Veritas InfoScale 7.0 (Linux and Windows): Changes in Dynamic Multi-Pathing for VMware
With the introduction of the Veritas InfoScale 7.0 product family, Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP) for VMware is now included as a component in the Veritas InfoScale Foundation, Storage, and Enterprise products. The license for this component is included as a part of the InfoScale license on both Linux and Windows. You can either use the Linux license or the Windows license to enable DMP functionality on the ESXi hypervisor. The DMP for VMware component consists of the following: vSphere offline DMP bundle — DMP components installed on the ESXi hypervisor vSphere UI plug-in — Installed on a Windows physical machine or on a virtual machine and serves as an interface between ESXi and vCenter Remote CLI package — Optional command-line interface to manage ESXi hosts from a Linux system or a Windows system The components can be installed using the command line or the VMware vSphere Update Manager. To install the Dynamic Multi-Pathing for VMware component on ESXi hosts, use one of the following: Veritas_InfoScale_Dynamic_Multi-Pathing_7.0_VMware.zip Veritas_InfoScale_Dynamic_Multi-Pathing_7.0_VMware.iso For more information on installing the DMP for VMware component, refer to the Dynamic Multi-Pathing 7.0 Installation Guide - VMware ESXi. From this release onwards: 1) DMP for VMware supports SanDisk (FusionIO) PCIe attached SSD cards. 2) The DMP plug-in for the VMware vCenter web client: Displays I/O rate as a line graph. Displays the mapping of LUNs and VMDKs used by a virtual machine. Has a SmartPool tab for a virtual machine for easy configuration of SmartPool assigned to it. No longer requires ESXi login credentials in the Manage Device Support page. For more information about the features and enhancements, refer to the Dynamic Multi-Pathing 7.0 Administrator's Guide - VMware ESXi.
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.
Replication and Failover Product for SQL 2008 server
Hello All, I do not really know much about Clustering, Replication and Failover. I know the concepts from a hardware firewall and some discussions. I have a client that requires Replication of data on an SQL server from one location to the other SQL server at the remote site. I think Replication Exec may work from the name. What are the things I need to put in place and what Symantec product do I need to use in order to achieve this request. The client initially wanted Backup Exec 2014. But his request is more than just backup and restore. All the help will be appreciated. Thank you.Documents to explain what detailed features are available for each licence
Are there any documents to explain what detailed features are available for each licence, preferably a single document or article in the "Getting Started guide" it gives a highlevel overview so it says an Enterprise licence gives Veritas Quick I/O option Veritas Extension for Oracle Disk Manager option Veritas Database Storage Checkpoint option Veritas Database Flashsnap Veritas Database Dynamic Storage Tiering but it doesn't say what flashsnap gives you or tell you what documentation you need to refer to, to find this out. I found some information for flashsnap in the "Veritas Storage Foundation Advanced Features Administrator's Guide", but this is not very detailed - it says: The following kinds of point-in-time copy solution are supported by the FlashSnap licence: ■ Volume-level solutions are made possible by the persistent FastResync and Disk Group Split/Join features of Veritas Volume Manager. These features are suitable for implementing solutions where the I/O performance of the production server is critical. ■ File system-level solutions use the Storage Checkpoint feature of Veritas File System. Storage Checkpoints are suitable for implementing solutions where storage space is critical for: ■ File systems that contain a small number of mostly large files. ■ Application workloads that change a relatively small proportion of file system data blocks (for example, web server content and some databases). ■ Applications where multiple writable copies of a file system are required for testing or versioning. This is not very clear as this reads as if Storage Checkpoint are part of flashsnap, but the "Getting Starting Guide" says these are separate features, but this doesn't really matter as Enterprise license gives you both features, but it is not clear what snapshot features and other features flashsnap gives. So for example, the Volume Admin guide lists several types of snapshots: ■ Traditional third-mirror break-off snapshots ■ Full-sized instant snapshots ■ Space-optimized instant snapshots ■ Emulation of third-mirror break-off snapshots ■ Linked break-off snapshot volumes ■ Cascaded snapshots So which of these snapshots are made available with the flashsnap licence - the "Advanced Features" guide says These features are suitable for implementing solutions where the I/O performance of the production server is critical. If I/O performance is critical, then you use full snapshots such as "Traditional third-mirror break-off snapshots", rather than Copy-On-Write snapshots such as "Space-optimized instant snapshots" so that Production writes are not impacted by snapshot writes, so this would imply that flashsnap gives you "Traditional third-mirror break-off snapshots" and not "Space-optimized instant snapshots", but I am pretty sure this is not the case and I THINK that flashsnap gives you: Snapshots that need DCOs (generally created with "vxsnap") so you don't need Flashsnap for snapshots without DCOs (generally created with "vxassist snap". Now even though DCOs give the ability to fast resync, even if you don't need this, you may still need a DCO so for instance if you need the abiltity to create a mirror in a separate diskgroup, then you need "Linked break-off snapshot volumes", but you may never snap back, so don't need fastresync, but I think you MUST create DCO (run vxsnap prepare) for "Linked break-off snapshot volumes" and therefore I THINK you need flashsnap. So I THINK all snapshots require flashsnap apart from "Traditional third-mirror break-off snapshots" Diskgroup split and join Site awareness feature What features are available with a licence change by version, so any docs which explain what the Enterprise license gives would be appreciated. Mike
SFHA Solutions 6.0: How to Install Veritas SFHA Solutions 6.0 Products
Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability (SFHA) Solutions 6.0 includes products such as DMP, SF, SFHA, SFCFSHA, SF Oracle RAC, SF Sybase CE, VCS, and VirtualStore. Got questions about downloading, licensing, or installing the SFHA Solutions 6.0 products? The following HOWTO articles provide an overview and guide you through the procedures: SFHA Solutions products 6.0 licensing About Veritas SFHA Solutions product licensing Setting or changing the Veritas SFHA Solutions product level for keyless licensing Installing Veritas SFHA Solutions product license keys How to install Veritas SFHA Solutions 6.0 products SFHA Solutions installation and configuration methods SFHA Solutions installation scripts SFHA Solutions product installer Downloading the SFHA Solutions software Mounting the SFHA Solutions product disc Setting the PATH and MANPATH environment variables Installing the SFHA Solutions products using the installer Installing language packages on Solaris systems