Protecting Citrix XenServer Using Hitachi

Dynamic Replicator - Scout

MK-98DF8221-00


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Contents
1
Howthissolutionworks ................................................................................................................... 6
2
Checklist.............................................................................................................................................. 7
Part1:BackingupthroughLVreplicationapproach........................................................................... 8
3
Introductiontosolution .................................................................................................................... 9
4
Prepare................................................................................................................................................ 10
4.1
Identifylogicalvolumestobereplicated.............................................................................. 10
4.2
Recreateguestmachinesonthetarget................................................................................. 12
CreatingWindowvirtualmachine.................................................................................................. 12
CreatingLinuxvirtualmachine....................................................................................................... 16
4.3
InstallDRScout........................................................................................................................ 22
5
Protect ................................................................................................................................................. 22
5.1
Replicatesourcevirtualmachines ......................................................................................... 22
5.2
Shutdowntargetvirtualmachines ........................................................................................ 25
5.3
Monitorreplicationpair .......................................................................................................... 26
5.4
Consistencytags....................................................................................................................... 27
6
Failover ............................................................................................................................................... 29
6.1
Differencesbetweenrollbackandsnapshot ......................................................................... 29
6.2
Rollbackapproach.................................................................................................................... 30
6.3
Bringtargetvirtualmachinesonline ..................................................................................... 32
6.4
Snapshotapproach................................................................................................................... 33
Prepareforthesnapshot................................................................................................................... 33
Createasnapshot............................................................................................................................... 34
Swapdevice........................................................................................................................................ 36
Starttheguestmachine..................................................................................................................... 37
7
Failback .............................................................................................................................................. 38
7.1
Reversereplication................................................................................................................... 38
7.2
Consistencytag......................................................................................................................... 39
7.3
Rollback ..................................................................................................................................... 39
7.4
Starttheguestmachine ........................................................................................................... 40
Part2:BackingupthroughSRapproach ............................................................................................. 41
8
Introductiontothesolution............................................................................................................ 42
9
Prepare................................................................................................................................................ 42
9.1
Cleanup ..................................................................................................................................... 43
9.2
Discovery................................................................................................................................... 45
10
Protect ............................................................................................................................................ 48
10.1
VXreplication ........................................................................................................................... 48
10.2
Consistency ............................................................................................................................... 51
11
Recovery ........................................................................................................................................ 52
11.1
Rollback ..................................................................................................................................... 52
11.2
RestoreVMs.............................................................................................................................. 53
12
Failback ......................................................................................................................................... 55
12.1
Reversereplication................................................................................................................... 55
12.2
Consistencytag......................................................................................................................... 56
12.3
Rollback ..................................................................................................................................... 56
12.4
Starttheguestmachine ........................................................................................................... 56
3

Part3:BackingupXenServerresourcepoolthroughLVreplication ............................................. 57
13
Introductiontothesolution....................................................................................................... 58
14
Prepare........................................................................................................................................... 60
15
Protect ............................................................................................................................................ 60
15.1
Setreplicationpairs ................................................................................................................. 60
15.2
Consistencytags....................................................................................................................... 65
16
Recover .......................................................................................................................................... 66
Part4:PoolPoolLVSolution .......................................................................................................... 68
17
Introductiontothesolution....................................................................................................... 69
18
Prepare........................................................................................................................................... 70
19
Protect ............................................................................................................................................ 71
19.1
Setreplicationpairs ................................................................................................................. 71
19.2
Consistencytags....................................................................................................................... 75
20
Failover.......................................................................................................................................... 76
20.1
Rollbackapproach.................................................................................................................... 76
20.2
SnapshotApproach.................................................................................................................. 78
20.2.1
Prepareforsnapshot ....................................................................................................... 78
20.2.2
Performsnapshot ............................................................................................................ 79
21
Failback ......................................................................................................................................... 81
21.1
Rollbackapproach.................................................................................................................... 81
Reversereplication ............................................................................................................................ 81
Consistencytag .................................................................................................................................. 81
Rollback............................................................................................................................................... 81
Starttheguestmachine..................................................................................................................... 81
21.2
Snapshotapproach................................................................................................................... 82
Reversereplication ............................................................................................................................ 82
Consistencytag .................................................................................................................................. 82
Snapshot.............................................................................................................................................. 82
Starttheguestmachine..................................................................................................................... 82
Part5:ProtectingXenServerPool:Mastertargetguestapproach.................................................... 83
22
Introduction.................................................................................................................................. 84
23
Prepare........................................................................................................................................... 85
24
Protect ............................................................................................................................................ 86
24.1
Setreplicationpairs ................................................................................................................. 86
24.2
Issueconsistencytags .............................................................................................................. 90
25
Recover .......................................................................................................................................... 91
25.1
Addadisktocontainthesnapshot ....................................................................................... 91
25.2
CreateaSnapshot..................................................................................................................... 92
25.3
Detachsnapshotdiskfrommasterguestmachine.............................................................. 94
25.4
AttachtheSnapshotdisktoanotherGuest .......................................................................... 95

Conventions
Keywords,commandbuttonsandothersuchfieldsareenclosedinwhilebeingbold(for
example,todenote
Nextisused).

InputsforcommandsandVariablesareshowninItalics
Filenamesandpathsareshowninbold
CommandsareshowninCourier new font
Optionalkeywordsandargumentsareenclosedwithin[].

Notes:
Containssuggestionsortips.

Caution:
Containscriticalinformation

1 Howthissolutionworks
This document contains two major parts; the first part explains the LV based solution, where
individual volumes are backed up to the target Citrix XenServer. The second part explains
backingupwholediskstothetargetCitrixXenServer.

Inbothparts,thesourceCitrixXenServerispreparedbeforebeingbackeduptothetargetCitrix
XenServer through a VX replication, while the target virtual machines are powered down.
ConsistencymarkersareissuedthroughthevirtualmachineswhichgothroughthesourceCitrix
XenServertoreachthetargetCitrixXenServer.

Figure1

RecoveringtheVMsonCitrixXenServermaybeperformedintwoways;thefirstistorollback
the VMs virtual disks at the target Citrix XenServer to a consistent point and start using the
targetvirtualmachines.ThesecondapproachistotakeasnapshotofthevirtualdisksoftheVMs
andbootthevirtualmachinesoverthesnapshotvolume.

Refertothechecklistinthenextsectionbeforedeployingthesolution.

