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CooL_2
Level 2
16 years ago

IO fencing in campus cluser architecture with two separate disk arrays

Dear Guru We have two separate sites connected via SAN and network. Each site contains a server and a disk array. These all runs SFRAC 5.0 and Oracle RAC. IO fencing and data volumess are now config...
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    bsobek
    16 years ago

    Hi Cool,

     

    if you have a small test-lab or something like this (not in one of your datacenters), you can install a small server as iscsi-target, install 5.0MP3 at your cluster and use an iscsi-device as 3rd fencing disk. You can take a look at the release notes of VCS 5.0MP3, Page 15) (ftp://ftp.entsupport.symantec.com/pub/support/documentation/vcs_notes_sol.pdf) and the other VCS documents how to configure this.

    This is a new feature. So I don't think that many customers use this at this moment and there aren't enough expriences with this, but it could be a possibility for you for the future.

     

     

    Greets

    Björn

    Message Edited by bsobek on 10-28-2008 02:09 AM
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bsobek
Level 5
16 years ago

Hi Cool,

 

if you have a small test-lab or something like this (not in one of your datacenters), you can install a small server as iscsi-target, install 5.0MP3 at your cluster and use an iscsi-device as 3rd fencing disk. You can take a look at the release notes of VCS 5.0MP3, Page 15) (ftp://ftp.entsupport.symantec.com/pub/support/documentation/vcs_notes_sol.pdf) and the other VCS documents how to configure this.

This is a new feature. So I don't think that many customers use this at this moment and there aren't enough expriences with this, but it could be a possibility for you for the future.

 

 

Greets

Björn

Message Edited by bsobek on 10-28-2008 02:09 AM