure, and more. "
Find out more
Industry Event, Storage and Clustering, Cluster Server, Cluster Server One, CommandCentral, NetBackup, SFHA Management (SFM, VOM, VOS), Storage Foundation, Storage Foundation for Windows, Volume Replicator
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Mike Reynolds PMM
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October 15th, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 @ 9:00 AM PT
Presented by: Mike Reynolds, Senior Product Marketing Manager, High Availability and Disaster Recovery
Companies are utilizing server virtualization to reduce hardware costs and increase agility, however deploying mission-critical applications in virtual machines brings new challenges.
* How do we detect and recover from an application failure?
* How can we automate recovery when an entire site goes down?
* What are the best practices for reducing configuration errors and conducting non-disruptive disaster recovery testing?
Attend this webcast to get a deeper understanding of the challenges to true high availability and some answers on how to achieve it.
Register Now!
Basics, Storage and Clustering, Best Practice, Features, Cluster Server, Cluster Server One, CommandCentral, SFHA Management (SFM, VOM, VOS)
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Kyle Gleed
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October 7th, 2009
Applicable Releases: VCS One 2.0 & 2.0RU1
10/5/2009
VCS One Backup and Recovery
After implementing VCS One it’s important to have a good data protection plan to protect your Policy Master. The following discusses best practices for backing up the VCS One Policy Master.
What to Backup
There are two parts to a successful VCS One backup strategy: backing up the PM database and backing up the VCS One security brokers.
Backing up the PM Database
There are three methods for backing up the PM database:
1. Database backup
2. XML export
3. Command file dump
Database backups
A database backup makes a copy of the PM database by quiescing I/O and copying the database file, transaction log, and the odbc.ini file.
Advantages:
• Quick and allows for fast recovery.
Disadvantage
• Database backups cannot be edited offline.
• ...
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Kimberley
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October 6th, 2009
Oracle OpenWorld 2009
Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA, October 11-15
Stop by Symantec booth # 3609 to talk to our industry experts at Oracle OpenWorld 2009 to get the answers you need and enter to win some of the coolest technology devices out there.
Visit the Oracle OpenWorld 2009 site to register and find out more information.
Industry Event, 12.x, Storage and Clustering, Backup and Archiving, Cluster Server, Cluster Server One, CommandCentral, Enterprise Vault, NetBackup, NetBackup PureDisk, NetBackup RealTime Protection, SFHA Management (SFM, VOM, VOS), Storage Foundation, Storage Foundation for Windows, Volume Replicator
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