2 Checklist

EnsureVXagentsareinstalledonboththeCitrixXenServers
InstallCXserverwithinthesameLANasofthesourceCitrixXenServer
PointallVXagentstothesameCXserverandassignappropriatelicenses
Ensurethat/etc/hostsontheCitrixXenServercontainstheCitrixXenServersIPaddress
andhostname.ThisstepisapplicableforbothsourceandtargetCitrixXenServers.
DisablethefirewallonbothsourceandtargetCitrixXenServersthroughsystemconfig
securityleveltuiinterface.
TargetCitrixXenServershouldhaveallthenetworksexistingatsourceandbeingusedby
theVMsonthesourceCitrixXenServers.
Editthefile/etc/sysconfig/xapitosetthebasememorywhichistheminimumpossible
allocatedtodom0bysettingthevalueofXAPI_DOM0_MEM_BASE.Thisrequiresareboot
forthenewsettingtotakeeffect.Forexample,XAPI_DOM0_MEM_BASE=752

Notes:
Ifnotexistingalready,createnetworksatthetargetCitrixXenServerhostwiththesame
name_labelofthenetworksatsourceCitrixXenServerhost

Part1:BackingupthroughLVreplication
approach
ThispartexplainsprotectingCitrixXenServerbybackinguplogicalvolumes.Theprepare
sectionisdividedintosubsections,combinedtogethertheyexplainidentifyingthevolumesthat
aretobereplicated,creatingguestmachinestructureonthetargetCitrixXenServerandwhereto
installDRScout.Theprotectsectionexplainssettingreplicationpairs,issuingconsistencytags
andmonitoringreplicationpairs.

Thefailoversectionisbranchedintotwo,thefirstbeingarollbackapproachandthesecond
beingasnapshotapproach.Finallyafailbackisdescribedindetail.

3 Introductiontosolution
This solution document describes how to backup/restore a Citrix XenServer to another Citrix
XenServer.TheproductionCitrixserverwillbereferredtoasthesourceCitrixXenServerandthe
DRCitrixXenserverwillbereferredtoasatargetCitrixXenServer.

Thesolutionisdividedintothreesteps,i.e.

Prepare
ThissectionincludesinstallingtheCXserverandVXagentsonbothsourceandtargetCitrix
XenServers.Thencreatetheguestmachinesontargetthatcorrespondtothesourceguest
machineswiththesamedisksize.

Figure2

Protect
Oncetheguestmachinesarecreatedonthetargetshutdowntheguestmachinesandproceedto
setreplicationpair(s)fromsourceCitrixXenServertotargetCitrixXenServer.Setaconsistency
jobtoissueconsistencytagsonthesourcevolume(s)atregularintervals.

Recover
StopthesourceguestmachinesandrollbackthetargetvolumeseitherthroughtheCXUIor
throughCLI.Thenstartthetargetguestmachines.

Caution:
ThissolutionisforvirtualmachinesbasedonLVMs.

4 Prepare
4.1 Identifylogicalvolumestobereplicated

Step1. Inthisstep,allthelogicalvolumesbelongingtotheirrespectivevirtualmachinesare
identifiedthroughtwocommands

AccessthesourceCitrixXenServerscommandprompttoissuethefollowingcommand

xe vm-disk-list multiple

Theabovecommand:
DisplaysthevirtualmachinesandtheircorrespondingVBDsandVDIsonthehost
ExtracstheuuidofVDIofaVM

Figure3

Notes:
Theuuidofthevirtualmachinethatistobereplicated

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Step2. Oncethecommandiscomplete,proceedtoissuethefollowingcommandonthesource
CitrixXenServerscommandprompt.

lvdisplay
Thisdisplaysalltheavailablelogicalvolumesonthehost
Identifythelogicalvolumewiththesameuuidasofthevirtualmachinethatistobe
protected.

Figure4
Aftertheabovetwocommand,youwillbeabletomapvirtualmachineswiththeirrespective
logicalvolumes.

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4.2 Recreateguestmachinesonthetarget
OpentheXenCenterinterface,thencreatetheguestmachinesonthetargetcitrixXenServerwith
thesameconfiguration,operatingsystemanddisksize.CreatingWindowsandLinuxvirtual
machinesareslightlydifferent,howeverbothproceduresaredescribedbelow.

CreatingWindowvirtualmachine

Step1. OpentheXenCenterthenselectthetargetCitrixXenServerandclickonNewVM.This
willcreateanewvirtualmachineonthetargetCitrixXenServer.

Figure5

Step2. Thewizardfollows,selectthesametemplateasoftheproductionguest,andthenclick
onNext.

Figure6

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Step3. EntertheNameandDescriptionoftheguestmachineandthenclickonNextto
continue.

Figure7

Step4. YoumaychoosetoloadabootableCDintotheCDdriveorenterthepathofabootable
ISOimage.ThenclickonNext.

Figure8

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Step5. EnterthenumberofvirtualCPUsandphysicalmemoryandthenclickonNext.

Figure9

Step6. Thenextscreenopensup,ensurethatyouaddadiskofsimilarorlargersizeasofthe
sourceguestmachine,thenclickonNext

Figure10

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Step7. ThroughthisscreenyoucanaddadesirednumberofvirtualNICs.Createthevirtual
interfacessuchthattheconfigurationreflectsthatofthesourceVM.ClickonNextto
proceed

Figure11

Step8. ClickonFinishandthevirtualmachinestarts.

Figure12

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CreatingLinuxvirtualmachine

Step1. AnewNewStorageiscreatedtoloadabootimage.SelectthetargetCitrixXenserver
thenclickonNewstorage.

Figure13

Step2. YoumaychooseanyofthedesiredoptionthenclickonNext.(Forthisexample
however,weselectwindowsfilesharing)

Figure14

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Step3. EntertheNameandPathandthenenterthefullusernameandpasswordtoaccess
theenteredpath.ClickonFinishtocompleteaddinganewstorage.

Figure15

Step4. ThenewstoragenowappearsunderthetargetCitrixXenServer.ClickonNewVMto
createanewLinuxguestmachineonthetargetCitrixXenServer.

Figure16

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Step5. Thetemplatescreenopensup,selectthedesiredLinuxtemplate,andclickonNext.
Forthisexampleweselecta64birRHEL5operatingsystem.Ensurethatyouselectthesame
templateasoftheproductionguestmachine.

Figure17

Step6. EnterthenameofthenewvirtualmachineanddescriptionandthenclickonNext.

Figure18

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Step7. Selectthedesiredoption(aURL,CDdriveorISOimagepath).Enteringboot
parametersisoptional.ClickonNexttoproceed.

Figure19

Step8. EnterthenumberofvirtualCPUsandphysicalmemoryandthenclickonNext

Figure20

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Step9. Thenextscreenopensup,ensurethatyouaddadiskofthesamesizeasofthesource
guestmachineandthenclickonNext.

