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All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners. 2 EMC RecoverPoint/Cluster Enabler Plug-in Version 4.1 Product Guide Contents Chapter 1 About Cluster Enabler Cluster Enabler overview ................................................................ 18 Cluster Enabler plug-in architecture........................................20 Cluster Enabler components.....................................................21 Cluster Enabler Manager interface................................................. 23 The Cluster Enabler Manager window ...................................23 The Cluster Enabler Manager wizards....................................24 Cluster Enabler logging ................................................................... 25 Disk space requirements............................................................26 Extracting logs.............................................................................26 Changing the logging level .......................................................27 Changing the logging directory ...............................................27 Changing logging retention period .........................................28 Changing the maximum log file size.......................................28 Windows event log messages ...................................................29 Microsoft Windows Server support ............................................... 31 Quorum model support.............................................................31 Multiple CE cluster management.............................................33 Setting up devices on Windows Server 2008..........................33 Virtualization support...................................................................... 35 Hyper-V support ........................................................................35 VMware support.........................................................................37 Supported functionality................................................................... 39 Delay Failback.............................................................................39 Mount point support..................................................................42 Multiple storage array support.................................................43 Delegating CE administration ..................................................43 Viewing Cluster Dependency...................................................46 EMC RecoverPoint/Cluster Enabler Plug-in Version 4.1 Product Guide 3 Contents Chapter 2 About RecoverPoint/ Cluster Enabler RecoverPoint/Cluster Enabler plug-in overview........................ 50 RecoverPoint overview.................................................................... 52 Command line interface (CLI).................................................. 52 RecoverPoint Management Application................................. 52 Chapter 3 Clustering Concepts Microsoft Failover Clusters ............................................................. 56 Microsoft Failover Cluster concepts ........................................ 58 Microsoft Failover Cluster modes of operation ..................... 59 CE geographic cluster system......................................................... 61 Cluster Enabler modes of operation ........................................ 63 Cluster behavior and Failover operations .............................. 65 Application software in a cluster environment............................ 66 Chapter 4 Cluster Behavior Cluster failover operation................................................................ 68 Disaster scenarios and recovery actions.................................. 70 Complete site failure and recovery.......................................... 73 Response to complete site failure ................................................... 75 Failure behavior when using MNS with File Share Witness...... 77 Chapter 5 RecoverPoint/CE Installation Installation overview........................................................................ 80 Before you begin......................................................................... 81 Getting started with RecoverPoint/CE................................... 82 Installing the RecoverPoint/CE plug-in module......................... 84 Uninstalling the RecoverPoint/CE plug-in module.................... 85 Uninstalling the plug-in from some cluster nodes ................ 85 Uninstalling the plug-in from all cluster nodes/ deconfigure the cluster .............................................................. 86 Uninstalling the plug-in from all cluster nodes/ destroy the cluster ...................................................................... 86 4 EMC RecoverPoint/Cluster Enabler Plug-in Version 4.1 Product Guide Contents Chapter 6 Using Cluster Enabler Manager Getting started using the CE Manager........................................... 88 The Cluster Enabler Manager window....................................88 Cluster Enabler wizards.............................................................89 Using the CE Configuration Wizard .............................................. 90 Adding nodes ..............................................................................93 Managing a CE cluster ..................................................................... 94 Storage Discover Wizard ...........................................................94 Update Mirrored Pairs Wizard.................................................95 Change Quorum Model Wizard...............................................96 Managing a CE cluster group.......................................................... 99 Create Group Wizard .................................................................99 Modify Group Wizard..............................................................101 Deconfigure a CE group ..........................................................103 Delete a CE group .....................................................................103 Storage component ......................................................................... 104 Adding and removing devices from a group .......................106 Viewing information....................................................................... 107 Displaying group information ................................................107 Displaying node information ..................................................110 Displaying site information.....................................................113 Restore and recovery operations................................................... 116 Appendix A Base Component Installation and Upgrade Installation overview ...................................................................... 118 Before you begin.............................................................................. 119 Installing the Cluster Enabler Base component.......................... 120 Installing the Base component separate from the plug-ins (clean install) ..............................................................120 Installing the Base component along with the plug-ins (clean install) ..............................................................120 Upgrading the Base Component along with the plug-ins.......................................................................................121 Upgrading only the Base Component ...................................123 Uninstalling the Cluster Enabler Base component..................... 124 Uninstalling the Base component from some cluster nodes ..............................................................................124 Uninstalling the base component from all cluster nodes/deconfigure the cluster................................................125 Uninstalling the base component from all cluster nodes/destroy the cluster........................................................125 Configuring CE cluster on R2 Server Core.................................. 126 EMC RecoverPoint/Cluster Enabler Plug-in Version 4.1 Product Guide 5 Contents Requirements and considerations.......................................... 126 R2 Server Core configuration ................................................. 126 Upgrading Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2008 R2 ............................................................................................. 128 Glossary 6 EMC RecoverPoint/Cluster Enabler Plug-in Version 4.1 Product Guide Figures Title Page 1 Overview example of a typical CE cluster configuration........................