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

Providing Support for ApplicationHA in Hyper-V and VMware

• 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

Lesson introduction

Topic ObjectivesOverview 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 environment

Describe how ApplicationHA works in Hyper-V environment.

Comparing ApplicationHA in VMware and Hyper-V

List the key differences between VMware and Hyper-V environment while monitoring ApplicationHA.

Lesson objectives

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

Overview of ApplicationHA support

Key challenges for application availability

Heterogeneous platform support

Automated application

recoveryEnable end to end disaster recovery

Centralized management and

reporting

Primary Site Secondary Site

Mirroring/Replication

Businesses need a comprehensive high availability solution

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.

Installation footprints

• Install flow deploys identical components

• In ARP both the solutions have an environment differentiator.

Benefits

• Simplified, centralized administration with vCenter and Veritas Operations 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

Symantec ApplicationHA provides many benefits along with application availability. One of the key benefit is__________.

A. Heterogeneous platform supportB. Automated application recoveryC. Simple wizard-based configuration for application monitoringD. Application awareness through a single interface

Question

ANSWER >

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.

A. Heterogeneous platform supportB. Automated application recoveryC. Simple wizard-based configuration for application monitoringD. Application awareness through a single interface

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Answer

Symantec ApplicationHA provides many benefits along with application availability. One of the key benefit is__________.

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

Supporting ApplicationHA in VMware environment

Supported hardware and software

• Windows Server 2012• Windows Server 2012 R2Windows OS

• vSphere Client 5.0 Update 1 a/b, 5.1, 5.5• vCenter Server 5.0 Update 1 a/b, 5.1, and 5.5• VMware ESXi Server 5.0 Patch 4, 5.1, and 5.5• VMware SRM Server 5.1, and 5.5

VMware versions

Installing and configuring ApplicationHA (VMware)

• Install Symantec High Availability Console.

Install Symantec ApplicationHA .

• Configure single sign-on.

• Configure VMware HA settings.

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2

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• Configure ApplicationHA Access Control.5

• Configure application monitoring.6

• Monitor application (using Dashboard, health-view or VOM).7

Discontinued 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

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

Supporting ApplicationHA in Hyper-V environment

Support 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

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

VM 1

Hyper-V Integration Services

VM 2

Hyper-V Integration Services

Hyper-V Hosts (Failover Cluster or Standalone)

ApplicationHA ApplicationHA

SQLCustom

ApplicationHA Host Service

Configuration Pre-work

Configure “Virtual Machine” role on a VM

Enable Integration Services on a VM

Upgrade Integration Service(only for Windows Server

2008 R2 VM(s))

From the FoC Manager > Select Cluster > Role, Right Click and from the drop-down menu > select Configure Role

Configuration Pre-work (Cont.)

Configure “Virtual Machine” role on a VM

Enable Integration Services on a VM

Upgrade Integration Service(only for Windows Server

2008 R2 VM(s))

From the FoC Manager / HyperV Manager > Select VM > Right Click and from the drop-down menu > select Settings > Management > Integration Services

Configuration Pre-work (cont.)

Configure “Virtual Machine” role on a VM

Enable Integration Services on a VM

Upgrade Integration Service(only for Windows Server

2008 R2 VM(s))

HyperV Manager > select VM > right click to select Connect > from the VM connection window > Click Action tab > select Insert Integration Services Setup Disk

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

HyperVAppMonHB• IMF enabled• No hard reset (unlike VMware) • Supports system restart (soft

reboot) which is disabled by default

The Heartbeat agenttype 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

Click here to launch a demonstration.

Demonstration: Installing ApplicationHA 6.1 for Microsoft Hyper-V

Click here to launch a demonstration.

Demonstration: Application configuration of IIS using a Web user interface

Discontinued 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

The "HyperVAppMonHB" agent supports soft reboot of the VM. Which of the following attribute needs to be enabled?

A. VMGracefulRebootTimeSpanB. VMGracefulRebootAttempts C. VMGracefulRebootPolicy

Question

ANSWER >

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.

A. VMGracefulRebootTimeSpanB. VMGracefulRebootAttempts C. VMGracefulRebootPolicy

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Answer

The "HyperVAppMonHB" agent supports soft reboot of the VM. Which of the following attribute needs to be enabled?

After 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

Key differencesApplicationHA (VMware) ApplicationHA (Hyper-V)

Symantec HA Console Requires for vSphere integration

Not required

Integration with BE Yes No

Resource for Notify_Sink.exe

Is configured because Dashboard view is available.

Not configured because Dashboard view is not available.

Heartbeat agent VMWAppMonHB HyperVAppMonHB

Not IMF enabled IMF enabled

User Interface • Application Health-View• Configuration wizards• Dashboard

• Application Health-View• Configuration wizards

Launch Points • vSphere Client• Browser-based

• Shortcut on desktop• Browser-based

Supported applicationsApplication ApplicationHA (VMware) ApplicationHA (HyperV)SQL Server 2008 SQL Server 2012Custom ApplicationSharePoint Server 2010Exchange Server 2010IISFileSharePrintShareOracle 12c, 11g R2Symantec HA ConsoleVMware vCenter ServerSAPSiebel CRM

Symantec High Availability Console does not support Microsoft Hyper-V.

A. TrueB. False

Question

ANSWER >

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.

A. TrueB. False

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Answer

Symantec High Availability Console does not support Microsoft Hyper-V.

• 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/

Lesson summary

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