Figure21

Step10.
ThroughthisscreenyoucanaddadesirednumberofvirtualNICs.Createthe
virtualinterfacessuchthattheconfigurationreflectsthatofthesourceVM.ClickonNext
toproceed.

Figure22
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Step11.

ClickonFinishtostartthevirtualmachine.

Figure23

Step12.

Themachinebootsupasshowninthepicturebelow

Figure24

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4.3 InstallDRScout
PleaserefertotheinstallationguideforinstallingandconfiguringCXserverandVXagents.
TheVXagentsaretobeinstalledonthesourceandtargetCitrixXenServers.

5 Protect
5.1 Replicatesourcevirtualmachines
Settingavolumereplicationisperformedinfourstepsasshowninthepicturebelow.

Figure25

Step1. OpentheCXUIandclickonVolumeProtection,thenexpandthesourceCitrix
XenServertoselectthesourcevolumecorrespondingtothesourceguestmachinethatistobe
protectedandclickonStartReplication

Figure26

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Step2. Thenextscreenopensup.ExpandthetargetCitrixXenServertoselecttherespective
targetvolume.Thenscrolldowntosetthereplicationoptions.

Figure27

Step3. AlltheprocessserverspointedtotheCXserverarelistedhere.Youmaychooseadesired
processserverwhichwillhandlealltheoffloadactivitiesspecifictothisreplicationpairs.For
betterscalabilityyoumaypointmoreprocessserverstotheCXserver.Selecttheprocess
serverandscrolldowntosettheReplicationOptions

Figure28

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Step4. EnabletheMediaRetentionandclickonSubmitandtherestareoptional.

Figure29
Step5. Thenextscreenopensup,choosethedesiredretentionpolicy,andclickonSubmitto
startthereplicationpair

Figure30

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Notes:
Repeatabovestepstoprotectanyadditionalguestmachines
SettingthereplicationpairissimilarforwindowsandLinuxplatforms.

5.2 Shutdowntargetvirtualmachines
Beforesettingthereplicationpairsshutdowntargetvirtualmachines.

Step1. ShutdowntheWindowstargetvirtualmachine(s)asshownbelow.

Figure31
Step2. Similarly,shutdowntheLinuxtargetvirtualmachine(s)

Figure32

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AftershuttingdowntheVMensurethatalltheprotectedlogicalvolumes(correspondingtothe
virtualdisksoftheVMthatwasshutdown)areavailableornot.Ifanyprotectedlogicalvolume
isnotavailable,runlvchangeay<Logical_Volume>tomakethelogicalvolumeavailable.

5.3 Monitorreplicationpair

InthisClickonProtectionStatustomonitorthereplicationstatus.Observethattherearetwo
replicationpairs,oneforwindows,andtheotherforLinuxvirtualmachines.

Figure33

Notes:
Youmaychoosetosetemailalertsortraps.PleaserefertotheAdminguide.pdffordetailed
description.

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5.4 Consistencytags

Step1. OncethereplicationpairreachesDifferentialSync,proceedtoissueconsistencytags
onthesourcevolume.Consistencytagsareissuedonthesourcevirtualmachine,Accessthe
CXUIthroughthesourcevirtualmachinetodownloadthevacpclient.Downloadthe
appropriatevacpclientthroughSystem>Agentinstallers.

Figure34

vacp32suse9isusedforguestmachinewith32bitplatformsofSUSE9,SLES9SP2,SLES9
SP3.
Vacpx64.exeisusedfor64bitwindowsplatforms
VacpIA64.exeisusedfor64bitwindowsonItaniumplatform.
Vacp64isusedfortheguestmachineswithany64bitplatform
Vacp.exeisusedfor32bitwindowsplatforms
Vacp32isusedfor32bitLinuxplatforms

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ForaLinuxvirtualmachineusethefollowingcommand

./vacp remote v <volume1>,<volume2>, -t <name of the consistency tag> serverdevice <corresponding volume on the source Citrix XenServer >, -serverip
<Source Citrix XenServers IP address> [-serverport 20003]

serverport20003isanoptionalswitch

Figure35

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6 Failover
6.1 Differencesbetweenrollbackandsnapshot
Thetargetvirtualmachinesmayberecoveredeitherbyrollingbackthetargetvolumesorby
takingasnapshotofthetargetvolumes.

Table1:Differencesbetweenrollbackandsnapshot

Snapshot

Rollback

Replication
Storage

Intact
Requiresanadditionalvolumewithequal
orlargercapacityontheDRserver
Bothtagbasedandtimebased

Breaksreplicationpair
Noadditionalstorage
required
Bothtagbasedandtimebased

Consistency

Asnapshotisnotdisruptivetothereplicationpairwhereasarollbackbreaksthereplicationpair.

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6.2 Rollbackapproach
Targetvolumecanberolledbackintimebasedoraneventbackintimebasedonavacptag
issuedonthesourcevolumeorbasedontime.ArollbackcanbeperformedthroughCXUIand
commandlineinterfaceoftheDRServer.Thisexampledescribestoperformaneventbasedroll
back.

Step1. OntheCXUI,clickonRecoverythenselectthereplicationpairandclickon
Rollback.Aconfirmationmessageappears,clickonOk

Figure36

Step2. Thenextscreenopensup,toperformaneventbasedrollback,selecttheoptionUsing
Applicationconsistency&Eventbased

Figure37

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Thischangestheinterfacebelowtoasearchresultanddisplayalistofavailableconsistency
tagstowhicharollbackmaybeperformed.SelectthedesiredtagandclickonSave

Figure38
Thiswillrollbackthetargetvolumetoaconsistentpoint

Step3. ClickonRecoverytocheckthestatusoftherollback.Arollbackissimilarforwindows
replicationpairsaswell.

Figure39

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6.3 Bringtargetvirtualmachinesonline
IncaseofanunplannedfailovershutdowntheproductionCitrixXenServeroncetherollbackis
complete.Forplannedfailovershutdownthesourcevirtualmachinesthenrebootthetarget
virtualmachines(whichshouldbeinhaltedstatenow).Thetargetguestmachinesshouldcome
upnormally.

Figure40

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6.4 Snapshotapproach

Thisinvolvesfoursteps

Prepareforsnapshotdisk:Createanewdiskwithequalcapacity
Createsnapshot:CreateasnapshotofthetargetvolumethroughtheCXUI
Swapdevice:Swaptheoriginaldevicewiththesnapshotdevice
Startguestmachine:Theguestmachineshouldbootupwiththesnapshotdisk

Figure41

Prepareforthesnapshot
Createavirtualdiskequalinsizetothatofthetargetvolume.Thisvirtualdiskisusedtocontain
thesnapshot.

xe vdi-create name-label=<label of the virtual disk> sr-uuid=<UUID of SR where this

virtual disk is being created> -type=<system for bootable disk or user for other disks> size=<size of the disk should be equal to that of the target volume>

Figure42
Oncethediskiscreated,bringthenewlycreatedvirtualdiskonlinethroughthecommandas
shownbelow
lvchange ay <Logical volume corresponding to the virtual disk>

Figure43

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Createasnapshot

Step1. OntheCXUI,clickonRecovery,selectthereplicationpair,andclickonRecover.

