SFHA Management (SFM, VIAS, VOS)
Rishi Manocha
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November 9th, 2009
Symantec is proud to announce the launch of Veritas Operations Services 2.0 (VOS 2.0). This release is a culmination of months of development based on customer feedback, and represents a significant step forward in the overall value that Veritas Storage Foundation, Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows and Veritas Cluster Server customers can expect to receive from VOS.
This underpinning of the release is an integrated customer experience which encompasses VOS services that customers have used for over two years. Below are key highlights of the release:
Updated look and feel of the site, reports, notifications, and search capabilities including a customizable dashboard
Increased visibility of vital information through integrated searches for patches, documentation, and UMI codes
Improved efficiency of data collection and reporting through an integrated data collector
Better data center coverage with increased integration of Windows functionality
Increased management of all...
Storage Management, SFHA Management (SFM, VIAS, VOS), Storage Foundation, Storage Foundation for Windows, Volume Replicator
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Rishi Manocha
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November 6th, 2009
This screencast, presented by PM Andrea Fuchs, offers a great walkthrough of functionality available in Veritas Operations Services (VOS) 2.0. The underpinning of the Veritas Operations Services 2.0 release, launched on November 4th 2009, is an integrated user experience which ties together VOS services that have been available to SFHA customer for over 2 years. A number of other great new features are also available.
Use Veritas Operations Services in conjuction with Storage Foundation Manager to streamline many of your Storage Foundation and High Availability management tasks. Please send us an email with your feedback of Veritas Operations Services 2.0.
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Prithvi
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November 4th, 2009
Hi,
i'm planning to upgrade Sf4.0MP2 to SF5.0MP3 with addition of one more node to existing 2 node vcs cluster
can some one comment what should be fallback plan for this activity of upgrade.
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Kimberley
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November 1st, 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. "
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Industry Event, Storage Management, Cluster Server, Cluster Server One, CommandCentral, NetBackup, SFHA Management (SFM, VIAS, VOS), Storage Foundation, Storage Foundation for Windows, Volume Replicator
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Rishi Manocha
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November 1st, 2009
Overview
Storage Foundation HA 5.1 introduces keyless feature enablement. The primary objective of keyless is to improve the customer experience with Storage Foundation HA (SFHA) and make it easier to deploy, manage and use our products. Note that a customer continues to be required to have valid licenses for the product he/she is running. Entitlement does not change in 5.1
Review the information provided below as well as the attached pdf to learn more.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What is the advantage of using keyless versus standard licensing?
Keyless simplifies the task of a system admin deploying SFHA in a production environment. It also results in better overall system availability in a production environment by removing the need for temporary license keys.
Before 5.1, license keys were required for SFHA to be functional on a host. If at time of deployment, a system admin didn't have the appropriate key handy (which can happen for a variety of reasons), he...
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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 Management, Best Practice, Clustering and Replication, Features, Cluster Server, Cluster Server One, CommandCentral, SFHA Management (SFM, VIAS, VOS)
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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.
12.x, Industry Event, Storage Management, Backup and Archiving, Clustering and Replication, Cluster Server, Cluster Server One, CommandCentral, Enterprise Vault, NetBackup, NetBackup PureDisk, NetBackup RealTime Protection, SFHA Management (SFM, VIAS, VOS), Storage Foundation, Storage Foundation for Windows, Volume Replicator
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jai_malkani
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October 6th, 2009
In this video, Jai Malkani, Sr. Product Manager, discusses why Storage Foundation Manager is a must have for Data Center Environments running Storage Foundation and High Availability software to dramatically improve service levels while reducing cost and complexity.
