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How to use local disk on all nodes to configue VCS+VVR+GCO configuration
Hi all: I need a solution, please help, thank you. Environment: Main site windows 2008 R2 + DR site Windows 2008 R2 SFHA6.0 Requirements: Between the two sites do data replication using VVR But our IT system does not have a disk array, we need to use the PC server's local disk storage space do VCS application resource group. But VCS resource group does not support the server's local disk, VCS Configuration Wizard only supports Cluster disk group. What mode of operation can be achieved using PC Server local disk and DR VVR do it?
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bao0077
11 years ago Place Storage Foundation for Windows
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SFW Feature Support
I am desperately trying to find the Windows equivalent of this Unix/Linux feature matrix: https://sort.symantec.com/support/related_links/feature_support What I have done thus far to find this info: Contacted some Connect friends privately Downloaded the Licensing Guide from PartnerNet (It contains the same Unix/Linux info as per above URL) Contacted our local Symantec SE Hopefully a friendy Product Manager will see this and respond!
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Marianne
12 years ago Place Storage Foundation for Windows
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Storage Foundation 3.2.542.0 error message
Hi all, we have a veritas enterprise administrator runnning on windows 2003 server cluster running. Now i see an exclamation mark on some volumes and hd's. If opne a volume and see one of the disks i see this alerts: Warning V-76-58645-1000 Aler Propagated and Error V-76-58645-1080 Subdisk Detached If i take a look on my SAN it seems that all HD's are ok. At the moment I'm not really know what it means and what i have to do. Can anyone help me here? Or i have just to reactivate the harddisks? or just du cluster turn to the other cluster node? Thank you very much!
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mghomer
13 years ago Place Storage Foundation for Windows
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Multiple Shares issue
We have four Windows 2008 R2 SP1 SFW 5.1 HA clusters haring Files. The all have same configuration in terms of service pack, version of SFW 5.1 CP8 and Windows 2008 R2 SP1 however the way sharing works differ between these clusters. If SFW creates a share on Cluster 1 nodes, the share is available when addresses the node hostname. For example, we create virtual name with Lanman Resource \\VIRTUAL01\SHARE01 When the share resource is brought up on cluster #1 we can access SHARE01 using \\CLUSTER01\SHARE01 as well as \\VIRTUAL01\SHARE01 When the same share resoure is brought on Cluster #2 we cannot do it using \\CLUSTER02\SHARE02 and can only do it \\VIRTUAL01\SHARE01 CLUSTER01 and CLUSTER02 are physical nodes hostnames. There's also another difference. When Storage Foundation creaes a Lanman Vistual Name on Cluster #1, we can see all the root windows drives with that virtual name e.g. \\VIRTUAL01\c$ When the same virtual name is created on cluster 2, we cannot access trhe root drives. This essentially leads to interesting scenarios: on the node where the SFW does not mix with the Windows sharing we can create two identical sharenames and point them to different locations. e.g. on Cluster Node 2 we can do "SHARE01" -> pointing to c:\Dir1 from Windows and also bring a Vierual Cluster Resource and Create "SHARE01" pointing to D:\Dir2 but accessingle only via the Virtual Lanman Resoirce name, created by the Storage Foundation. When looking at the Share and Storage management from Windows - we can see both Shares identically named pointing to different locations. We cannot do so on Cluster 1 as creating the same share name will conflict with existing share name. We are trying to nail this down but so far went through the setu (which was done from same image of OS and enabled same features).. Server Policy, SFW 5.1 version and updates - all to no avail. We need to understand this behaviour and what it coudl be related to. Any feedback is appreciated. Thank you.