Figure44
Step2. Thenextscreenopensup.SelecttheoptionUsingApplicationconsistency&Event
basedtoperformaneventbasedrecovery.

Figure45

Notes:
ToperformatimebasedrecoveryselecttheoptionUsingtime

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Step3. SelectthetagfromtheSearchResult.SelecttheDriveTypeasPhysical,select
theLVcorrespondingtothenewlycreatedvirtualdiskunderthePhysicalDrivesand
clickonSave.ReferthesectionPrepareforthesnapshotonpageStep2.33

Figure46

Step4. ClickonRecoverytomonitorthesnapshotprogress.

Figure47

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Swapdevice

Step1. Oncethesnapshotiscomplete,accesstheXenCenterinterfaceandclickonStoragetab
thenonAttach.

Figure48

Step2. SelectthenewlycreatedvirtualvolumeandclickonAttach

Figure49

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Step3. Nowthatthesnapshotdiskisattached,proceedtoremovethepreviousdiskasshownin
thepicture.

Figure50

Starttheguestmachine
Step4. Thenstarttheguestmachine.Nowthemachinewillbootthroughthesnapshotdisk.

Figure51

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7 Failback
Toperformafailbackinrollbackapproach,setareversereplicationfromthetargetLVtothe
sourceLV.Similarly,toperformafailbackfromsnapshotapproachperformareversereplication
fromthesnapshotLVtothesourceLV.Inthisexample,weperformafailbackfromsnapshotLV.

Failbackisperformedinfoursteps

Reversereplication:Areversereplicationissettoupdatetheproductionvolumewithallthe
changesoccurredduringitsoutage
Consistencytag:Consistencytagsisissuedtowhicharollbackwillbeperformed
Rollback:Thetargetvolumeisrolledbacktoaconsistencytag
Startguestmachine:Theguestmachineshouldbootupwiththerolledbackvolume.

Figure52

7.1 Reversereplication
Step1. SetareversereplicationfromthesnapshotLVtothesourceLVwithmediaretentionas
showninthepicturebelow.

Figure53

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7.2 Consistencytag
Step1. OncethereplicationpairreachesDifferentialSync,accesstheguestmachinethen
navigatetotheinmageagentinstallationpathtoissueaconsistencytag

Figure54

7.3 Rollback

Step1. Rollbackthetargetvolumebasedontheaboveissuedconsistencytag.Refertothe
sectionRollbackapproachonpage30toperformarollback.

Figure55

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7.4 Starttheguestmachine

Step1. Oncetherollbackiscomplete,accesstheXenCenterinterfacetostarttheguestmachine

Figure56

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Part2:BackingupthroughSRapproach
TheSRreplication,explainstoreplicatecompletediskstothetargetCitrixXenServer.Thispart
containsthreesections

Prepare:ThepreparesectioncontainstwoFXjobsthatarerequiredbeforeproceedingwiththe
preparesection

Protect:ThissectionexplainstoreplicatessourceCitrixdiskstotargetCitrixdisks

Recover:Therecoversectionisbranchedintotwosubsections,therollbackapproachandthe
snapshotapproach.

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8 Introductiontothesolution
Toreplicatewholedisks(whichinturncontainvolumes)asvolumesfromonehosttoanother
thedrscout.conffileiseditedtoexposethedisksasvolumesontheCXUI.

Theprotectsectionexplainstoreplicateandissueconsistencytagsonthesevolumes

Figure57

Recoversectionexplainstorestorethevirtualmachinesontheproductionservertothe
correspondingDRServer.

9 Prepare
Editthefiledrscout.confundertheetcfolderofVXinstallationfolderandchangethe
ReportFullDeviceNamesOnlyfromthedefaultvalue0to1.Doingthiswillexposethefull
devicenametotheCXUI.EnsurethatyourestarttheVXagentservice

Figure58

MakesurethetargetCitrixXenServerdoesnothaveanyLVMbasedstoragerepository.Ifany
LVMbasedstoragerepositoryispresentthensetFXjobusinghard_clean_target.shas
destinationpostscript.ThiscleansuptheDRserver.Schedulethejobtorunondemand.
PleaserefertotheAdminguide.pdftosetFXjob

Notes:
TargetCitrixXenServershouldNOThaveanyLVMbasedstoragerepositoryconfiguredprior
totheprotectionofsourceCitrixXenServer.

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9.1 Cleanup

SettingupofFXjobtocleanuptheDRserverbeforeprotectingthesourceSRs

Step1. SelecttheDRserverasbothsource&targetoftheFXjob.Specifythedirectoryas
/usr/local/InMage/Vx/failover_data

Figure59
Step2. Enterthepostscriptfordestinationas<VXinstallationpath>
/scripts/hard_clean_target.shandclickonFinish

Figure60

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Step3. SettheschedulingofthejobtoRunOnDemand.Thisjobshouldberunonlyonce
beforesettingupreplicationpairstoprotectthestoragerepositoriesoftheproductionserver.

Figure61

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9.2 Discovery

SetFXjobtorelaythemetadataoftheVMsofproductionservertotheDRServer.Use
xenserver_failover_prescript_sr.shasthesourceprescripttosettheFXjob.
Schedulethejobtorunatatimeintervalorrunondemand.Thetimeintervalshouldbedecided
basedonthefrequencyofchangestoVMmetadata(e.g.,15minutes.).

Step1. SelecttheProductionseverassourceandDRserverasdestinationoftheFXjob.Enter
thesourceanddestinationdirectoryas<VX_INSTALL_PATH>/failover_dataandclickon
Next

Figure62
Step2. SelecttheCopythecontentsofthesourcedirectorydirectlyintothetargetdirectory
optionasshownbelow

Figure63

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Step3. Entertheprescriptforthesourceas
<VX_INSTALL_PATH>/scripts/xenserver_failover_prescript_sr.shandclickonFinish

Figure64

Step4. SetthejobtoRunOnDemand.Itcanbescheduledtorunatanintervalalso.The
scheduletypehastobedecidedbasedontheprotectiontype,managedorunmanaged.For
managedprotectionRunOnDemandschedulewouldsuffice.

