Continentalclusters Worksheets............................................................................................

52

Data Center Worksheet .................................................................................................

52

Recovery Group Worksheet ...........................................................................................

53

Cluster Event Worksheet ................................................................................................

53

Understanding Changes in Continentalclusters A.08.00..........................................................

54

Continentalclusters User and Group.................................................................................

54

Continentalclusters Configuration Package........................................................................

54

Preparing the Clusters.............................................................................................................

54

Setting up and Testing Data Replication................................................................................

54

Configuring a Cluster without Recovery Packages...................................................................

55

Configuring a Cluster with Recovery Packages.......................................................................

56

Configuring Recovery Groups with Rehearsal Packages...........................................................

58

Building the Continentalclusters Configuration.............................................................................

58

Setting up Security.............................................................................................................

59

Setting up Security with versions prior than A.08.00..........................................................

59

Preparing Security Files.............................................................................................

59

Setting up Security with Continentalclusters Version A.08.00...............................................

60

Creating the Monitor Package.............................................................................................

62

Configuring the Maintenance Mode Feature for Recovery Groups in Continentalclusters..............

63

Configuring Shared Disk for the Maintenance Feature........................................................

63

Configuring a Monitor Package for the Maintenance Feature..............................................

64

Configuring Modular Packages in Continentalclusters.............................................................

65

Configuring the Monitoring Daemon as a Modular Package...............................................

65

Migrating the Legacy Monitoring Package to a Modular Style Package in Continentalclusters

 

A.08.00..................................................................................................................

66

Configuring Primary and Recovery Packages as Modular Packages.....................................

67

Configuring primary and recovery packages as modular packages when using Continuous

 

Access P9000 or XP.................................................................................................

67

Configuring primary and recovery packages as modular packages when using Continuous

 

Access EVA.............................................................................................................

69

Configuring primary and recovery packages as modular packages when using EMC

 

SRDF......................................................................................................................

71

Configuring primary and recovery packages as modular packages using 3PAR Remote

 

Copy......................................................................................................................

74

Configuring Continentalclusters Data Sender and Data Receiver Packages as Modular

 

Packages.....................................................................................................................

74

Configuring Continentalclusters Rehearsal packages as Modular Packages...........................

74

Editing the Continentalclusters Configuration File....................................................................

76

Editing Section 1—Cluster Information.............................................................................

76

Editing Section 2 – Recovery Groups...............................................................................

79

Editing Section 3—Monitoring Definitions.........................................................................

82

Selecting Notification Intervals........................................................................................

86

Checking and Applying the Continentalclusters Configuration..................................................

88

Starting the Continentalclusters Monitor Package....................................................................

89

Validating the Configuration................................................................................................

90

Documenting the Recovery Procedure...................................................................................

91

Reviewing the Recovery Procedure........................................................................................

91

Migrating to Continentalclusters A.08.00...................................................................................

92

Testing the Continentalclusters..................................................................................................

92

Testing Individual Packages.................................................................................................

92

Testing Continentalclusters Operations..................................................................................

93

Switching to the Recovery Packages in Case of Disaster...............................................................

94

Receiving Notification.........................................................................................................

94

Verifying that Recovery is Needed.......................................................................................

94

Using the Recovery Command to Switch All Packages.............................................................

95

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