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Sergy_Stouk
13 years ago Place Storage Foundation for Windows
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Top Technotes for Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows - Updated March 2012
Here is the list of top Storage Foundation for Windows Support Technotes for the past quarter. Please make sure to browse the list first before you post a question here on Connect, as you may find an answer to the product issue you are seeing. Hope you find your answer here. Article Hyperlink Document Title http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH59755 Late Breaking News (LBN) Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows and High Availability Solutions 5.1.x for Windows and VeritasDynamic Multi-Pathing 5.1 for Windows http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH83192 Using VxExplorer.exe to gather logs on servers running Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows and Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows High Availability 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH33400 How to register Resource Types for VERITAS Volume Manager for Windows 2000, 2003, 2008, VERITAS Volume Replicator for Windows 2000, 2003, 2008, and VERITAS Storage Foundation for Windows in a Microsoft Cluster environment http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH152512 No disks suitable for cluster disk were found. http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH33532 How to register or unregister the Veritas Volume Shadow Copy Service provider with the Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service in Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH140245 VMDg / MountV resources fail to online or probe when the 'Microsoft MS10-066: Vulnerability in remote procedure call could allow remote code execution' security fix is applied http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH24718 How to identify which version of Veritas Volume Manager for Windows 2000 or Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows has been installed, using the product build number http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH39194 VxScrub.exe - a utility to remove superfluous registry entries resulting from adding and deleting volumes. http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH70332 Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) Graphical User Interface (GUI) does not connect and displays Agent actionagent and Agent StorageAgent are now leaving the domain. http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH138719 Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) for Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.1 Service Pack 2 (SP2), and SP2 DDI Q3_2011 for Windows and Veritas Dynamic Multi-Pathing 5.1 for Windows http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH126804 VCS ERROR V-16-1-10600 Cannot connect to VCS engine http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH72086 How to use the SCSIcmd utility to perform various SCSI-2 and SCSI-3 reservation related actions. http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH83441 Ports that are used by Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows and Storage Foundation HA for Windows http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH155178 List of Device Driver Installation Packages http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH30693 How to use the VxCLUS utility with VERITAS Volume Manager, VERITAS Storage Foundation (SFW) for Windows managing disks in a Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) environment, and with Storage Foundation for Windows High Availability (SFW-HA) http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH49255 How to use VxCBR to back up and restore the disk group configuration, private region, of a Storage Foundation (tm) for Windows (SFW) dynamic disk group http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH170902 Device Driver Installation Package Q3 2011 (DDI Q3 2011 package) for Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows and Veritas Dynamic Multi-Pathing 5.1 for Windows http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH49820 How to read the Hardware Compatibility List for Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH36108 Disk groups created on iSCSI storage do not auto import in Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH46631 "Storage Foundations FlashSnap License is not installed" appears in the Windows Application Event Log, even when the FlashSnap option is not installed - Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH66957 Device Driver Installation Package 1 (DDI-1) for Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) 5.1 for Windows (SFW) http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH65697 Storage Foundation 5.1 for Windows (SFW), Storage Foundation 5.1 High Availability for Windows (SFW HA), and Veritas Cluster Server 5.1 for Windows Application Pack 1 (32 bit) http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH77195 Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) for Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.1 Service Pack 1 (SP1), SP 1 DDI Q3_2011 and SP1 Application Pack 1 (AP1) for Windows http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH75254 Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.1 for Windows (SFWHA) and Veritas Cluster Server 5.1 for Windows (VCS) updated System Center Operations Manager 2007 (SCOM) Management Packs (MP) http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH138722 Software Compatibility List (SCL) for Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.1 Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows
SAMG_Tech_Suppo
14 years ago Place Storage Foundation for Windows
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SF Basic missing features?
Hi! Just trying out SF Basic on a freshly-built Windows 2008 R2 Standard server. The GUI installer won't allow me to check any of the features except the one to replace the Windows storage MMC. According to the SF 6.0 compatability guide, the array I'm using, an IBM DS3524, is supported, and Windows 2008 R2 is definately supported. The docs on the Basic version would seem to imply that DMP is included, too. I'm logged in with administrator rights (and have tried it logging in directly as the Administrator, too...). The MPIO feature is installed in the Windows Server Manager. Any idea why I can't install DMP, or any of the other features? The web page http://www.symantec.com/business/storage-foundation-basic clearly indicates that Dynamic Multipathing is part of the package... If DMP isn't part of SF Basic anymore, what's the advantage to use of SF? Are there any performance benefits anymore over the standard vendor DSM and Windows LDM? Thanks! -Ben
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BenHu
14 years ago Place Storage Foundation for Windows
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SFW Dynamic Multi Pathing Feature required for MSCS setup with MS MPIO?