Video Length: 6:00
Resources:
Download Storage Foundation Manager 2.1
Find out more in the Storage Foundation Manager blog post
View Screencasts:
Installing Storage Foundation Manager (6min 47sec)
Non-Interactive Installs for Managed Host Deployment (4min 07sec)
Configuring Storage Foundation Manager 2.0 to Work with LDAP and Active Directory (4min 20sec)
Managing Using Application Groups (7min 21sec)
Making Storage Foundation Manager Highly Available (13min 32sec)
Storage Foundation Manager DMP State Management Add-on (9min 38sec)
Storage Foundation Manager License Deployment Report (12min 14sec)
Basics, Storage Management, Clustering and Replication, Features, Installing, Cluster Server, SFHA Management (SFM, VIAS, VOS), Storage Foundation, Storage Foundation for Windows
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Taller_Cui
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September 30th, 2009
这段视频展示了如何使用Veritas安装评估服务和Veritas运营维护服务。 Veritas运营维护服务是一套基于Web的免费的管理工具集。 它们能够简化和流程化很多Storage Foundation和High Availability相关的部署和管理任务。视频由开发经理Blue Lang做原始演示，Taller Cui中文配音。
视频长度: 12:19
相关资源:
英文版视频地址： English Screencast Version
安装评估服务地址： VIAS
其他运营维护服务地址： Labs utilities
Storage Management, Clustering and Replication, Configuring, Installing, Upgrade, SFHA Management (SFM, VIAS, VOS), Storage Foundation, Storage Foundation for Windows, Volume Replicator
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AndyN
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September 24th, 2009
Join us at our next Upstate New York Storage & High Availability User Group meeting on Friday, October 23 starting at 12:00 pm at Ingram Micro in Williamsville.
This meeting will begin with lunch followed by updated roadmaps from Symantec Product Management representing Storage Foundation High Availability, Backup Exec, and NetBackup. After our User Group meeting, there will be a Happy Hour from 4:30 pm until 7:00 pm at Frog Hair.
Come prepared with your questions, ideas, and insights to share with the Group!
Agenda:
12:00 pm - Lunch
12:45 pm - Announcements & Introductions
01:00 pm - Storage Foundation High Availability Roadmap
02:00 pm - Backup Exec Roadmap
03:00 pm - NetBackup Roadmap
04:00 pm - User Group Planning & Prizes
04:30 pm - Happy Hour at Frog Hair
Check-in Information:
Bring your ID. It will be required when you check-in with building security.
Where:
Ingram Micro
1759 Wehrle Drive
First Floor Atrium, UK A/B Room
Williamsville, NY 14221-7887
716-633-3600...
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sephora
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September 22nd, 2009
Hi Guys!!!
i have run healthcheck on aix 5.3 ser ver with VRTSvcs.rte 5.0.3 installed. The final pdf document shows:
Check ID: HC_DISKGROUP_VFD_DISK
Check Category : Availability Check
Check Description : Checks if all the disks in disk group are visible on the cluster node.
Discovered Healhtcheck O/P:-
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* ||VCS version is NOT 5.0MP3 on host [iab15250]. Cannot perform check if VCS version is below 5.0MP3.||
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Following are the Informative recommendations made:-
**Health Check passed without failures. No Action needs to be taken.**
And the system has VCS 5.0MP3. I have been checking scripts and it seems that it execute: "lslpp -l VRTSvcs" instead of "lslpp -l VRTSvcs.rte
Please confirm, it is a bug?
Thanks for all
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sephora
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September 17th, 2009
i have tested and i receive an error:
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Checking LLT Link Jumbo Frame setting (MTU) Can't locate object method "has_virtual_nic" via package "Prod::VCS51::AIX" at vias/lib/CPIP/uxrt51/Prod/SFRAC51.pm line 17581, <STDIN> line 6.
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Kimberley
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September 15th, 2009
Your question may already be answered... Here are this month's most-accessed Technotes from Tech Support. For more info, try checking out the Knowledge Base.
Storage Foundation Manager
Error: Failed to authenticate client.Username/Password/Domain is incorrect
ERROR: Could not connect to server. Server may be down.
ERROR V-338-1-2039 Could not get agent password
Error V-39-4095-803 HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized User.
Error V-39-53245-49 - No Agent(s) are up on host [hostname]. As a result, the view cannot be displayed. Check the connection to the host [hostname].
ERROR: The action agent has stopped running. Rule Manager is no longer available.
Error V-176-1-851 - VEA service on this host is down
Error V-39-4095-805 Could not contact host, Xprtld may be down or host is not part of domain.
Veritas Installation Assessment Service (VIAS)
VIAS - Veritas Installation Assessment Services (formerly known as SF Prep Utility)/a>
VIAS Veritas (tm) Installation Assessment Service Guide - AIX,...
Storage Management, Tech Support, Configuring, Error messages, Installing, Troubleshooting, SFHA Management (SFM, VIAS, VOS)
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sephora
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September 15th, 2009
Hello everybody,
It is the first time i execute vias software. i was trying to execute vias on aix 5.3, it return the following error:
Checking LLT Link Jumbo Frame setting (MTU) Can't locate object method "has_virtual_nic" via package "Prod::VCS51::AIX" at lib/CPIP/uxrt51/Prod/SFRAC51.pm line 17581, <STDIN> line 6.
