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 EDS / VERITAS
Technical Information Brief
Ian Pearce – EDS Senior Technical Account Manager
Anthony Segran – Regional Senior Systems Engineer - NZ
VERITAS Clustering Solutions
VERITAS Clustering Solutions
VERITAS Cluster Server
VERITAS Cluster Server, the industry's leading open systems
clustering solution, is ideal for reducing planned and unplanned
downtime, facilitating server consolidation, and effectively managing a
wide range of applications in heterogeneous environments.
With support for up to 32 node clusters, VERITAS Cluster Server
features the power and flexibility to allow EDS to protect everything
from a single critical database instance, to the largest, globally
dispersed, multi-application clusters.
Increasing automation, providing features to test production disaster
recovery plans without disruption, and offering intelligent workload
management allow cluster administrators to maximize resources by
moving beyond reactive recovery to proactive management of
application availability.
Removing Single Points of Failure

Oracle
NIC
resource
 VERITAS’ Availability Portfolio:
Deliver All Levels of High Availability

WAN Clustering
VERITAS Cluster Server Global
Synchronous
Replication Cluster Option™
Asynchronous VERITAS Storage Foundation™, Volume
Replication
Replicator, VERITAS Storage Replicator™
Storage Checkpoints
AVAILABILITY

VERITAS Storage Foundation™ for Oracle 9i RAC

LAN Clustering

Online Volume VERITAS Cluster Server™

Management

Bare-Metal VERITAS Storage Foundation ™

Restore

Vaulting
Backup
Backup
Low-Level SLA Medium-Level SLA High-Level SLA

INVESTMENT
VERITAS Clustering Solutions
VERITAS Cluster Server
VERITAS Cluster Server reduces application downtime and protects everything from a single database
instance, to the largest, globally dispersed clusters across all major operating systems.

Database Server

VERITAS Cluster Server

SF for Databases: QIO, CQIO, ODM
And On-line Storage Mapping

Storage Foundation: 64-Bit, QoSS,

DMP & Storage Provisioning
Storage Foundation for Databases
VERITAS Clustering Solutions
VERITAS Cluster Server
Some of the key features of Storage Foundation are:

•Support for all cluster configurations •Heterogeneous hardware, software and

Lup to 32 nodes ioperating system
•Cluster server workload management support
•Extensive Application Support •Single Clustering Solution
• Apache • Informix • SAP R/3
• BEA Tuxedo • Microsoft Exchange • Secureway Directory Server
• BEA WebLogic • Microsoft IIS (Internet Information • ServPoint NAS for Oracle
• Cisco CTM Server) • Siebel
• • Microsoft SQL Server •
EMC SRDF Sun iPlanet
• MySQL
• FileNet Process Engine • Sybase
• NFS Mount
• Hitachi TrueCopy • VERITAS NetBackup VERITAS
• Nameswitch Traffic Director
• IBM DB2
• NetApp • VERITAS Volume Replicator
• IBM HTTP Server • Oracle (VVR)
• IBM Lotus Notes • Oracle Applications 11i • Voyant ReadiVoice
• IBM WebSphere MQ • PeopleSoft
• IBM WebSphere Suite
Custom agents can be developed by VERITAS Consulting for virtually any application
 Traditional Clustering Model
• One active and one standby
One Cluster
server configuration
• Two nodes A
p
Defined as Asymmetric failover p Standby
Server
Disadvantage
• Insufficient use of hardware
• Reactive, rather than proactive
• Limited deployment flexibility
• No high availability while
performing application upgrades
or server maintenance
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Cluster configuration Model 2
Symmetric Failover Configuration
Two Active Servers
• Least cost (perceived) Active Active
• Least performance App
App
• Most complex App
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Cluster configuration Model 3
Symmetric Failover Configuration N to 1 Failover Configuration
Two Active Servers N Active Servers with 1 Spare
• Least cost (perceived) Active Active • Relies on hardware availability
• Least performance App
• Dedicated spare
App
• Most complex App
Fail App
App Back Required!
App App App
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Cluster configuration Model 4
Symmetric Failover Configuration N to 1 Failover Configuration
Two Active Servers N Active Servers with 1 Spare
• Least cost (perceived) Active Active • Relies on hardware availability
• Least performance App
• Dedicated spare
App
• Most complex App
Fail App
App Back Required!
App App App

