Providing Support for ApplicationHA in HyperV and VMware Lesson 1 Introducing New Features and Enhancements in SFHA 61 for Windows Lesson 2 Installing and Upgrading SFHA 61 for Windows Lesson 3 Administering Cluster Volume Manager ID: 934328
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Slide1
Symantec Storage Foundation High Availability 6.1 for Windows: What’s New
Providing Support for ApplicationHA in Hyper-V and VMware
Slide2Lesson 1: Introducing New Features and Enhancements in SFHA 6.1 for Windows
Lesson 2: Installing and Upgrading SFHA 6.1 for Windows
Lesson 3: Administering Cluster Volume Manager
Lesson 4: Providing Support for SSD Read Caching
Lesson 5: Providing Support for ApplicationHA in Hyper-V and VMwareLesson 6: Providing VBS Support for Windows Server Failover Clusters
Lesson introduction
Slide3Topic
Objectives
Overview of ApplicationHA support
Explain the importance
of application high availability.
Supporting ApplicationHA in VMware environment
Describe how ApplicationHA works in VMware environment.Supporting ApplicationHA in Hyper-V environmentDescribe how ApplicationHA works in Hyper-V environment.Comparing ApplicationHA in VMware and Hyper-VList the key differences between VMware and Hyper-V environment while monitoring ApplicationHA.
Lesson objectives
Slide4After completing this topic, you will be able to explain the
importance of application high availability.Overview of ApplicationHA support
Slide5Key challenges for application availability
Heterogeneous platform
s
upport
Automated application recovery
Enable end to end disaster recovery
Centralized management and reporting
Primary Site
Secondary Site
Mirroring/
Replication
Businesses
need
a
comprehensive high availability solution
Slide6Symantec ApplicationHA 6.1
Application HA installable included in 6.1 installation media
Two separate links for VMware and Hyper-V
VCS
base and Agent installer is common for both install flows.
Slide7Installation footprints
Install flow deploys identical
components
In
ARP both the solutions have an environment
differentiator.
Slide8Benefits
Simplified, centralized administration with vCenter and
Veritas
Operations
Manager
Monitor and manage hundreds of applications from a single dashboardEasy to deploy, simple wizard based installation and configurationLight weight, small footprint on servers
Slide9Symantec
ApplicationHA provides many benefits along with application availability. One of the key benefit is__________.
Heterogeneous platform support
Automated application recovery
Simple wizard-based configuration for application monitoring
Application awareness through a single interface
QuestionANSWER >
Slide10The correct answer is D.
ApplicationHA
supports Windows and Linux, provides wizards for all the top tier applications as well as integrates with Backup Exec for automatic recovery
. And
for all these supported features, you can use a single interface that is integrated with either VMware vSphere Client or the VOM Management Server console.
Heterogeneous platform support
Automated application recoverySimple wizard-based configuration for application monitoringApplication awareness through a single interfaceNEXT >AnswerSymantec ApplicationHA provides many benefits along with application availability. One of the key benefit is__________.
Slide11After completing this topic,
you will be able to describe how ApplicationHA works in VMware environment.
Supporting ApplicationHA in VMware
environment
Slide12Supported hardware and software
Slide13Installing and configuring ApplicationHA (VMware)
Install
Symantec High Availability Console.
Install Symantec ApplicationHA .
Configure single sign-on.
Configure VMware HA settings.
1
2
3
4
Configure
ApplicationHA
Access Control.
5
Configure
application monitoring.
6
Monitor application (using Dashboard, health-view or VOM).
7
Slide14Discontinued support (VMware)
VMware SRM Server
VMware SRM
4.1
ApplicationHA
Components
for VMware SRM server
Platforms
Windows Server 2003,
2008
32-bit
platforms
(
OS and application installations)
Applications
SQL Server
2005
Exchange
2007
Licenses
Embedded evaluation license keys
VOM
VOM 5.0 or
earlier
VOM
Add-on for ApplicationHA management
Slide15After completing this topic, you will be able to describe
how ApplicationHA works in Hyper-V environment.Supporting ApplicationHA in Hyper-V
environment
Slide16Support for Microsoft Hyper-V
Application Restart
Virtual Machine Restart
Virtual Machine Failover
Virtual Machine Recovery
Attempts to restart
the
components for a
configurable
number of times
Gracefully restarts the VM, if you configure
‘
ApplicationHA-initiated
virtual machine
restart’
Sends
an "Applications Critical" heartbeat
to
the Hyper-V host
Application’s recovery features take action
depending on the VM monitoring configuration
Slide17Supported OS version
Hyper-V
hosts
Windows
Server 2012
Windows
Server 2012 R2Hyper-V guest virtual machinesWindows Server 2008 R2Windows Server 2012Windows Server 2012 R2
VM 1
Hyper-V Integration Services
VM 2
Hyper-V Integration Services
Hyper-V Hosts (Failover Cluster or Standalone)
ApplicationHA
ApplicationHA
SQL
Custom
ApplicationHA Host Service
Slide18Configuration Pre-work
From the
FoC
Manager
> Select
Cluster
> Role, Right Click and from the drop-down menu > select Configure Role
Slide19Configuration Pre-work (Cont.)
