HP XP Cluster Extension Software Administrator Guide (5697-2448, July 2013)

Table Of Contents
Contents
1 HP XP Cluster Extension features...................................................................6
Integration into cluster software...................................................................................................6
Enhanced disaster tolerance......................................................................................................6
Automated monitoring and redirecting of Continuous Access pairs..................................................6
Rolling disaster protection..........................................................................................................6
Command-line interface (CLI).....................................................................................................6
Fast Failback using Continuous Access........................................................................................7
HP XP Cluster Extension configurations........................................................................................7
One-to-one configurations.....................................................................................................7
Consolidated-site configuration..............................................................................................8
Supported Continuous Access configurations and fence levels....................................................8
HP XP Cluster Extension server configurations..........................................................................9
Planning for HP XP Cluster Extension...........................................................................................9
Before configuring HP XP Cluster Extension resources................................................................9
Cluster setup considerations..................................................................................................9
Node Majority quorum clusters (MSFC)..............................................................................9
Cluster Shared Volume for Windows Server 2012................................................................9
Setting up RAID Manager...................................................................................................11
Creating RAID Manager command devices......................................................................11
Configuring RAID Manager command devices..................................................................11
In-band and out-of-band communication......................................................................11
Command device authentication.................................................................................11
Creating RAID Manager instances..................................................................................11
Creating RAID Manager device/copy groups...................................................................12
Network considerations.................................................................................................12
Starting and stopping the RAID Manager instances...........................................................12
Test takeover function.....................................................................................................12
2 Configuring HP XP Cluster Extension...........................................................14
Integrating HP XP Cluster Extension with MSFC...........................................................................14
Configuring HP XP Cluster Extension.........................................................................................14
Starting the HP XP Cluster Extension configuration tool............................................................14
Defining HP XP Cluster Extension configuration information using the GUI.................................15
Defining HP XP Cluster Extension configuration information using the CLI...................................17
Importing and exporting configuration information.................................................................19
Exporting configuration settings using the GUI..................................................................19
Exporting configuration settings using the CLI....................................................................19
Importing configuration settings using the GUI..................................................................19
Importing configuration settings using the CLI....................................................................19
Adding an HP XP Cluster Extension resource..............................................................................19
Adding an HP XP Cluster Extension resource using the Failover Cluster Management GUI (Windows
Server 2008/2008 R2/2012).............................................................................................20
Adding an HP XP Cluster Extension resource using the Microsoft CLI cluster commands...............20
Adding an HP XP Cluster Extension resource using the Microsoft Failover Cluster PowerShell
Cmdlets............................................................................................................................20
Changing an HP XP Cluster Extension resource name..................................................................21
Changing an HP XP Cluster Extension resource name (Windows Server 2008/2008
R2/2012).........................................................................................................................21
Configuring HP XP Cluster Extension resources............................................................................21
Setting Microsoft cluster-specific resource and service or application properties..........................22
Setting HP XP Cluster Extension-specific resource properties.....................................................24
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