SFHA Solutions 6.0.1 (Solaris): Troubleshooting the dgdisabled error flag
The dgdisabled error flag indicates that configuration changes on a disk group are disabled. This can occur due to any error that prevents further configuration changes on the disk group. For example, this can occur if no good disks are found during the disk group import operation, if no valid configuration copies are found on the disks in the disk group, or if writes to all configuration copies fail during an update to the disk group configuration. The dgdisabled error flag displays when the Veritas Volume Manager configuration daemon, vxconfigd loses access to all enabled configuration copies for the disk group. Configuration copies let you back up and restore all configuration data fordisk groups, and for objects such as volumes that are configured within the disk groups. Loss of access can occur if power is disrupted or a network cable is disconnected. To recover from loss of access, fix any disk connectivity issues, then deport and re-import the disk group. Beginning with the Storage Foundation and High Availability (SFHA) Solaris 6.0 release, a node can join the cluster even if there is a shared disk group that is in the DGDISABLED state. In earlier releases the node failed to join the cluster. For more information on troubleshooting the dgdisabled error flag, see: Removing the error state for simple or nopriv disks in non-boot disk groups vxdarestore(1m) 6.0.1 manual page: Solaris For more information on using the vxdisk list command to display status and troubleshoot disk errors, see the following Symantec Connect article: SFHA Solutions 6.0.1: Using the vxdisk list command to display status and to recover from errors onVeritas Volume Manager disks Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability documentation for other releases and platforms can be found on theSORT website.
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!
Veritas InfoScale 7.0: Licensing Veritas InfoScale 7.0
You require a license to install and use Veritas InfoScale products. There are two ways you can register the Veritas InfoScale product license keys: Use key-based licensing When you purchase a Veritas InfoScale product, you receive a License Key certificate. The certificate specifies the product keys and the number of product licenses purchased. Use keyless licensing The license is registered based on the product you install. Within 60 days of choosing this option, you must install a valid license key corresponding to the license level, or continue with keyless licensing by managing the systems with Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager. You can register the product license keys either manually or by using the installer. You can use the vxlicinstupgrade utility, if you want to: Upgrade to another Veritas InfoScale product Upgrade a temporary license to a permanent license Manage co-existence of multiple licenses For more information on licensing Veritas InfoScale products, see: About Veritas InfoScale product licensing Registering Veritas InfoScale using product license keys Registering Veritas InfoScale product using keyless licensing Updating your product licenses Using the vxlicinstupgrade utility Veritas InfoScale documentation can be found on the SORT website.SFHA Solutions 6.2: Configuring secure shell or remote shell communication between nodes when installing Symantec products
To install and configure Symantec software, you need to establish secure shell (ssh) or remote shell (rsh) communication with superuser privileges between the nodes where the installer is running and the target nodes. You can install products to remote systems using either ssh or rsh. Symantec recommends that you use ssh as it is more secure than rsh. You can set up ssh and rsh connections in the following ways. You can use UNIX shell commands to manually set up the connection.Using this method, you can log into and execute commands on a remote system. You can run the installer directly to set up the ssh/rsh connection interactively during the install procedure. You first create a Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) key pair. From the key pair, you can append the public key from the source system to the authorized keys file on the target systems. You can run the installer -comsetup command.Using this method, you can interactively set up the ssh and rsh connections using the installer -comsetup command. You can run the pwdutil.pl password utility.If you want to run the installer with the response file present in your own scripts, then the ssh connection should be set up prior to running installer. The password utility, pwdutil.pl, is bundled in the Symantec Storage Foundation and High Availability (SFHA) Solutions 6.2 release under the scripts directory. You can run the utility in your script to set up the ssh and rsh connection automatically. Both the script-based and web-based installers support establishing passwordless communication. For more information about configuring secure shell or remote shell communication between nodes, see: Manually configuring passwordless ssh Setting up ssh and rsh connection using the installer -comsetup command Setting up ssh and rsh connection using the pwdutil.pl utility SFHA documentation for other releases andplatforms can be found on theSORTwebsite.SFHA Solutions 6.0.1: Using vxcdsconvert to make Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) disks and disk groups portable between systems for Cross-platform Data Sharing (CDS)