Figure65

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Step5. ClickonFileProtectionthenselectthejobandclickonStarttostartthejob.

Figure66

YoumaymonitorthelogfileoftheFXjob.Oncethediscoveryiscomplete,proceedtosettingup
theVXreplicationpairs.

Figure67

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10 Protect
10.1 VXreplication

Step1. ThenswitchtotheCXUItoreplicatethediskwhichnowappearsasavolume.Clickon
VolumeProtectionandselectthecorrespondingvolumeandclickonStartReplication

Figure68

Notes:
TargetdeviceshouldbeeitherlocaldeviceordevicebackedbyFibreChannelLUN.Failover
canrecoverthesourceSRtoSRoftypelvmorlvmohbaattarget.

Step2. Thetargetscreenappears,expandtheDRservertoselectthetargetvolume,thenscroll
downtosettheReplicationoptions

Figure69
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Step3. AlltheprocessserverspointedtotheCXserverarelistedhere,youmaychooseadesired
processserverwhichwillhandlealltheoffloadactivitiesspecifictothisreplicationpairs.For
betterscalabilityyoumaypointmoreprocessserverstotheCXserver.Selecttheprocess
serverandscrolldowntosettheReplicationOptions

Figure70

Step4. DisableMediaRetentionoptionandclickonSubmit

Figure71
Step5. Oncethepairisconfigured,accesstheDRservertoedit<VXinstallation
folder>\etc\drscout.conf.ChangetheReportFullDeviceNamesOnlyfromthedefault
value1to0.DoingthiswillstopexposingthedevicenametotheCXUI.

Figure72
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Step6. RestarttheVXagentserviceontheDRserver

Step7. AccesstheCXUIandnavigatetoVolumeProtection>Targetthenselectthepair
configuredandclickonViewDetails.ClickontheConfigureretentiontoconfigure
mediaretentionforthisreplicationpair.

Figure73

Step8. Inthenextscreenselectthetypeofretentionpolicytobeenforcedforthisreplication
pair.Youmaychoosetimebased,spacebasedoracombinationofboth.ClickonSubmit
tostartthereplicationpair

Figure74

Step9. ThereplicationpairreachesDifferentialSyncasshowninthepicturebelow

Figure75

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10.2 Consistency
TorecoverindividualVM,youmaychoosetoexecuteconsistencytagsonthevirtualmachine
Proceedtoissueconsistencytagsthroughthevirtualmachinescommandprompt.Accessthe
sourcecommandpromptthennavigatetotheVXagentinstallationpathtoissuethefollowing
command

./vacp remote v <volume1>,<volume2> serverdevice <disk1>,<disk2>,serverip <ip address of vacp server> -t <name of the tag>

Figure76
AtagcanbeissuesattheCitrixXenServerhostlevelalso.Usevacptoissuetagontheblock
device(s).Optionxhastobeusedalongwithoptionvtoissuetagwithoutanyconsistency
mechanism.Forexample,toissuetagondismountedvolumes/rawdevices.

./vacp [-v <volume1>,<volume2>..] [-t <tag1,..>] [-x] [-h]

Figure77
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11 Recovery
11.1 Rollback
Step1. Toperformarecovery,switchtotheCXUIandclickonRecovery,thenselectthe
replicationpairandclickonRollback.Aconfirmationappears,clickonOktocontinue

Figure78
Step2. Thenextscreenopensup,selecttheoptionUsingApplicationconsistency&Event
based,thischangestheinterfacebelowtoSearchResultandselecttheconsistencytag
andclickonSave

Figure79
Step3. Verifyiftherollbackoftargetvolumebacktotheconsistencypointisfinished.

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11.2 RestoreVMs
RunXenServerfailoverjobtorecoverthestoragerepositoriesonthereplicateddevices&the
virtualmachines.

Step1. SetupthefailoverjobwithsourceanddestinationastheDRServerwithdirectorytobe
replicatedas<VX_INSTALL_PATH>/failover_data

Figure80

Step2. Enterthepostscriptfordestinationas
<VX_INSTALL_PATH>/scripts/xenserver_failover_postscript_sr.shandclickonFinish

Figure81

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Step3. SetthejobtoRunondemandandclickonFinish

Figure82

Step4. ClickonFileProtectionthenselectthefailoverjobandclickStarttorecoverallthe
SRsandtorestorealltheVMstothetargetXenServerhost.

Figure83
Caution:
TheMACaddressesofthenetworkinterfaces&DHCPconfiguredIPsofthesourceVMmight
notberetainedafterfailover.

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Notes:
Incaseofanunsuccessfulfailover,run<VX_INSTALL_PATH>/xenserver_reset_target.sh
toresetthestatus(tostatebeforethefailoverattempt)oftargetXenServerbeforeareattempt
offailover.

Currentlywedonotsupportrecoveringvirtualmachinesthatspanacrossmultiplestorage
repositories.

12 Failback
Toperformafailbackinrollbackapproach,setareversereplicationfromthetargetSRtothe
sourceSR.Similarly,toperformafailbackfromsnapshotapproach,performareversereplication
fromthesnapshotSRtothesourceSR.Inthisexample,weperformafailbackfromsnapshotSR.

Failbackisperformedinfoursteps

Reversereplication:Areversereplicationissettoupdatetheproductionvolumewithallthe
changesoccurredduringitsoutage
Consistencytag:Consistencytagsisissuedtowhicharollbackwillbeperformed
Rollback:Thetargetvolumeisrolledbacktoaconsistencytag
Startguestmachine:Theguestmachineshouldbootupwiththerolledbackvolume.

Figure79

12.1 Reversereplication
Step1. SetareversereplicationfromthesnapshotSRtothesourceSRwithmediaretention.The
section11.1VXReplicationcanbereferred.

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12.2 Consistencytag

Step2. OncethereplicationpairreachesDifferentialSync,accesstheguestmachinethen
navigatetotheinmageagentinstallationpathtoissueaconsistencytag.Thesection11.2
Consistencycanbereferred.

12.3 Rollback

Step3. Rollbackthetargetvolumebasedontheaboveissuedconsistencytag.Refertothe
sectionRollbackapproachonpage30toperformarollback.

12.4 Starttheguestmachine

Step4. Oncetherollbackiscomplete,accesstheXenCenterinterfacetostarttheguestmachines

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Part3:BackingupXenServerresourcepool
throughLVreplication

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13 Introductiontothesolution
Thissolutiondocumentdescribeshowtobackup/restoreaXenServerpooltoanotherCitrix
XenServer.TheproductionCitrixXenServerwillbereferredtoasthesourceCitrixXenServerand
theDRCitrixXenServerwillbereferredtoasatargetCitrixXenServer.