Hi, having implemented a two-node Server 2008 R2-based MSCS with multipathing (MS MPIO) I experienced some problems to create dynamic disk cluster group while configuring SFW. Doing some tests, also with SCSIcmd tool, I was able to identify the multipathing as potential cause of the problems. I found the following page https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/veritas-storage-foundation-windows-dynamic-multi-pathing-competitive-comparisons but it doesn't state that SFW dynamic multipathing feature would be generally a REQUIREMENT to operate SFW on a MSCS. So: My first question is, if Symantec SFW dynamic multipathing feature is required to operate my setup. The second question would be what I can do if my disk arrays aren't listed in the DSM support list. Environment: Nodes: 2x Dell PowerEdge T710 servers with Broadcom 10G dual-port iSCSI HBAs; Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 fully patched Storage: EonStor InforTrend S16E-G1240 disk arrays; each configured as RAID5; EonPath (InforTrend DSM for MPIO) is installed; node addressing by Microsoft iSCSI-Initiators. Both the Microsoft cluster and the MPIO setup works perfectly without SFW. SFW is required for storage virtualization and VVR. Thanks in advance! Bob
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unex
14 years ago Place Storage Foundation for Windows
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Top Technotes for Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows - Updated Nov 2011
Here is the list of top Technotes for the past quarter. Please make sure to browse the list first before you post a question here on Connect, as you may find an answer to the product issue you are seeing. Late Breaking News (LBN) Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows and High Availability Solutions 5.1.x for Windows and VeritasDynamic Multi-Pathing 5.1 for Windows How to register Resource Types for VERITAS Volume Manager for Windows 2000, 2003, 2008, VERITAS Volume Replicator for Windows 2000, 2003, 2008, and VERITAS Storage Foundation for Windows in a Microsoft Cluster environment Using VxExplorer.exe to gather logs on servers running Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows and Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows High Availability 4.x and 5.x How to register or unregister the Veritas Volume Shadow Copy Service provider with the Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service in Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows VMDg / MountV resources fail to online or probe when the 'Microsoft MS10-066: Vulnerability in remote procedure call could allow remote code execution' security fix is applied Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) for Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.1 Service Pack 2 (SP2), and SP2 DDI Q3_2011 for Windows and Veritas Dynamic Multi-Pathing 5.1 for Windows How to identify which version of Veritas Volume Manager for Windows 2000 or Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows has been installed, using the product build number List of Device Driver Installation Packages Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) Graphical User Interface (GUI) does not connect and displays Agent actionagent and Agent StorageAgent are now leaving the domain. How to use the SCSIcmd utility to perform various SCSI-2 and SCSI-3 reservation related actions. VCS ERROR V-16-1-10600 Cannot connect to VCS engine Ports that are used by Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows and Storage Foundation HA for Windows How to use the VxCLUS utility with VERITAS Volume Manager, VERITAS Storage Foundation (SFW) for Windows managing disks in a Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) environment, and with Storage Foundation for Windows High Availability (SFW-HA) VxScrub.exe - a utility to remove superfluous registry entries resulting from adding and deleting volumes. Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) for Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.1 Service Pack 1 (SP1), SP 1 DDI Q3_2011 and SP1 Application Pack 1 (AP1) for Windows "Storage Foundations FlashSnap License is not installed" appears in the Windows Application Event Log, even when the FlashSnap option is not installed - Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows Storage Foundation 5.1 for Windows (SFW), Storage Foundation 5.1 High Availability for Windows (SFW HA), and Veritas Cluster Server 5.1 for Windows Application Pack 1 (32 bit) V-16-2-13067 "... resource became OFFLINE unexpectedly, on its own" or V-16-1-10307 "Resource... is offline on NODE2 (Not initiated by VCS)" are reported in Engine_A.txt - Veritas Storage Foundation HA for Windows How to use VxCBR to back up and restore the disk group configuration, private region, of a Storage Foundation (tm) for Windows (SFW) dynamic disk group
SAMG_Tech_Suppo
14 years ago Place Storage Foundation for Windows
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Using SFHA on Windows, under VMware
We are considering options for clustering Windows (2k3R2, 2k8R2, X64) nodes that are actually VMware VMs (ESX 4.1). Is there documentation that describes setting this up, and what limitations might exist? For example, does using cluster effectively kill the ability to VMotion? Do you have to use RDMs for storage? Sorry for being vague, I don't know enough (yet) to ask targeted questions. Thanks in advance!
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Gornak
14 years ago Place Storage Foundation for Windows
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Doc for Storage Foundation for Windows 5.1 NTFS Volume Size Limit
Hi, I was not able to find a KB doc on the NTFS volume size limit when using Storage foundation for windows 5.1. What is the ntfs volume size limit when formated with default cluster size on 32-bit windows 2003 with sp2? Is it 16TB ir 15.xTB? Thanks, Steve
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spham68
15 years ago Place Storage Foundation for Windows
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