Enterprise Vault 8 High Availability best practice ?
Hi People,
I got Symantec Enterprise v 8.0 SP4 as a VM which uses Physical RDM capability to leverage EMC SnapView replication from production site to DR site LUN level, however I wonder if this is the correct procedure since I cannot find any way to to create DR instance of EV that can be used in the disaster recovery scenario ?
What are my options and how to achieve that in case the primary site is down completely in terms of Server and the storage ?
Building Blocks:
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH52747
The following instructions are from the Enterprise Vault "Administrations Guide.pdf"
Configuring a working building blocks solution
This chapter describes the procedure to follow when an Enterprise Vault server that is part of a building blocks solution has failed or been replaced.
Before you use this procedure it is essential that you have configured a working building blocks solution. The failover will not work unless you have already run
Update Service Locations on the correctly-configured Enterprise Vault site.
To configure a working building blocks solution
1 Change the DNS alias (cname) of the failed Enterprise Vault server so that it maps to a working server. You must make this change on all the remaining servers
in the Enterprise Vault site. The method you use to do this depends on the procedures within your organization, as follows:
■ Using a host file. Update the host files on all the remaining server computers in the Enterprise Vault site.
■ Using DNS zones. Update the DNS zones to reflect the new alias.
2 Start the Administration Console on any of the servers in the Enterprise Vault site.
3 In the left pane, expand the tree until the EnterpriseVaultServers container is visible.
4 Right-click the Enterprise Vault Servers container and, on the shortcut menu, click Update Service Locations. You are prompted for the password for the Vault Service account.
5 Enter the password for the Vault Service account and click OK. Enterprise Vault updates the service locations and creates new services as necessary. At the end of the update a summary screen appears, listing the services on each computer in the site.
6 If the Update Service Locations has created any services, start them.
