Chapters
Executive summary
SRDF/Metro and Microsoft SQL Server Failover Cluster benefits
SRDF/Metro deployment with Microsoft failover cluster
SRDF/Metro HA Setup
Adding SRDF/Metro Smart DR protection to an existing SRDF/Metro configuration
Creating SRDF/Metro and Smart DR protection at the same time
Setting up Microsoft failover cluster with SRDF/Metro
PowerMax SRDF/Metro and Microsoft SQL Server failover cluster tests
Summary
References
Appendix: Microsoft failover cluster on VMware SRDF/Metro Storage Cluster with PowerMax SRDF/Metro
Executive summary
SRDF/Metro and Microsoft SQL Server Failover Cluster benefits
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1The problem with failover solutions
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2Benefits of Microsoft failover clusters and high availability (HA)
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3Dell EMC SRDF/Metro simplifies Microsoft failover cluster deployment
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4The interaction between SRDF/Metro and Windows failover cluster
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5SRDF/Metro performance benefits in Microsoft SQL Server failover cluster environments
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6SRDF/Metro protection from a “split-brain” situation
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7SRDF/Metro Smart DR
SRDF/Metro deployment with Microsoft failover cluster
SRDF/Metro HA Setup
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1SRDF/Metro HA Setup
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2Step 1: Prerequisites
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3Step 2: Create an SRDF connection between the storage systems
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4Step 3: Set up Witness and establish the connection to vWitness
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5Step 4: Determine which storage groups to protect
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6Step 5: Create empty SRDF groups with labels
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7Step 6: Option 1 (not recommended): set up protection using “Bias”
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8Step 6: Option 2 (recommended): setup protection using “Witness”
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9Step 7: Masking views creation
Adding SRDF/Metro Smart DR protection to an existing SRDF/Metro configuration
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1Adding SRDF/Metro Smart DR protection to an existing SRDF/Metro configuration
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2Step 1: Determine the Storage Groups to protect with SRDF/A
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3Step 2: Create empty SRDF/A groups from the R1 and R2 side
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4Step 3: Add Smart DR protection from the R1 side
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5Step 4: Add Smart DR protection to SRDF/Metro storage group
Creating SRDF/Metro and Smart DR protection at the same time
Setting up Microsoft failover cluster with SRDF/Metro
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1Setting up Microsoft failover cluster with SRDF/Metro
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2Step 1: Format the disk resources on a node and add them to cluster
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3Step 2: Customize cluster disks or convert them to CSVs
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4Step 3: Set up SQL Server failover cluster
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5Step 4: Update the dependencies for other shared disks if not using CSVs
PowerMax SRDF/Metro and Microsoft SQL Server failover cluster tests
Summary
References
Appendix: Microsoft failover cluster on VMware SRDF/Metro Storage Cluster with PowerMax SRDF/Metro
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1Appendix: Microsoft failover cluster on VMware SRDF/Metro Storage Cluster with PowerMax SRDF/Metro
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2Step 1: Set up and run the ESXi HA cluster
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3Step 2: Configure VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
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4Step 3: Configure VMware HA
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5Step 4: Configure Host and VM groups for SRDF/Metro based failover
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6Step 5: Configure Host rules
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7Step 6: Configure Data Store on SRDF/Metro devices
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8Step 7: Enable cluster on the data stores
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9Step 8: Create VM and edit SCSI controller settings
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10Step 9: Create VMDKs and assign them to the VM
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11Step 10: Create VM on remote side and use the above existing VMDKs
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12Step 11: Configure Windows failover cluster and SQL Server failover cluster on these VMs