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How To Create A DataKeeper Replicated Volume That Has Multiple Targets Via CLI

July 31, 2021 by Jason Aw Leave a Comment

How To Create A DataKeeper Replicated Volume That Has Multiple Targets Via CLI

How To Create A DataKeeper Replicated Volume That Has Multiple Targets Via CLI

I often help people automate the configuration of their infrastructure so they can build 3-node clusters that span Availability Zones and Regions. The CLI for creating a DataKeeper Job and associated mirrors that contain more than one target can be a little confusing, so I’m documenting it here in case you find yourself looking for this information. The DataKeeper documentation describes this as a Mirror with Multiple Targets.

The environment in this example looks like this:

PRIMARY (10.0.2.100) – in AZ1
SECONDARY (10.0.3.100) – in AZ2
DR (10.0.1.10) – in a different Region

I want to create a synchronous mirror from PRIMARY to SECONDARY and an asynchronous mirror from PRIMARY to DR. I also have to make sure the DataKeeper Job knows how to create a mirror from SECONDARY to DR in case the SECONDARY or DR server ever become the source of the mirror. EMCMD will be used to create this multiple target mirror.

We need to first create the Job that contains all this possible endpoints and define whether the mirror will be Sync (S) or Async (A) between those endpoints.

emcmd . createjob ddrive sqldata primary.datakeeper.
local D 10.0.2.100 secondary.datakeeper.
local D 10.0.3.100 S primary.datakeeper.local D 10.0.2.100 dr.
datakeeper.local D 10.0.1.10 
A secondary.datakeeper.local D 10.0.3.100 dr.datakeeper.
local D 10.0.1.10 A

That single “createjob” command creates the Job. It might be a little easier to look at that command like this:

emcmd . createjob ddrive sqldata 
primary.datakeeper.local D 10.0.2.100 secondary.datakeeper.local 
D 10.0.3.100 S primary.datakeeper.local D 10.0.2.100 dr.datakeeper.
local D 10.0.1.10 A secondary.datakeeper.local D 10.0.3.100 
dr.datakeeper.local D 10.0.1.10 A

Next we need to create the mirrors.

emcmd 10.0.2.100 createmirror D 10.0.1.10 A
emcmd 10.0.2.100 createmirror D 10.0.3.100 S

Our DataKeeper Job should now look like this in the DataKeeper UI

One-to-many DataKeeper Replicated Volume

One-to-many DataKeeper Replicated VolumeAnd then finally we can register the DataKeeper Volume Resource in the cluster Available Storage with this command.

emcmd . registerclustervolume D

DataKeeper Volume in Available Storage

The DataKeeper Volume Resource will now appear in Available Storage as shown below.

DataKeeper Volume in Available StorageYou are now ready to install SQL Server, SAP, File Server or any other clustered resource you normally protect with Windows Server Failover Clustering.

Reproduced with permission from Clusteringformeremortals

Filed Under: Clustering Simplified Tagged With: DataKeeper

Glossary: SQL Server Clustering

July 28, 2021 by Jason Aw Leave a Comment

glossary SQL Server Clustering

Glossary of Terms: SQL Server Clustering

Definition: Clustering SQL servers provides high availability and protection from disasters whenever a server hosting the SQL Server instance fails.

Reproduced from SIOS

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Glossary: SQL Failover

July 24, 2021 by Jason Aw Leave a Comment

glossary SQL Failover

Glossary of Terms: SQL Failover

Definition: When clustering software detects a failure in the primary cluster node, it moves operation of the SQL Server to the secondary node in the cluster in a process called failover. Since the secondary node has access to the same data as the primary node, operation continues without downtime or data loss.

Reproduced from SIOS

Filed Under: Clustering Simplified Tagged With: glossary, SQL Failover

Glossary: SAP Clustering

July 20, 2021 by Jason Aw Leave a Comment

glossary SAP Clustering

Glossary of Terms: SAP Clustering

Definition: SAP clustering allows your organization to automatically fail over application operation to one or more secondary nodes, mitigating downtime, eliminating data loss, and maintaining data integrity.

Reproduced from SIOS

Filed Under: Clustering Simplified Tagged With: glossary, SAP Clustering

Glossary: Recovery Database

July 20, 2021 by Jason Aw Leave a Comment

glossary Recovery Database

Glossary of Terms: Recovery Database

Definition: A recovery database (RDB) is a function in some email systems that facilitate recovery in the event of a failure. RDB enables email system administrators to mount and extract data from a restored mailbox database as part of a recovery operation in order to recover data from a backup or copy of a database without disrupting user access to current data.

Reproduced from SIOS

Filed Under: Clustering Simplified Tagged With: glossary, Recovery Database

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