Designing Disaster Recovery Clusters using Metroclusters and Continentalclusters, Reprinted October 2011 (5900-1881)

Setting a Default Management Server............................................................................219
Displaying the List of Management Servers.....................................................................219
Adding or Updating Management Server Information......................................................220
Deleting a Management Server.....................................................................................221
Defining EVA Storage Cells and DR Groups........................................................................221
Creating the Storage Map File......................................................................................222
Copying the Storage Map File......................................................................................223
Displaying Information about Storage Devices.................................................................223
Verifying the EVA Configuration.........................................................................................223
Configuring Volume Groups..............................................................................................223
Identifying Special Device File Name for Vdisk in DR Group using Secure Path V3.0D or
V3.0E........................................................................................................................223
Identifying Special Device Files using Secure Path v3.0F...................................................224
Identifying Special Device Files for PVLinks Configuration..................................................225
Identifying Special Device Files for Native Multi-pathing...................................................227
Creating Volume Groups using Source Volumes for Secure Path v3.0D, v3.0E, and v3.0F.....227
Configuring Volume Groups using PVLinks......................................................................228
Configuring Volume Groups using Native Multi-pathing....................................................229
Importing Volume Groups on Nodes at the Same Site......................................................230
Importing Volume Groups on Nodes at the Remote Site....................................................230
Building a Metrocluster Solution with Continuous Access EVA.....................................................231
Configuring Legacy Packages for Automatic Disaster Recovery...............................................312
Configuring Modular Packages..........................................................................................234
Configuring Modular Packages using Metrocluster with Continuous Access EVA A.04.00.....234
Migrating Legacy Packages to Modular Packages with Metrocluster with Continuous Access
EVA A.04.00..............................................................................................................237
Configuring Modular Packages using Metrocluster with Continuous Access EVA A.05.00 or
Later..........................................................................................................................238
Migrating Legacy Packages to Modular Packages using Metrocluster with Continuous Access
EVA A.05.00 or Later..................................................................................................239
Upgrading Metrocluster Continuous Access EVA Modular Packages to the Latest Version......240
Checking the Metrocluster Package Configuration............................................................242
Support for Easy Deployment Feature..................................................................................243
Easy Cluster Creation...................................................................................................243
Easy Storage Preparation.............................................................................................243
Easy Deployment of Metrocluster Modular Packages........................................................243
Adding a Node to a Metrocluster......................................................................................244
Maintaining a Cluster that Uses Metrocluster Continuous Access EVA......................................245
Continuous Access EVA Link Suspend and Resume Modes................................................245
Normal Maintenance..................................................................................................246
Failback.....................................................................................................................246
Completing and Running Continentalclusters Solution with Continuous Access EVA........................246
Setting up a Primary Package on the .................................................................................246
Setting up a Recovery Package on the Recovery Cluster........................................................248
Setting up the Continentalclusters Configuration...................................................................251
Switching to the Recovery Cluster in Case of Disaster............................................................252
Failover to Recovery Site...................................................................................................252
Failover Scenarios............................................................................................................252
Scenario 1.................................................................................................................252
Failback to the Primary Site..........................................................................................252
Scenario 2.................................................................................................................253
Failback to the Primary Site..........................................................................................253
Scenario 3.................................................................................................................253
Failback in Scenario 3.................................................................................................253
Reconfiguring Recovery Group Site Identities in Continentalclusters after a Recovery.............253
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