From the FoC
Manager / HyperV
Manager >
Select VM > Right Click and from the drop-down menu > select
Settings
> Management > Integration Services
Slide20Configuration Pre-work (cont.)
HyperV Manager >
select VM > right click to select
Connect
> from the VM
connection window
> Click Action tab > select Insert Integration Services Setup Disk
Slide21User Interface
Install or enable Adobe Flash in the browser
Use
a shortcut on desktop to launch
Health-View
Use a browser URL to remotely access Health-View:
https://<vm hostname or IP>:5634/vcs/admin/application_health.html
Slide22HyperVAppMonHB
IMF enabled
No hard reset
(
unlike VMware)
Supports system restart
(soft reboot) which is disabled by defaultThe Heartbeat agent
type HyperVAppMonHB (
static int
IMF
{} = { Mode=2, MonitorFreq=30, RegisterRetryLimit=3 }
static i18nstr IMFRegList[] = { ServiceGroupName }
static int MonitorInterval = 10
static int NumThreads = 1
static int OfflineMonitorInterval = 10
static i18nstr ArgList[] = { DelayBeforeAppFault, ServiceGroupName, FaultPolicy,
VMGracefulRebootAttempts, VMGracefulRebootTimeSpan, VMGracefulRebootPolicy }
static str Operations = None
str
ServiceGroupName
[]
int DelayBeforeAppFault = 300
str FaultPolicy = ONE
int VMGracefulRebootAttempts = 1
int VMGracefulRebootTimeSpan = 1
int
VMGracefulRebootPolicy
)
A new
agent
Slide23Click here to launch a demonstration.
Demonstration: Installing ApplicationHA 6.1 for
Microsoft Hyper-V
Slide24Click here to launch a demonstration.
Demonstration:
Application configuration of IIS using
a Web user interface
Slide25Discontinued support (Hyper-V)
VOM
VOM 5.0 or
earlier
VOM
Add-on for ApplicationHA management
OS
Windows Server 2003,
2008
32-bit
platforms (OS and application installations)
Applications
SQL Server
2005
Exchange
2007
Licenses
Embedded evaluation license keys
Slide26The "HyperVAppMonHB
" agent supports soft reboot of the VM. Which of the following attribute needs to be enabled?
VMGracefulRebootTimeSpan
VMGracefulRebootAttempts
VMGracefulRebootPolicy
Question
ANSWER >
Slide27The correct answer is
C. The
VMGracefulRebootPolicy
is disabled, set to 0 by default. You need to enable by setting it to 1 so that ApplicationHA gracefully restarts the virtual machine in case of application failure.
VMGracefulRebootTimeSpan
VMGracefulRebootAttempts
VMGracefulRebootPolicyNEXT >AnswerThe "HyperVAppMonHB" agent supports soft reboot of the VM. Which of the following attribute needs to be enabled?
Slide28After completing this topic, you will be able to list
the key differences between VMware and Hyper-V environment while monitoring ApplicationHA.
Comparing ApplicationHA in VMware and Hyper-V
Slide29Key differences
ApplicationHA (VMware)
ApplicationHA (Hyper-V)
Symantec HA Console
Requires for vSphere integration
Not required
Integration with BEYesNoResource for Notify_Sink.exe Is configured because Dashboard view is available. Not configured because Dashboard view is not available.Heartbeat agent VMWAppMonHBHyperVAppMonHBNot IMF enabledIMF enabledUser InterfaceApplication Health-ViewConfiguration wizardsDashboard
Application Health-View
Configuration wizards
Launch Points
vSphere Client
Browser-based
Shortcut on desktop
Browser-based
Slide30Supported applications
Application
ApplicationHA (VMware)
ApplicationHA (
HyperV)
SQL Server 2008
SQL Server 2012Custom ApplicationSharePoint Server 2010Exchange Server 2010IISFileSharePrintShare
Oracle 12c, 11g R2
Symantec HA Console
VMware vCenter Server
SAP
Siebel CRM
Slide31Symantec High Availability Console
does not
support Microsoft
Hyper-V.
True
False
QuestionANSWER >
Slide32The correct answer is A. You must not install ApplicationHA Console or Symantec High Availability
Console for
configuring application monitoring on virtual machines configured on
Hyper-V host
.
True
FalseNEXT >AnswerSymantec High Availability Console does not support Microsoft Hyper-V.
Slide33Key points In this lesson, you learned about the need and importance of ApplicationHA support with 6.1 release.
You also learned how ApplicationHA is supported in Hyper-V and VMware environment.In addition, you learned about key differences based on the virtualization environment in which ApplicationHA is installed.Reference materials
Symantec ApplicationHA 6.1 in VMware Release Notes
Symantec ApplicationHA 6.1 in
Hyper-V Release NotesVeritas Operations Manager Management Server 6.0 User Guidehttp://sort.symantec.com/
Lesson summary
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