Chapter 5 Building Disaster-Tolerant Serviceguard Solutions Using Metrocluster with Continuous Access XP

Table of Contents

Files for Integrating XP Disk Arrays with Serviceguard Clusters

Overview of Continuous Access XP Concepts

PVOLs and SVOLs
Device Groups and Fence Levels
Continuous Access Journal Overview

Creating the Cluster

Preparing the Cluster for Data Replication

Creating the RAID Manager Configuration
Defining Storage Units

Configuring Packages for Disaster Recovery

Completing and Running a Metrocluster Solution with Continuous Access XP

Maintaining a Cluster that uses Metrocluster with Continuous Access XP
XP Continuos Access Device Group Monitor

Completing and Running a Continental Cluster Solution with Continuous Access XP

Setting up a Primary Package on the Primary Cluster
Setting up a Recovery Package on the Recovery Cluster
Setting up the Continental Cluster Configuration
Switching to the Recovery Cluster in Case of Disaster
Failback Scenarios
Maintaining the Continuous Access XP Data Replication Environment

The HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Series allows you to configure data replication solutions to provide disaster tolerance for Serviceguard clusters over long distances. This chapter describes the Continuous Access XP software and the additional files that integrate the XP with Serviceguard clusters. It then shows how to configure both metropolitan and continental cluster solutions using Continuous Access XP.

The topics discussed in this chapter are:

Chapter 5 Building Disaster-Tolerant Serviceguard Solutions Using Metrocluster with Continuous Access XP

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