Symantec Storage Foundation High Availability 6.1 for Windows: What’s New

1. Symantec Storage Foundation High Availability 6.1 for Windows: What’s New Providing Support for ApplicationHA in Hyper-V and VMware

2. Lesson introduction • Lesson 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 VMware • Lesson 6: Providing VBS Support for Windows Server Failover Clusters

3. Lesson objectives

4. Overview of ApplicationHA support After completing this topic, you will be able to explain the importance of application high availability.

5. Key challenges for application availability • Heterogeneous platform support • Automated application recovery Enable end to end disaster recovery • Centralized management and reporting Primary Site Secondary Site Businesses need a comprehensive high availability solution Mirroring/ Replication

6. Symantec 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.

7. Installation footprints • Install flow deploys identical components • In ARP both the solutions have an environment differentiator.

8. Benefits • Simplified, centralized administration with vCenter and VeritasOperations Manager • Monitor and manage hundreds of applications from a single dashboard • Easy to deploy, simple wizard based installation and configuration • Light weight, small footprint on servers

9. Question Symantec 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 ANSWER >

10. Answer Symantec 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 The 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. NEXT >

11. Supporting ApplicationHA in VMware environment After completing this topic, you will be able to describe how ApplicationHA works in VMware environment.

12. Supported hardware and software

13. Installing and configuring ApplicationHA(VMware) • Install Symantec High Availability Console. Install Symantec ApplicationHA . • Configure single sign-on. • Configure VMware HA settings. • Configure ApplicationHAAccess Control. • Configure application monitoring. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 • Monitor application (using Dashboard, health-view or VOM).

14. Discontinued support (VMware) • VMware SRM Server • Platforms • VMware SRM 4.1 • ApplicationHA Components for VMware SRM server • Windows Server 2003, 2008 • 32-bit platforms (OS and application installations) • Applications • Licenses • VOM • SQL Server 2005 • Exchange 2007 • Embedded evaluation license keys • VOM 5.0 or earlier • VOM Add-on for ApplicationHA management

15. Supporting ApplicationHA in Hyper-V environment After completing this topic, you will be able to describe how ApplicationHA works in Hyper-V environment.

16. Support for Microsoft Hyper-V • Application Restart Attempts to restart the components for a configurable number of times • Virtual Machine Restart Gracefully restarts the VM, if you configure‘ApplicationHA-initiated virtual machine restart’ • Virtual Machine Failover Sends an "Applications Critical" heartbeat to the Hyper-V host • Virtual Machine Recovery Application’s recovery features take action depending on the VM monitoring configuration

17. Supported OS version Hyper-V hosts • Windows Server 2012 • Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V guest virtual machines • Windows Server 2008 R2 • Windows Server 2012 • Windows Server 2012 R2 ApplicationHA ApplicationHA VM 2 VM 1 Custom SQL Hyper-V Hosts (Failover Cluster or Standalone) ApplicationHA Host Service Hyper-V Integration Services Hyper-V Integration Services

18. Configuration Pre-work • From the FoC Manager > Select Cluster> Role, Right Click and from the drop-down menu > select Configure Role

19. Configuration Pre-work (Cont.) From the FoC Manager / HyperV Manager > Select VM > Right Click and from the drop-down menu > select Settings > Management > Integration Services

20. Configuration 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

21. User 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

22. The 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) HyperVAppMonHB • IMF enabled • No hard reset (unlike VMware) • Supports system restart (soft reboot) which is disabled by default A new agent

23. Demonstration: Installing ApplicationHA 6.1 for Microsoft Hyper-V Click here to launch a demonstration.

24. Demonstration: Application configuration of IIS using a Web user interface Click here to launch a demonstration.

25. Discontinued support (Hyper-V) • VOM • OS • VOM 5.0 or earlier • VOM Add-on for ApplicationHA management • Windows Server 2003, 2008 • 32-bit platforms (OS and application installations) • Applications • Licenses • SQL Server 2005 • Exchange 2007 • Embedded evaluation license keys

26. Question The "HyperVAppMonHB" agent supports soft reboot of the VM. Which of the following attribute needs to be enabled? • VMGracefulRebootTimeSpan • VMGracefulRebootAttempts • VMGracefulRebootPolicy ANSWER >

27. Answer The "HyperVAppMonHB" agent supports soft reboot of the VM. Which of the following attribute needs to be enabled? • VMGracefulRebootTimeSpan • VMGracefulRebootAttempts • VMGracefulRebootPolicy The 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. NEXT >

28. Comparing ApplicationHA in VMware and Hyper-V After completing this topic, you will be able to list the key differences between VMware and Hyper-V environment while monitoring ApplicationHA.

29. Key differences

30. Supported applications

31. Question Symantec High Availability Console does not support Microsoft Hyper-V. • True • False ANSWER >

32. Answer Symantec High Availability Console does not support Microsoft Hyper-V. • True • False The 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. NEXT >

33. Lesson summary • Key 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 Notes • Veritas Operations Manager Management Server 6.0 User Guide • http://sort.symantec.com/

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