DataKeeper Cloud Edition
v7.6
Release Notes
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Table of Contents
SteelEye DataKeeper Cloud Edition
1
Introduction 1
Features of SteelEye DataKeeper Cloud Edition 1
Product Definitions and Platforms 2
Product Requirements 2
Requirements for Virtual Private Cloud Deployment 2
Requirements for Windows 2008 3
Known Issues 3
SCVMM 2012 3
DataKeeper Cloud Edition Quick Start Guide 3
SteelEye DataKeeper Cloud Edition
Release Notes
Version 7.6
(Version 7 Update 6)
Important!!
Read This Document Before Attempting To Install Or Use This Product!
This document contains last minute information that must be considered before, during and after installation.
Introduction
SteelEye DataKeeper Cloud Edition is a highly optimized cloud-based replication solution. Running in Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs), it provides replication between highly reliable availability zones having low latency network connectivity. It integrates seamlessly with Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clustering with features such as cross-subnet failover and tunable heartbeat parameters making it easy for administrators to deploy geographically dispersed clusters. SteelEye DataKeeper provides the data replication mechanism which extends Windows Clustering, allowing administrators to take advantage of these advanced features to support non-shared disk high availability configurations.
Once SteelEye DataKeeper Cloud Edition is installed, a new storage class resource type called DataKeeper Volume is available. This new SteelEye DataKeeper Volume resource can be used in place of the traditional Physical Disk resource to enable geographically dispersed clusters, also known as multi-site clusters.
Features of SteelEye DataKeeper Cloud Edition
Feature
Description
Replication Across Avail-ability Zones
DataKeeper Cloud Edition provides replication in a Virtual Private Cloud within a single region across Availability Zones.
MS DTC Support
DataKeeper Cloud Edition provides the ability for applications that leverage MS DTC to run in an Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) environment where shared storage is not an option.
Product Definitions and Platforms
Product Definitions and Platforms
Product Requirements
Product
Operating Systems
Additional Software
Server Com-ponents
Microsoft Windows:
Server 2008 R2/2008 R2 SP1 Enterprise Edition or Datacenter Edition 64-bit version
User
Inter-face Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 -download from:
http://www.microsoft.com/net MMC 3.0 - download from:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907265
Note: All servers within a cluster should be running the same version of Windows.
Make sure you verify the following settings prior to installing and configuring SteelEye DataKeeper Cloud Edition.
l Important: SIOS Technology Corp. recommends that users use Domain accounts that have local
Admin privileges on all servers running DataKeeper. If you are using Local accounts, the username and passwords must match on all servers running DataKeeper. This recommendation is for all editions and all platforms.
l The Windows Failover Cluster environment must be installed and configured prior to installing the
SteelEye DataKeeper Cloud Edition software up to the point of creating your first cluster resource. Follow Microsoft best practices for deploying geographically dispersed clusters, including changing the quorum mode majority node set with a file share witness. If the basic Windows cluster is not
configured prior to installing DataKeeper Cloud Edition, a repair installation of DataKeeper Cloud Edition is necessary before you are able to create a DataKeeper cluster resource.
Requirements for Virtual Private Cloud Deployment
Description
Requirement
Virtual Private Cloud
A Virtual Private Cloud in a single region with at least twoAvailability Zonesconfigured to use Windows Failover Clustering and SQL Server 2012
Instance Type Minimum Recommended Instance Type: M1 Medium (T1 Micro instances are not sup-ported)
Requirements for Windows 2008
Description
Requirement
Operating
Sys-tem Windows 2008R2, 64-Bit DataKeeper
Cloud Edition Version 7.5 SQL Server SQL Server 2012
Requirements for Windows 2008
While installing SteelEye DataKeeper Cloud Edition on Windows 2008, a dialog box will appear asking whether the installer should make the system configuration changes described below. If the installer is not allowed to make these changes, they will need to be made manually after installation is complete.
l Windows Firewall
l The Distributed Link Tracking Client must be disabled
In addition, if your Windows 2008 servers are not in a domain, the Local Security policy setting "Network Access: Let Everyone permissions apply to anonymous users" must be enabled. If the servers are in a domain, then this setting is not required.
Known Issues
SCVMM 2012
If using DataKeeper with SCVMM 2012, you must use SCVMM 2012 SP1.
DataKeeper Cloud Edition Quick Start Guide
To get started using SteelEye DataKeeper Cloud Edition, refer to the DataKeeper Cloud Edition Quick Start Guide.