Checking this object method:
(systemname)/var/tmp/vias# ls -la lib/CPIP/uxrt51/Prod/SFRAC51.pm
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 staff 561458 Aug 26 07:56 lib/CPIP/uxrt51/Prod/SFRAC51.pm
(systemname)/var/tmp/vias#
(systemname)/var/tmp/vias# grep "has_virtual_nic" lib/CPIP/uxrt51/Prod/SFRAC51.pm
if ($vcs->has_virtual_nic()) {
(systemname)/var/tmp/vias#
(systemname)/var/tmp/vias/lib/CPIP/uxrt51/Prod# cd ../..
(systemname)/var/tmp/vias/lib/CPIP# grep has_virtual_nic ./*/*/*
./uxrt51/Prod/SFRAC51.pm: ...
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Jeff Vandervoort
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September 13th, 2009
Prelude
Initially, I wrote this about Backup Exec, because that's where I ran into this problem. I'm also a SAV & SEP veteran but don't recall seeing this heinous language in their KB articles. So maybe it's a Veritas thing. But, whatever...
...then it occurred to me that while BE may (or may not) be the only Symantec enterprise product to which the symptom applies, the cure is universal. Because it bridges a huge gap between the goals of Symantec Sales, Support, Connect, Knowledge Base, and Product Managers. So I've taken the unusual-and-hopefully-not-presumptuous step of tagging it to all available products. It is global.
That kinda makes it Ideas spam, I know. Never done it before; probably never will again. Hope you can forgive me!
Don Quixote Battles Symantec
Two KB articles I've browsed recently contain variations on this boilerplate (emphasis mine):
"There are currently no plans to address this issue by way of a patch or hotfix in the...
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andysinger
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August 31st, 2009
Dion Harris, Sr. Product Manager and Adithya Raghunathan, Product Management Director, discuss how CommandCentral enables administrators to identify opportunities storage reclamation and in turn how the Thin Provisioning feature in Storage Foundation then reclaims the storage.
Video Length: 6:58
Resources:
White paper: Stop Buying Storage Best Practices: Veritas CommandCentral Storage and Veritas Storage Foundation
Basics, Storage Management, Best Practice, CommandCentral, SFHA Management (SFM, VIAS, VOS), Storage Foundation
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Rishi Manocha
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August 26th, 2009
Storage Foundation Manager 2.1 is now available, and here's your one-stop spot for short how-to screencasts to get up and running fast, download info, and links to technical documentation and discussion forums.
What's New?
Storage Foundation Manager 2.1 is a cross platform release, and includes updates to the Central Server on Linux, Solaris and Windows, as well as updates to Managed Hosts on all platforms. The 2.1 release includes the following new features:
Health Check now supports Windows hosts (in addition to Unix hosts)
License Deployment Reporter (LDR) now supports Windows hosts (in addition to Unix hosts)
Support for MS SQL and Exchange for Windows
Better Oracle discovery
Native Managed host for IA64 on Windows
Performance improvements and bug fixes
Enhanced Converged Agent support (partnering with CommandCentral)
Seamless upgrade support for SFM 2.0 customers (Full Package Release + MH updates available in SFM add-on format)
The following new functionality is...
Storage Management, Configuring, Documentation, Downloads, Installing, Tip/How to, Upgrade, SFHA Management (SFM, VIAS, VOS), Storage Foundation
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Eileen
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August 13th, 2009
Dan Lamorena, Senior Manager for High Availability and Disaster Recovery reviews findings from the latest Disaster Recovery annual survey and provides best practices for building reliable recovery solutions.
Video Length: 6:48
Storage Management, Best Practice, Clustering and Replication, Inside Symantec, Cluster Server, SFHA Management (SFM, VIAS, VOS), Symantec Connect
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Ryan Anderson
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August 6th, 2009
I installed SFM 2.0 agent on some Solaris 10 SPARC Oracle DB servers a couple weeks ago. SFM discovered the Oracle databases on the lightest used of them (a Sun V440) and they show up in Managing -> Applications -> Databases. However, the more heavier-used ones, also Solaris 10 SPARC, but on SunFire 6800/6900 boxes, I do not see Oracle instances displaying in SFM. Conversely, they each have an 'oraexp' process that is sucking up ~100% of one CPU on a multi-CPU box, here is the ptree output on it:
9778 /opt/VRTSsfmh/bin/perl /opt/VRTSsfmh/bin/mh_ctl.pl --rescan --ensure
10215 sh -c /opt/VRTSsfmh/bin/mh_driver.pl --family DB --discover --hidden --
10216 /opt/VRTSsfmh/bin/perl /opt/VRTSsfmh/bin/mh_driver.pl --family DB --d
10221 sh -c /opt/VRTSsfmh/bin//oraexp discover --config host_uuid={000200
10223 /opt/VRTSsfmh/bin//oraexp discover --config host_uuid={00020003-b
Any...