The vxcdsconvert command makes disks and disk groups portable between systems running VxVM with the Cross-platform Data Sharing (CDS) feature. For more information on the CDS feature, see: Overview of the CDS feature Setting up your system to use CDS You can resize the CDS disks to larger than 1 TB. For more information, see: Dynamic LUN expansion You can use the vxcdsconvert command to: Check whether disks and disk groups can be made portable (using the –A option). Convert disks and disk groups to be CDS-compatible. For more information on the conversion procedure, see: Converting non-CDS disks to CDS disks Converting a non-CDS disk group to a CDS disk group Note the following points: The vxcdsconvert command requires that disk groups be version 110 or greater. When a disk group is made portable, all disks within the disk group are also converted. Converting a disk group that contains RAID-5 volumes and logs fails, if there is insufficient space in the disk group to create an additional temporary RAID-5 log. The default private region size increased from 512 KB to 1 MB in SFHA release 3.2, and from 1 MB to 32 MB in release 5.0. vxcdsconvert (1M) 6.0.1 manual pages: AIX HP-UX Linux Solaris VxVM documentation for other platforms and releases can be found on the SORT website.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.SFHA Solutions 6.0: Use Cases for administering VxFS file systems using fsadm
The fsadm command performs online administration functions on Veritas File System (VxFs) file systems, Storage Checkpoints, or individual files and directories. The fsadm command supports file system resizing, extent reorganization, directory reorganization, querying or changing the largefiles flag, Thin Storage Reclamation, and free space defragmentation. The following are use cases for administering VxFS file systems using fsadm: Extending a file system using fsadm Shringing a Veritas File System (VxFS) file system - considerations for success Reorganizing a file system Reclaiming space on a file system maintaining Then Storage with Thin Reclamation fsadm_vxfs (1M) 6.0 manual pages: AIX HP-UX Linux Solaris fsadm (1M) manual pages for other releases can be found on the SORT website.
Veritas InfoScale 7.0: Storage management feature support matrix for Veritas InfoScale products on Oracle
In the Veritas InfoScale 7.0 release, the Storage Foundation High Availability (SFHA) product portfolio has been replaced with a more simplified, robust, and comprehensive Veritas InfoScaleportfolio that includes the following four products: Veritas InfoScale Foundation Veritas InfoScale Storage Veritas InfoScale Availability Veritas InfoScale Enterprise The core features of SFHA, storage management and availability, are consolidated in the Veritas InfoScale portfolio. This simplifies product licensing, installation, and performance. With this release, the storage management feature support map for Veritas InfoScale products on Oracle has been rearranged to suit the new Veritas InfoScale product model. The following table provides a mapping of the features for each product: For information on the use cases of the storage management features, see the Veritas InfoScale™ 7.0 Storage and Availability Management for Oracle Databases document. For more information on Veritas InfoScale products, see the following sections in the Veritas InfoScale What's new in this release document: About the Veritas InfoScale product suite About Veritas InfoScale Foundation About Veritas InfoScale Storage About Veritas InfoScale Availability About Veritas InfoScale Enterprise Veritas InfoScale documentation can be found on the SORT website.Symantec High Availability 6.1 Solution: Configuring disaster recovery in a VMware environment with non-shared storage
You can use the Symantec High Availability 6.1 Solution to configure disaster recovery (DR) in a VMware environment with non-shared disks, which are managed using Storage Foundation for Windows (SFW). The replication is configured using Symantec Volume Replicator (VVR) or Hitachi TrueCopy (HTC)/ EMC SRDF solution. For information about configuring disaster recovery in a VMware environment using the Symantec High Availability Solution, see: Configuring disaster recovery in a VMware environment using the Symantec High Availability solution This quick reference guide provides: A typical disaster recovery setup in a VMware environment involving non-shared storage Configuration differences between VVR and HTC/SRDF-based replication A DR configuration workflow for HTC/SRDF-based replication Sample service group dependency graphs for VVR and HTC/SRDF-based replication A list of reference documents and where you can download them Storage Foundation and High Availability and ApplicationHA documentation for other releases and platforms can be found on theSORT website.