volumes mirrored across sites

Used foor HA /DR

Failover usig VCS
ACTIVE-ACTIVE CLUSTER
volumes mirred
CVM enable from both sites
Parallel application
CONFIGURINF SITE AWARENESS
Rules:
Volumes are mirrored across sites by default
Volumes are created with DCO logs
Site-aware commands and options are used
to control non-default dehavior
1-Assign the physical resources to a site
2-Configure site-based allocation on a disk group
3-Configure site consistency on the DG and volumes
4-Set mirrored volumes read policy to site-based (if necesary)
5-Use site-based storage allocation when creating new volumes
AISSING DISK TO A SITE
To assign a disk to a site:
vxdisk [-g diskgroup] settag site=sitename \
[disk|e:enclosure] [disk|e:enclosure]....
vxdisk -g datag settag site=siteA EMC0_1 EMC0_2
or
vxdisk -g datadg settag site=siteA e:EMC0
To list the site tags on a disk:
vxdisk [-g disgroup] listtag
To re move the site tag from a disk:
vxdisk [-g diskgroup] rmtag site=sitename \
[disk|e:enclosure]
ASSIGNING HOST TO A SITE
To assign a host to site:
vxdctl set site:sitename
vxdctl set site:siteA
To observe the site assigment of a host:
vxdctl list | grep siteid
siteid: siteA
To remove the site name from a host:
vxdctl [-F] unset site
CONFIGURING SITE-BASED ON A DISK GROUP
To add site definition to a DG configuration:
vxdg -g diskgroup addsite sitename
vxdg -g diskgroup addsite siteA
vxdg -g diskgroup addsite siteB
A new volume is automatically mirroed across all sites
Thevolume read policy is automatically set to siteread
Use allsites=off with vxassist make for non-default configurations.
To remove a site from the disk group configuration:
vxdg -g diskgroup rmsite sitename

No change is made to physical resources that are assigned to that site

SITE CONSISTENCY IN A DISK GROUP

To set side consistency in a disk group:
vxdg -g diskgroup set siteconsistent=on
To set site consistency on an existing volume:
vxsnap -g diskgroup prepare volume (This command create required DCO log)
vxvol -g diskgroup set siteconsistent=on volume
Turn off site consistency
vxvol -g diskgroup set siteconsistent=off volume
vxdg -g diskgroup set siteconsistent=off
READ POLICY IN A SITE-CONSISTENT SETUP
Each host read data from local plexes
Is the default If default pplicy site-based allocation is enable
Manually:
vxvol -g diskgroup rdpol siteread volume
SITE-BASED STORAGE ALLOCATION
A site-consistent mirrored volume with plexes at all of the sites:
vxassist -g diskgroup make volume_sixe \
mirror=site allsites=on siteconsistent=on
A non-site-consistent mirrored volume with plexes at only some sites:
vxassist -g diskgroup make volume_size \
mirror=site sites:site1 site:site2 ... \
allsites=off siteconsistent=off
MAKE CHANGES IN A SITE-CONSISTENT ENVIRONMENT
-f force
vxdg -f -g diskgroup addsite siteC
MAKING AN EXISTING DISK GROUP SITE CONSISTENCY
1-Ensure that the disk group is updated to version 140
2-On each host that can access the disk group, define the site name
3-Tag all the disks in the disk group with the site name
4-Move any unsupported RAID5 or convert
5-Ensure that the volumes have plexes at each site
6-Register each site with the disk group
7-Turn site consistency on for the disk group
8-Turn site consistency on for each volume in the disk group
RECOVERING FROM A DETACHED SITE
vxdg -d diskgroup [-o overridessb]
reattachsite sitename
vxreciver -g diskgroup