SmartIO blueprint and deployment guide for Solaris platform
SmartIO for Solaris was introduced in Storage Foundation HA 6.2. SmartIO enables data efficiency on your SSDs through I/O caching. Using SmartIO to improve efficiency, you can optimize the cost per Input/Output Operations Per Second (IOPS). SmartIO supports both read and write-back caching for the VxFS file systems that are mounted on VxVM volumes, in multiple caching modes and configurations. SmartIO also supports block-level read caching for applications running on VxVM volumes. The SmartIO Blueprint for Solaris give an overview of the benefits of using SmartIO technology, the underlying technology, and the essential configuration steps to configure it. In the SmartIO Deployment Guide for Solaris, multiple deployment scenarios of SmartIO and how to manage them are covered in detail. Let us know if you have any questions or feedback!
SFHA Solutions 6.0.1: Using Veritas Cluster Server Simulator
Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) Simulator enables you to simulate and test cluster configurations. You can use VCS Simulator to view and modify service group and resource configurations and test failover behavior. VCS Simulator can run on a stand-alone system and does not require any additional hardware. You can install VCS Simulator only on a Windows operating system. VCS Simulator runs an identical version of the VCS High Availability Daemon(HAD) as in a cluster, ensuring that failover decisions are identical to those in anactual cluster. Using VCS Simulator, you can test configurations from different operating systems.For example, you can run VCS Simulator to test configurations for VCS clusterson Windows, AIX, HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris operating systems. VCS Simulatoralso enables you to create and test global clusters. You can administer VCS Simulator from the Java Console or from the commandline. To download VCS Simulator, see: http://go.symantec.com/vcsm_download For more information on installing and administering VCS Simulator, see: Installing VCS Simulator on a Windows System Upgrading VCS Simulator Administering VCS Simulator Predicting VCS behavior using VCS Simulator Administering VCS Simulator from the Java Console Administering VCS Simulator from the command line interface VCS documentation for other releases and platforms can be found on theSORT website.
Failed to get the MSDTC Security configuration for VCS from registry
Hi, I created campus cluster with 2 servers (Operating system: Windows server 2012 R2. SQL server 2012. Symantec Storage Foundation 6.1.) Service group became online through time. In first time - Faulted. I clear fault on this server and try up service group. Service online. I made it offline then try up and got faulted. Then online, faulted and so on... Faulted SQL agent. In SQL server logs I didn't find any errors. In C:\Program Files\Veritas\cluster server\log\SQLserver_A.txt I got errors 2015/05/16 20:41:33 VCS NOTICE V-16-20093-75 SQLServer:SQLServer-SQL1:online:Failed to get the MSDTC Security configuration for VCS from registry.Error : [2, 2] 2015/05/16 20:47:50 VCS ERROR V-16-20093-11 SQLServer:SQLServer-SQL1:online:Failed to wait for the service 'MSSQL$SQL1' to start. Error = [2 ,258] 2015/05/16 20:47:50 VCS DBG_21 V-16-50-0 SQLServer:SQLServer-SQL1:online:*** Start of debug information dump for troubleshooting *** LibLogger.cpp:VLibThreadLogQueue::Dump[206] 2015/05/16 20:47:50 VCS DBG_21 V-16-50-0 SQLServer:SQLServer-SQL1:online:(2) CRegKey::Open failed for Software\Veritas\VCS\EnterpriseAgents\SQLServer\SQLServer-SQL1. LibVcsHive.cpp:VLibVcsHive::_GetDWORDValue[435] 2015/05/16 20:47:50 VCS DBG_21 V-16-50-0 SQLServer:SQLServer-SQL1:online:(2) CRegKey::Open failed for Software\Veritas\VCS\EnterpriseAgents\SQLServer\__Global__. LibVcsHive.cpp:VLibVcsHive::_GetDWORDValue[435] 2015/05/16 20:47:50 VCS DBG_21 V-16-50-0 SQLServer:SQLServer-SQL1:online:(2) _GetDWORDValue failed. Subkey = Software\Veritas\VCS\EnterpriseAgents\SQLServer\__Global__, Name = IgnoreMSDTCSecurity LibVcsHive.cpp:VLibVcsHive::GetValue[401] 2015/05/16 20:47:50 VCS DBG_21 V-16-50-0 SQLServer:SQLServer-SQL1:online:Wait timed out for service MSSQL$SQL1 LibService.cpp:VLibService::WaitForServiceStatus[275] 2015/05/16 20:47:50 VCS DBG_21 V-16-50-0 SQLServer:SQLServer-SQL1:online:*** End of debug information dump for troubleshooting *** LibLogger.cpp:VLibThreadLogQueue::Dump[217] 2015/05/16 20:47:50 VCS WARNING V-16-2-13140 Thread(10516) Could not find timer entry with id 274 2015/05/16 20:47:50 VCS INFO V-16-20093-29 SQLServer:SQLServer-SQL1:monitor:The 'MSSQL$SQL1' service is not in stopped or running state. State = 2. 2015/05/16 20:48:50 VCS INFO V-16-20093-29 SQLServer:SQLServer-SQL1:monitor:The 'MSSQL$SQL1' service is not in stopped or running state. State = 2. 2015/05/16 20:49:50 VCS INFO V-16-20093-29 SQLServer:SQLServer-SQL1:monitor:The 'MSSQL$SQL1' service is not in stopped or running state. State = 2. 2015/05/16 20:49:50 VCS ERROR V-16-2-13066 Thread(9380) Agent is calling clean for resource(SQLServer-SQL1) because the resource is not up even after online completed. 2015/05/16 20:49:50 VCS WARNING V-16-20093-55 SQLServer:SQLServer-SQL1:clean:The service 'MSSQL$SQL1' is not in running state. Attempt to stop it might be unsuccessful. 2015/05/16 20:53:32 VCS WARNING V-16-2-13140 Thread(9380) Could not find timer entry with id 279 2015/05/16 20:53:32 VCS ERROR V-16-2-13068 Thread(9380) Resource(SQLServer-SQL1) - clean completed successfully. 2015/05/16 20:53:32 VCS ERROR V-16-2-13071 Thread(9380) Resource(SQLServer-SQL1): reached OnlineRetryLimit(0). 2015/05/16 20:56:41 VCS NOTICE V-16-20093-75 SQLServer:SQLServer-SQL1:online:Failed to get the MSDTC Security configuration for VCS from registry.Error : [2, 2] There are two massages when service group became online 2015/05/16 20:58:58 VCS INFO V-16-20093-30002 SQLServer:SQLServer-SQL1:imf_register:Registering with IMF for online monitoring 2015/05/16 21:08:28 VCS INFO V-16-20093-30001 SQLServer:SQLServer-SQL1:imf_register:Registering with IMF for offline monitoring Can you heip me resolve this issue? Thanks in advance.
SFHA Solutions 6.1: Using AdaptiveHA to select the largest system for failover
Symantec Cluster Server (VCS) service groups are virtual containers that manage groups of resources required to run a managed application. The FailOverPolicy service group attribute governs how VCS determines the target system for failover. For more information, see About service groups Service group attributes Cluster attributes About defining failover policies When you set FailOverPolicy to BiggestAvailable, AdaptiveHA enables VCS to dynamically select the cluster node with the most available resources to fail over an application. VCS monitors and forecasts the unused capacity of systems in terms of CPU, Memory, and Swap, to select the largest available system. If you set FailOverPolicy to BiggestAvailable for a service group, you must specify the load values in terms such as, 1 CPU, 1GB RAM, and 1GB SWAP, in the Load service group attribute.You only need to specify those resources that are used by the service group. For example, if the service group does not use the Swap resource, only specify the CPU and Memory resources in the Load attribute. Note: The Load FailOverPolicy isbeingdeprecated after this release. Symantec recommends that you change to theBiggestAvailableFailOverPolicy for enabling AdaptiveHA. For more information, see About AdaptiveHA Enabling AdaptiveHA for a service group If you upgrade VCS manually, ensure that you update the VCS configuration file (main.cf) to enable AdaptiveHA. When you upgrade from an older version of VCS using the installer, the main.cf file gets automatically upgraded. For more information, seeManually upgrading the VCS configuration file to the latest version VCS documentation for other platforms and releases can be found on theSORTwebsite.