Figure84

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Thesolutionisdividedintothreesteps,i.e.

Prepare
ThissectionincludesinstallingtheCXserverandVXagentsontheallXenServerpoolservers
andthetargetCitrixXenServerforDR.Thencreatetheguestmachinesontargetthatcorrespond
tothesourceguestmachineswiththesamedisksize.

Figure85

Protect
Oncetheguestmachinesarecreatedonthetargetshutdowntheguestmachinesandproceedto
setthereplicationpair(s)fromsourceCitrixtotargetCitrixserver.Shutdownthetargetguest
machine(s).Setaconsistencyjobtoissueconsistencytagsonthesourcevolume(s)atregular
intervals.

Recover
StopthesourceguestmachinesandrollbackthetargetvolumeseitherthroughtheCXUIor
throughCLI.Thenstartthetargetguestmachines.

Caution:
ThissolutionisforvirtualmachinesbasedonLVMs.
Ensurethatyouhaveexecuteprivilegesforvacpscripts

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14 Prepare
AccessthetargetCitrixXenServerandcreatetheguestmachineswiththesamediskcapacity.
InstalltheVXagentonallpoolmembers

15 Protect
15.1 Setreplicationpairs

AccesstheCXUItoreplicatetheguestmachines(thesearevirtualmachinesontheproduction
CitrixXenServerpool).GuestmachinesbelongingtoapooledCitrixXenServerwillappearas
clustervolumes.

Step1. ClickonVolumeprotectionthenexpandtheXenPoolstofindtheclustergroup
correspondingtotheguestmachine.ClickonStartReplication

Figure86

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Step2. SelectthevolumefromthegroupandclickonNext

Figure87

Step3. Thenextscreenopensup,expandthetargetCitrixXenServertoselectthetargetvolume,
thenscrolldowntosettheReplicationOptions

Figure88

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Step4. AlltheprocessserverspointedtotheCXserverarelistedhere,youmaychooseadesired
processserverwhichwillhandlealltheoffloadactivitiesspecifictothisreplicationpairs.For
betterscalabilityyoumaypointmoreprocessserverstotheCXserver.Selecttheprocess
serverandscrolldowntosettheReplicationOptions

Figure89

Step5. EnsurethattheMediaRetentionoptionisenabled,therestofthefeaturesare
optional.ClickonSubmittocontinue

Figure90

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Step6. ByenablingtheMediaRetentionoption,youwillrequiretodefinearetentionpolicy.
Selectthedesiredretentionpolicysuchastimebased,spacebasedoracombinationofboth.
ClickonSubmittocontinue

Figure91
Step7. SelectthereplicationpairandclickonFinishtostartthereplicationpair

Figure92

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Step8. Thiswillstartthereplicationpair.Shutdownthetargetguestmachines.Thereplication
pairwillreachDifferentialSync

Figure93

Step9. Makesure,aftershuttingdowntheVM,alltheprotectedlogicalvolumes(corresponding
tothevirtualdisksoftheVMthatwasshutdown)areavailableornot.Ifanyprotected
logicalvolumeisnotavailable,runlvchangeay<Logical_Volume>tomakethelogical
volumeavailable.

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15.2 Consistencytags
Accessthesourceguestmachineandissueconsistencytags.Thesetagslateractasmarkersto
whichyoumayperformarecovery.Inthisexampleconsistencytagisissuedmanually,youmay
howeverchoosetoschedulethisthroughacronjob.

Step1. Toissueaconsistencytag,youwillneedtodownloadtheappropriatevacpscript.You
candownloadthisofftheCXUIbynavigatingtoSystem>Agentinstallers

Figure94
Step2. Ensurethatthescriptisgivenexecuteprivilegebeforeyouissuethefollowingcommand

./vacp32 v <LogicalVolume> -remote serverdevice < source volume > -t

<Name of the tag> -serverip <Citrix XenServer on which the guest is active> serverport 20003

Figure95

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16 Recover
Torecoveryyouwillneedtorollbackthetargetvolumebacktoaconsistentpoint.Ensurethat
thesourceguestmachinesareshutdownbeforeperformingarollback.

Step1. ClickonRecoveryontheCXUI,selectthereplicationpairtoberolledbackandclick
onRollback.Youwillbepromptedforaconfirmation,clickonOktocontinue

Figure96

Step2. Thenextscreenappears,selecttheUsingApplicationconsistency&Eventbased
option

Figure97

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Step3. Youshouldseetheinterfacechangetothesearchresultasshownbelow.Selectthe
desiredconsistencytagtowhichthetargetvolumewillberolledbackandclickonSave

Figure98

Step4. Therollbackwillsooncompletethenproceedtothenextstep

Figure99

Step5. StarttheguestmachinesonthetargetCitrixXenServer,theyshouldcomeupnormally
withoutrequiringanyconfigurationchanges

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Part4:PoolPoolLVSolution

ThissolutiondocumentexplainsbackingupandrestoringanentireXenServerresourcepooltoa
DRXenServerpool.ThesourceXenServerpoolwillbereferredtoastheproductionXenServer
poolandthetargetXenServerpoolwillbereferredtoasaDRXenServerpool.

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17 Introductiontothesolution

Thesolutionisdividedintothreesteps,i.e.

Prepare
ThissectionincludesinstallingtheCXserverandVXagentsontheallmembersofthe
productionaswellasDRXenServerpoolmembers.ThencreatethevirtualdisksinthetargetSR
thatareofthesamesizeasthatofthevirtualdisksoftheguestmachinestobeprotected.

Protect
Oncethevirtualdisksarecreatedonthetarget,proceedtosetthereplicationpair(s)from
productionXenServerresourcepooltocorrespondingvirtualdiskatDRXenServerresource
pool.Setconsistencyjob(s)foreachprotectedguestmachinetoissueconsistencytagsonthe
sourcevolume(s)atregularintervals.

Failover
Therearetwoapproachestoperformafailback.Therollbackapproachrequiresyoutostopthe
replicationpairandthenperformafailover.Thesnapshotapproachontheotherhandisnon
disruptiveandpreferredwhentestingthesolution.

Failback
WhentheproductionXenServerisbackonlineandreadytoresumeitsrole,afailbackis
performedtoupdatetheproductionXenServerwithallthechangesoccurredduringitsoutage.
Thisissimilartothatofaplannedfailover.

Caution:
DonotassociatethevirtualdiskscreatedinthetargetSRwithanyoftheVMsaslongasthe
replicationpairisalive.
Ensurethatyouhaveexecuteprivilegesforvacpscripts.

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18 Prepare
ThissectionincludesinstallingtheCXserverandVXagentsontheallmembersofthe
productionaswellasDRXenServerpoolmembers.

