Achieving High Availability with Oracle and VMware: VCS 6.0.2
Last week Veritas Cluster Server 6.0.2 for Linux(and 6.0.1 for Windows) was released with new features to allow application failover in VMware environments. Basically that means VCS running in the guest but with a full integration with VMware, which means that capabilities like vMotion and DRS are allowed.4.5KViews11likes4CommentsStorage Foundation Cluster File System HA on VMware VMDK Deployment Guide
Storage Foundation Cluster File System (CFS) provides several advantages over a traditional file system when running in a VMware guest OS. The primary benefit is that multiple virtual servers (up to 64) using CFS can simultaneously access data residing on the same physical LUN or virtual disk.7.2KViews9likes5CommentsWhat are your high availability options if you are running vCenter Server in a virtual machine?
Whilst presenting to various customers and at many conferences about Symantec ApplicationHA solution, I often hear questions about the availability of a virtualized vCenter Server.859Views5likes2CommentsAnnouncing the Agenda for SAMG Customer Forum 2012
We are excited to announce the agenda for the Storage and Availability Management Group (SAMG) Customer Forum 2012. We have only limited seats available for this highly technical event run by the engineers for the engineers.1.1KViews4likes2CommentsDownload the new whitepaper for ApplicationHA 6.1 with Hyper-V
Microsoft Hyper-V becomes the latest platform to be added to the ApplicationHA support matrix. With the release of ApplicationHA 6.1 Microsoft Windows 2012 & 2012 R2 with the Hyper-V role enabled now joins VMware vSphere, Solaris LDOMs, Redhat KVM and AIX LPARs making ApplicationHA a truly heterogeneous virtualization availability solution.491Views4likes0CommentsSingle-Step Deployment of Veritas Storage Foundation High Availability 6.0.3 on RHEL 6.4/6.5 Using Yum
This deployment guide explains how to install and configure Symantec Storage Foundation and High Availability products on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) systems using the Yum package manager. Special focus is on the RHEL 6.4/6.5 version, as these require a multi-step installation process using Symantec’s Common Product Installer (CPI). Both RHEL 6.4 and RHEL 6.5 require an upgrade to the Storage Foundation 6.0.3 maintenance release and the installation of Veritas File System (VxFS) hot fix 6.0.300.300. (See TechNote 203099 and TechNote 214270.) Using YUM as described in this guide lets you install the Veritas Storage Foundation base product packages as well as all the necessary updates and patches from a central Yum repository in one step, without the need for multiple calls to the product installer.1.8KViews4likes5CommentsUsing VMware vSphere Web Client with Symantec ApplicationHA and Symantec Cluster Server (VCS)
Since v5.1 of vSphere, VMware have focused on providing web based management for the vSphere environment, with v5.5 more functionality has been placed into the vSphere Web Client to bring its capabilities on par to that of the Windows based vSphere Client.583Views3likes0CommentsInstallation of Storage Foundation for Windows High Availability 5.1 SP2
The attached presentation is a walkthrough of a new installation of SFW-HA 5.1 SP2 that includes pre-installation tasks, the installation itself which includes information about licensting, the options, system selection,the installation summary and ends with a brief troubleshooting section.3.2KViews3likes9CommentsMigração de Storage com Storage Foundation, SEM Dor
Cena comum no departamento de TI de praticamente qualquer empresa: Precisamos comprar um novo Storage! Seja porque o Storage atual está próximo a ficar sem garantia, ou não suporta mais a performance dos ambientes a que serve, ou mesmo a necessidade de mais espaço, em algum momento essa discussão vai aparecer.763Views3likes0Comments