N + 1 Failover Configuration – Preferred

N Active Servers with 1 Spare
• Least cost for greatest performance
• Best possible configuration
• “Roaming” spare
New App App
App App App Spare
Spare
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Cluster configuration Model 5
Symmetric Failover Configuration N to 1 Failover Configuration
Two Active Servers N Active Servers with 1 Spare
• Least cost (perceived) Active Active • Relies on hardware availability
• Least performance App
• Dedicated spare
App
• Most complex App
Fail App
App Back Required!
App App App

N + 1 Failover Configuration - Preferred N to N Failover Configuration

N Active Servers with 1 Spare All Active Servers – No Spare
• Least cost for greatest performance • Requires advanced support from
• Best possible configuration cluster
App App
• “Roaming” spare • Complex
New App App App App App App
App App App Spare
Spare • Maximum use App App App App
of hardware
VERITAS Clustering Solutions
Cluster configuration Model 6
VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle9i RAC (Uplift)
Certified by Oracle, VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle9i RAC provides an integrated suite
VERITAS technology optimised for Oracle RAC including VERITAS clustering, file system, and volume
management technologies providing robust, manageable,
and scalable Oracle Real Application Clusters.
Oracle9i RAC

VERITAS Storage Foundations for

VERITAS VERITAS Oracle RAC
SF for Oracle SF for Oracle
RAC RAC Enhancements
RAC
Cluster Server

Database Accelerator (ODM)

Cluster File System

Cluster Volume Manager

Hardware/OS
VCS for VMware ESX Server
• Eliminates the single point of failure in ESX Server
– VCS is the only solution that can monitor Virtual Machine state
• Simplifies cluster management and deployment
– No clustering necessary at the Virtual Machine level!
– No ‘standby servers’ necessary!
– One cluster for any number of virtual machines!
– Cluster any OS supported by VMware!
• Failover virtual machines independently between physical
servers in a cluster
• GSX Server
– Runs as an app on a host OS
– No compatibility/driver issues
• VCS for VMware is licensed per physical server
– Unlimited Virtual Machines are supported
• Advanced features such as workload management optimises
hardware utilisation
 Flexible Datacenter Architectures
Local Metropolitan Disaster Recovery (MAN) Wide Area Disaster
Clustering (LAN) Recovery (WAN)
Remote Mirroring Replication

Remote Mirror, SAN Attached, Fibre Replication, IP, DWDM, Escon

VERITAS Cluster Server + Global Cluster Option

VERITAS Storage Foundation + Volume Replicator Option

Local Clustering
Environment
LAN
• One Cluster located at a single site
• Redundant servers, networks, storage
for applications and databases
Advantages
• Minimal downtime for applications and
databases
• Redundant components eliminate
single points of failure
• Application and database migration
Disadvantages
• Data center or site can be a single
point of failure in a disaster
 Flexible Datacenter Architectures
Local Metropolitan Disaster Recovery (MAN) Wide Area Disaster
Clustering (LAN) Recovery (WAN)
Remote Mirroring Replication

Remote Mirror, SAN Attached, Fibre Replication, IP, DWDM, Escon

VERITAS Cluster Server + Global Cluster Option

VERITAS Storage Foundation + Volume Replicator Option

Metropolitan Disaster Recovery
with Remote Mirroring
Environment
• One cluster: Servers located in multiple sites
MAN
are part of the same cluster
• Distance Limited by fiber environment
Advantages
• Protection against localized disasters
• Servers in the cluster can be placed in multiple
sites
• Cost effective solution – no need for replication
• Quick recovery
• Leverage existing infrastructure
• Synchronous replication
Disadvantages
• Cost – Requires SAN infrastructure
• Distance limitations…next slide will show
performance testing over distance
 Flexible Datacenter Architectures
Local Metropolitan Disaster Recovery (MAN) Wide Area Disaster
Clustering (LAN) Recovery (WAN)
Remote Mirroring Replication