Createthevirtualdisks,withinsharedSRofDRXenServerresourcepool,thatareofthesame
sizeasthevirtualdisksoftheguestmachinestobeprotected.

Figure100

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19 Protect
19.1 Setreplicationpairs

Step1. SwitchtotheDRXenServerpooltoidentifythelogicalvolumethatcorrespondstothe
newlycreatedvirtualdiskthenrunthecommandlvchange -ay <DEVICE_PATH>ona
poolmemberthatactsastargetforthereplicationpair.Thiswillactivatethelogicalvolume
onthatpoolmember.

Figure101

Step2. AccesstheCXUI&replicateallthevirtualdisksoftheguestmachinesontheproduction
XenServerpool).GuestmachinesbelongingtoapooledCitrixXenServerwillappearasXen
Poolvolumes.ClickonVolumeprotectionthenexpandXenPoolstofindthevirtual
diskcorrespondingtotheguestmachine.ClickonStartReplication

Figure102

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Step3. Inthenextscreen,expandthetargetXenServerpoolmembertoselectthetargetvolume,
thenscrolldowntosettheReplicationOptions

Figure103

Step4. AlltheprocessserverspointedtotheCXserverarelistedhere,youmaychooseadesired
processserverwhichwillhandlealltheoffloadactivitiesspecifictothisreplicationpairs.For
betterscalabilityyoumaypointmoreprocessserverstotheCXserver.Selecttheprocess
serverandscrolldowntosettheReplicationOptions

Figure104

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Step5. EnsurethattheMediaRetentionoptionisenabled,therestofthefeaturesare
optional.ClickonSubmittocontinue

Figure105

Step6. ByenablingtheMediaRetentionoption,youwillrequiretodefinearetentionpolicy.
Selectthedesiredretentionpolicysuchastimebased,spacebasedoracombinationofboth.
ClickonSubmittocontinue

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Figure106

Step7. SelectthereplicationpairandclickonFinishtostartthereplicationpair.

Step8. Thiswillstartthereplicationpair.ThereplicationpairwillreachDifferentialSync

Figure107

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19.2 Consistencytags
Accessthesourceguestmachineandissueconsistencytags.Thesetagslateractasmarkersto
whichyoumayperformarecovery.Inthisexampleconsistencytagisissuedmanually,youmay
howeverchoosetoschedulethisthroughacronjob.

Step1. Toissueaconsistencytag,youwillneedtodownloadtheappropriatevacpscript.You
candownloadthisofftheCXUIbynavigatingtoSystem>Agentinstallers

Figure108
Ensurethatthescriptisgivenexecuteprivilegebeforeyouissuethefollowingcommand

./vacp32 v <volume group> -remote serverdevice < source volume > -t

<Name of the tag> -serverip <Citrix XenServer on which the guest is active> serverport 20003

Figure109

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20 Failover
20.1 Rollbackapproach
Torecoveryouwillneedtorollbackthetargetvolumebacktoaconsistentpoint.Ensurethat
thesourceguestmachinesareshutdownbeforeperformingarollback.

Step1. ClickonRecoveryontheCXUI,selectthereplicationpairtoberolledbackandclick
onRollback.Youwillbepromptedforaconfirmation,clickonOktocontinue

Figure110

Step2. Thenextscreenappears,selecttheUsingApplicationconsistency&Eventbased
option

Figure111

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Step3. Youshouldseetheinterfacechangetothesearchresultasshownbelow.Selectthe
desiredconsistencytagtowhichthetargetvolumewillberolledbackandclickonSave

Figure112

Step4. Therollbackwillsooncompletethenproceedtothenextstep

Figure113

Step5. StarttheguestmachinesonthetargetCitrixXenServerpool,theyshouldcomeup
normallywithoutrequiringanyconfigurationchanges

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20.2 SnapshotApproach
Ratherthanrollingthetargetvolumebackandstoppingthereplicationpair,youmaychoosethe
snapshotapproachofthetargetvolumetherebykeepingthereplicationpairintact.

20.2.1 Prepareforsnapshot
Step1. Inthisapproachwewillfirstcreateavirtualdisk(SnapShotDisk)inthetargetSR

Figure114

Step2. MakethisvirtualdiskavailabletotheCXbychangingitsstatususingthecommand
lvchangeay<DEVICE_PATH>.

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20.2.2 Performsnapshot

Step1. ClickonRecoveryontheCXUI,selectthereplicationpairtoberolledbackandclick
onRecoverandclickonOktocontinue

Figure115

Step2. Thenextscreenappears,selecttheUsingApplicationconsistency&Eventbased
option

Figure116

Step3. UsePhysicalandthenselecttheDrivecorrespondingtothenewSnapShotDiskVDI
createdforthispurpose.Nowtakeasnapshotofthetarget,ontothisdisk.

Figure117

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Step4. CreateanewVMcorrespondingtothatofthesourceguestmachineinTargetsystem.
NowshutdownthisVM.

Step5. RemovetheoriginaldiskfromthisVMandattachthesnapshotdisktothisVM.

Figure118

Step6. StarttheVM,itshouldbootupnormally.

Figure119

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21 Failback
21.1 Rollbackapproach
Toperformafailbackinrollbackapproach,setareversereplicationfromthetargetPooltothe
sourcePool.NowperformareversereplicationfromtheTargetDrivetothesourceVDI(newly
created).

Failbackisperformedinfoursteps

Reversereplication:Areversereplicationissettoupdatetheproductionvolumewithallthe
changesoccurredduringitsoutage
Consistencytag:Consistencytagsisissuedtowhicharollbackwillbeperformed
Rollback:Thetargetvolumeisrolledbacktoaconsistencytag
Startguestmachine:Theguestmachineshouldbootupwiththerolledbackvolume.

Figure79

Reversereplication
Step1. SetareversereplicationoftheTargetVMtothenewlycreatedVDIinthesourceSRwith
mediaretention.

Consistencytag

Step2. OncethereplicationpairreachesDifferentialSync,accesstheguestmachinethen
navigatetotheinmageagentinstallationpathtoissueaconsistencytag.Thesection11.2
Consistencycanbereferred.

Rollback

Step3. Rollbackthetargetvolumebasedontheaboveissuedconsistencytag.Refertothe
sectionRollbackapproachonpage30toperformarollback.

Starttheguestmachine

Step4. Oncetherollbackiscomplete,accesstheXenCenterinterfacetostarttheguestmachines

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21.2 Snapshotapproach
Toperformafailbackfromsnapshotapproach,weneedtocreatetwonewVDIinSourceSRand
activatetheVDIinoneoftheHostsysteminSourcePool.OneVDIwillbeusedtosetupa
replicationpairandtheotherwillbeusedtotakesnapshotofthereplicationpairbasedonsome
consistencytag.NowperformareversereplicationfromtheTargetsnapshotDrivetothesource
VDI(newlycreated).