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sanamsm
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August 3rd, 2009
Hello -
I have a question on VIAS . Pardon me if I am asking the obvious -- but this is the first time I am working with it.
I installed VIAS Data Collector on 15 Servers (Health Check) and it ran successfully on all of them but only on 1 of them I got back an .xml file on all the other servers I got a .log file
When I try to rename the .log to .xml & try to upload the file online -- it doesnt let me saying the file is not well formatted.
Please guide me here - Thanks
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Kimberley
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July 29th, 2009
Visit with Symantec at the Gartner ITxpo, where we'll be showcasing storage and high availability solutions.
About Gartner ITxpo:
"Gartner Symposium/ITxpo is the industry's largest and most important annual gathering of CIOs and their senior IT leaders. It delivers independent and objective content with the authority and weight of the world's leading IT research and advisory organization, and provides access to the latest solutions from key technology providers."
For more information and to register, visit the Gartner ITxpo site.
Industry Event, Storage Management, Clustering and Replication, Cluster Server, Cluster Server One, CommandCentral, SFHA Management (SFM, VIAS, VOS), Storage Foundation, Storage Foundation for Windows, Volume Replicator
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Kimberley
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July 29th, 2009
Come visit us on the exhibit floor at SAP TechEd this October.
"Dive deep into the world of SAP TechEd to get hands-on technical training, build real connections with SAP experts and community members, and gain the inspiration and skills needed to maximize your impact on your organization while enhancing your career."
Register Now
Industry Event, Storage Management, Clustering and Replication, Cluster Server, Cluster Server One, CommandCentral, SFHA Management (SFM, VIAS, VOS), Storage Foundation, Storage Foundation for Windows
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Kimberley
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July 24th, 2009
Veritas Storage Foundation Manager provides enterprise-wide management and reporting on Storage Foundation Environments. Storage Foundation Manager offers benefits in 3 key areas: 1) Increased Productivity, 2) Reduced Complexity and 3) Risk Mitigation. Visit the product homepage to download the product for free or for additional information.
Join VR Satish, Distinguished Engineer, as he provides an overview and demo's the product.
Jul 29, 2009 11:00 am PT
Aug 19, 2009 11:00 am PT
Register Now!
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Kimberley
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July 14th, 2009
SFHA MANAGEMENT TOOLS Your question may already be answered... Here are this month's most-accessed Technotes from Tech Support. For more info, try checking out the Knowledge Base.
Storage Foundation Manager
ERROR: Could not connect to server. Server may be down.
Error: Failed to authenticate client.Username/Password/Domain is incorrect
ERROR V-338-1-2039 Could not get agent password
Error V-39-53245-49 - No Agent(s) are up on host [hostname]. As a result, the view cannot be displayed. Check the connection to the host [hostname].
Error V-39-4095-803 HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized User.
Veritas Installation Assessment Service (VIAS)
VIAS - Veritas Installation Assessment Services (formerly known as SF Prep Utility)/a>
VIAS Veritas (tm) Installation Assessment Service Guide - AIX, HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris
How to debug the Veritas Installation Assessment Service Tool (VIAS)
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jmartin
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July 13th, 2009
The VIAS application was updated on June 30th to include new features and enhanced functionality. New enhancements include:
Improved 'My VIAS' functionality and navigation (sign in or register at the top of the home page)
Ability to share uploaded host reports (Share Group feature in 'My VIAS')
Enhanced process to save reports
Updated Help and services documentation
Additionally, enhancements were made to services available on our VOSLabs site. New enhancements include:
Added over 17,000 UMI codes (ECLS)
Added over 100 new UMI Solutions (ECLS)
Added Maintenance Pack (MP) support (Patch Central)
Added 44 Health Checks covering VCS and Virtual FireDrill (Health Check)
Improved search and navigation capabilities (Patch Central, ECLS)
The VOSLabs site also includes a version of VIAS that incorporates the Windows Config Checker functionality. For access to product documentation, visit our Doc Central site.
Have fun and let us know if you have any comments or feedback.
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