Remote Mirror, SAN Attached, Fibre Replication, IP, DWDM, Escon

VERITAS Cluster Server + Global Cluster Option

VERITAS Storage Foundation + Volume Replicator Option

Metropolitan Disaster Recovery
with Replication
Environment
• One cluster: Servers located in multiple sites
are part of the same cluster
• Local storage is replicated over IP
• Synchronous replication
Advantages
• Replication over IP rather than SAN
• Cost – doesn’t require SAN infrastructure (fibre)
• Protection against disasters local to a building,
data center, or site
• Leverage existing Ethernet connection
Disadvantages
• Distance limitations
 Flexible Datacenter Architectures
Local Metropolitan Disaster Recovery (MAN) Wide Area Disaster
Clustering (LAN) Recovery (WAN)
Remote Mirroring Replication

Remote Mirror, SAN Attached, Fibre Replication, IP, DWDM, Escon

VERITAS Cluster Server + Global Cluster Option

VERITAS Storage Foundation + Volume Replicator Option

Wide Area Disaster Recovery
Environment
• Customers needing local failover for HA
as well as remote site takeover for
disaster recovery over long distance
Advantages
• Can support any distance using IP
• Multiple replication solutions
• Multiple clusters
• Local failover before remote takeover
• Single point monitoring of all clusters
worldwide
Disadvantages
• Cost of a remote HOT site
Global Cluster Manager
Wide Area Availability over IP
Site Migration

Failover
Application Application Application
Cluster Server
Global Cluster Server Cluster Server
Global Global
Cluster Cluster Cluster
Manager Manager Manager
Volume Manager Volume Manager Volume Manager
Volume Volume Volume
Replicator Replicator Replicator

Replication
Test, Plan and Prepare For When
Disaster Strikes
Cluster Firedrill
• Validate a DR plan in Verifies Site Failover
production without
disruption

• Create a carbon-copy of
a live production
environment to test
failover scenarios and
events
Test, Plan and Prepare For When
Disaster Strikes

• Verifies applications are migrated to the most appropriate

server based on planned failover strategy

• Performs scenario strategy on any desktop/laptop

• Enables optimal application failover strategy to increase

server utilization
VERITAS Clustering Solutions
VERITAS Storage Foundation - Features and Benefits
Feature
Robust Monitoring and
Maintenance of Application
Uptime
Out-of-the-box Support for
Multiple Agents and Options
Intelligent Workload
Management
Disaster Recovery Fire Drill
Benefit
Cluster Server includes powerful and flexible resource-dependency
definitions, policy-based, cascading, and multi-directional fail-over, as
well as an API to develop application agents
Cluster Server supports a vast number of service, application and
database agents, right out of the box. Customers or consultants can also
create custom agents using an easy to use Agent Framework template
Allows IT personnel to set fail-over policies based on server capacity
thresholds and available resources. IT personnel can increase
automation of cluster administration, ensuring application uptime is
maximized and server resources are utilized as efficiently as possible
Effectively creates a carbon copy of live production data on a designated
Disaster Recovery host and automates complete application testing
against the copy. The fire drill option manages replication/mirroring
snapshots and startup and shutdown of applications to test the snapped
copy
VERITAS Clustering Solutions
VERITAS Storage Foundation - Features and Benefits
Feature Benefit
Cluster Server Simulator Enables users to completely simulate a new or existing Cluster Server
clustering environment, providing complete test and evaluation of all
configuration choices and application control logic without the need for a
testing hardware as they can perform these simulations from their laptop
or desktop PC

Role Based Security A granular permission model is implemented into Cluster Server allowing
user roles to be defined at the cluster level on down to the application-
service-group level
Heterogeneous Platform and Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Linux, and Windows operating system platforms
Storage Support are supported, as well as multiple storage vendors ranging from
expensive, enterprise-level arrays to inexpensive, SMB/E-level JBODs
Global Cluster Option Allows you to link multiple independent high availability clusters at
multiple sites into a single, highly available Disaster Recovery
framework. Users can visualize and manage clusters and replication
services from a single administrative console
Copyright © 2002 VERITAS Software Corporation. All rights reserved. VERITAS, the VERITAS logo, and all other VERITAS product names and slogans are trademarks or registered trademarks of VERITAS
Software Corporation. VERITAS and the VERITAS Logo Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm Off. Other product names and/or slogans mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.