Failbackisperformedinfoursteps

Reversereplication:Areversereplicationissettoupdatetheproductionvolumewithallthe
changesoccurredduringitsoutage
Consistencytag:Consistencytagsisissuedtowhicharollbackwillbeperformed
Snapshot:Takeonesnapshotofthereplicationpairbasedonaconsistencytag
Attachthesnapshotdrive:NowattachthissnapshotdrivetoanewlycreatedVM.
Startguestmachine:Theguestmachineshouldbootupwiththerolledbackvolume.

Figure79

Reversereplication
Step1. SetareversereplicationoftheTargetVMtothenewlycreatedVDIinthesourceSRwith
mediaretention.

Consistencytag
Step2. OncethereplicationpairreachesDifferentialSync,accesstheguestmachinethen
navigatetotheinmageagentinstallationpathtoissueaconsistencytag.Thesection11.2
Consistencycanbereferred.

Snapshot
Step3. UsethesecondVDItotakeasnapshotofthetargetdriveoncethepairisindifferential
syncbasedontheaboveissuedconsistencytag.RefertothesectionSnapshotapproachon
page33toperformarollback.

Starttheguestmachine
Step4. Oncethesnapshotiscomplete,createanewVM>shutdowntheVM>detachtheboot
diskandattachthissnapshotdisk.AccesstheXenCenterinterfacetostarttheguestmachines

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Part5:ProtectingXenServerPool:Master
targetguestapproach
ThispartexplainsprotectingaXenServerresourcepoolbyreplicatingsourcepoolstorageto
targetpoolstorageattachedtothemasterguestmachineonthetargetXenServerresourcepool

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22 Introduction
ThissectiondescribesprotectingthesourceXenServerpooltoamasterguestmachineonthe
targetXenServerpool.

Figure120

Prepare
Thereareatotalofsixstepstobeperformedinthisstageasshowninthepictureabove.

Protect
ThissectionexplainstoreplicatethevirtualdisksofVMsonsourcepooltonewlycreatedvirtual
disksattachedtomasterguestmachineandissuingconsistencytagsatregularintervals.Issuing
consistencytagsmaybeautomatedbyusingacronjoboranyscheduler

Recover
Thissectiondescribesstepsinvolvedinperformingaphysicalsnapshotandbootinganother
guestmachineoverthesnapshotdisk.

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23 Prepare
Step1. InstalltheVXagentoneachofthesourcepoolmembers
Step2. CreateRHEL5masterguestmachineontargetpool

Step3. Accessthemasterguestmachinescommandpromptandopenthefile
/boot/grub/menutosetthedefaultvalueto1.Thisloadstheregularkernelratherthan
theXenServerskernel.

Figure121

Step4. InstalltheVXagentonthemasterguestmachine

Step5. Createanewvirtualdisk&attachittomasterguestmachinethroughtheXenCenter
interface

Figure122

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24 Protect
24.1 Setreplicationpairs
Step1. AccesstheCXUIandclickonVolumeProtection.ExpandXenPoolstofindthelist
ofpoolsavailable.Thenexpandthesourcepooltoselectthesourceguestmachineandclick
onStartReplication

Figure123

Step2. SelecttheUnconfiguredpoolDriveandclickonNext

Figure124

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Step3. Thenextscreenappears,expandthemasterguestmachineandselectthenewly
created/attachedvirtualdiskandscrolldowntosettheReplicationoptions

Figure125
Step4. SelectthedesiredProcessServerandchecktheEnableCDPRetentionoptionclickon
Submittocontinue.

Figure126

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Step5. FilluptherequiredRetentionOptionsandclickSubmitbutton.

Figure127
Step6. Thefinalscreenappears,selecttheConfiguredPoolDriveandclickonFinishto
startthereplicationpair.

Figure128
Step7. ThereplicationpairstartswithResyncingStep1thenmovestoResyncingstep2and
finallyreachesDifferentialSync,indicatingthattheinitialcopyismadeonthetargetvolume

Figure129

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24.2 Issueconsistencytags
OncethereplicationpairisinDifferentialSync,accessthesourceguestmachinescommand
promptandissuetheconsistencytagthroughthevacputility.Thevacputilitymaybe
downloadedfromtheCXUIunderSystem>Agentinstallers

Figure130

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25 Recover
25.1 Addadisktocontainthesnapshot
AccesstheXenCenterinterfacetocreateanextradiskontargetpool&attachtothemasterguest
machinetoholdthesnapshotasshowninthepicturebelow.

Figure131

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25.2 CreateaSnapshot
Step1. AccesstheCXUIandclickonRecovery,thenselectthereplicationpairandclickon
Recover

Figure132

Step2. SelecttheUsingApplicationconsistency&Eventbasedoption

Figure133

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Step3. TheSearchResultappears;selectthedesiredconsistencytag,thenselectDrive
TypeasPhysical.Selectthenewlyaddeddisktoholdthevirtualsnapshot,enterthe
mountpointandclickonSave.

Figure134

Notes:
Youmayrecoverspecificfilesbytakingavirtualsnapshot.Youwillneedtochoosethe
DriveTypeasVirtual.
Afterthevirtualsnapshotisready,accessthemasterguestscommandprompttosetupa
loopdevicetothevirtualsnapshotdevice.Thisloopdevicemaybemountedtorecover
individualfiles.
Thecommandtosetupaloopdeviceis
losetup/dev/loop<loopdevicenumber>/dev/vs/cx<vsnapdevicenumber>

Step4. YoumayobservethesnapshotstatusthroughtheRecoveryscreen

Figure135

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25.3 Detachsnapshotdiskfrommasterguestmachine
Step1. AccesstheXenServerinterfaceandDeactivatethesnapshotvolumeasshowninthe
picturebelow.

Figure136
Step2. ThenDetachthesnapshotvolumefromthemasterguestmachine

Figure137
Step3. Youwillbepromptedforaconfirmation,clickonYestocontinue.

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25.4 AttachtheSnapshotdisktoanotherGuest
Step1. Createanotherguestmachine
Step2. Attachthesnapshotdiskasshowninthepicture.

Note:VMshouldbestartedatleastoncebeforeattachingthebootvolumetotheVM

Figure138
Step3. Detachtheearlierdisk,youwillbeaskedforconfirmation,clickonYestocontinue

Figure139
Step4. Starttheguestmachine,itshouldbootupnormally.
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