Marathon FTvirtual Server manuale d’uso

Marathon Technologies FTvirtual Server TM and IBM BladeCenter TM Installing and Configuring a Fault-Tolerant Windows Environment for Mission Critical Applications Marathon Technologies Corporation www.marathontechnologies.com 888.682.1142[...]

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Trademark Notice Endurance, Marathon Assure d Availability, Marathon FTvirtual Server, and th e Marathon logo are either re gis- tered trademarks or trade marks of Marathon Technolo- gies Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft, MS-DOS, and Windows are registe red trade- marks of Microsoft Corporatio n in the United State[...]

Summary of changes Summary of change s for Marathon Tech nologies FTvir tual Server and IBM eServer BladeCenter TM - A Fault-Tole rant Environmen t for Mission Critical Windows as create d or modif ied on 9/ 2/05. September 2005, First Edition 1.0.0[...]

Marathon Technologies Corporation 1 Contents Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Software Copy[...]

Contents 2 Marathon Technologies Corporation CHAPTER 3 Installing the Endurance Software Major Installation Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Windows Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Marathon Technologies Corporation 1 CHAPTER 1 Introduction Fault-Tolerant Computing for Mission Critical Windows Applications The Trend Toward Blades Blade configurations like the IBM BladeCen ter have becom e popular because they provide several key adva ntages over conventional pedestal or rack-mounted servers. These advantages include: • Flexi[...]

Introduction 2 Marathon Technologies Corporation • Reduced Floor Sp ace Usage in the Da ta Center Modular design re duces cost through mo re efficient use of valuable floor space. The in creased den sity can significa ntly reduce th e space require - ments in a data center. • Reduced Cost of Power and Cooling Blades serv ers integrat e resource[...]

Marathon Technologies Corporation 3 Marathon FTvirtual Server - Fault-Tolerance Through Software To address the need for continuous ava ilability of mis sion-critical applica- tions, Marathon Technologies has desig ned its FTvir tual Server softw are to work with blade server configurations as well as traditional servers. Marathon software har ness[...]

Introduction 4 Marathon Technologies Corporation[...]

Marathon Technologies Corporation 5 CHAPTER 2 Planning and Preparation Planning the Installation Before starting the Endur ance software installation yo u should consider several major config uration related issues, which will effect the overall oper- ation and capability of yo ur FTvirtual Servers. FTvirtual Server Boot Disk Option s The Endurance[...]

Planning and Preparation 6 Marathon Technologies Corporation Network Environment The optimal FTvirtual Serv er config uration uses 4 n etwork adapter s per blade to suppor t CoServer co mmunicati ons and client access links critical to applications. These links provide the m echanisms and transport for redi- rected network I/O, FTvirtual Serve r co[...]

Marathon Technologies Corporation 7 FIGURE 1. FTv1 CoS erve r 1 PCI 1:0:0 NIC Swit ch Bay 1 CS Link 1 c onn ections on ly No external c onnections PCI 1:0:1 NIC PCI 2:2:1 NIC PCI 2:2:0 NIC Swit ch Bay 2 CS Link 2 c onn ections on ly No external c onnections Swit ch Bay 3 Redi r ec t ed f or CoSe rv er 1 Manag ement f or Co Ser ver 2 Swit ch Bay 4 R[...]

Planning and Preparation 8 Marathon Technologies Corporation Network Adapter Conf igurations Depending upon yo ur specific switch ba y and blade on-board device config- uration, it is possible that fewer t han 4 adapters will be available for use. When planning a BladeCenter networ k configuration your primary concern should be to maximize the avai[...]

Marathon Technologies Corporation 9 For More Information For more information on setting-up net work configurations, Virtua l boot disks and other prep aration issues consult the following resou rces located on your M arathon software d istribution CD-ROM: • Administrato r’s Guide • Upgrading End urance Software • Configuration and Installa[...]

Planning and Preparation 10 Marathon Technologies Corporation Preparing to Install BladeCenter Options An IBM eServer BladeCenter may be configured using a varie ty of storage and network ing options . For examp le, the BladeCen ter chassis usin g HS20 blade servers offers the followin g configuration features: • A rack-optimized 7U modular 14 sl[...]

Marathon Technologies Corporation 11 FTvirtual Server and Bla de Configuration Each Endurance FT virtual Server config uration is comprised o f two blades . Following installation of the Endurance software each will function as a CoServer to create the FTvirtual Server envir onment. Depending upon th e specific configurat ion, a 14 slot Blade Cente[...]

Planning and Preparation 12 Marathon Technologies Corporation Mapping the Switchbays After installation of t he Windows operating system on a blade y ou can fill-in the switchbay mapping table for your particu lar configuration us ing the fol- lowing procedure. Note: Do not perfor m PCI-to-S witchbay mappings wh en blades within the chassis are op [...]

Marathon Technologies Corporation 13 CHAPTER 3 Installing the Endurance Software Major Installation Tasks The major installa tion tasks are: 1. Install Windows on both CoServers. 2. Install Endurance software on CoServer 1. 3. Install Endurance software on CoServer 2. 4. Install Windows on and configure the FTvirtual Server This chapter describes i[...]

Installing the Endurance Software 14 Marathon Technologies Corporation Windows Installation Before you begin the Endu rance insta llation, install Windows and set the size of the event logs. Installing Windows on the CoSe rvers On both CoServers: Install the appropriate Windows softwa re and Service Packs. Refer to the Endurance Release Notes for i[...]

Marathon Technologies Corporation 15 Disk Partitioning and Formatting The Windows operating system for the FTvirtual Server will be installed on a disk of each b lade CoServer. You can select a physical disk in th e CoS- erver for th e FTvirtual Se rver boot dis k or you can in stall the FTvirtua l Server on an End urance Virtual di sk. A Virtual b[...]

Installing the Endurance Software 16 Marathon Technologies Corporation Installing the FTvirtual Se rver Boot Disk on a Physica l Disk On CoServer 2: The disk for the FTvirtual Ser ver software must be Basic and fo rmatted to use the NTFS file syste m. 1. Right-click My Computer , then select Manage Co mputer Manage - ment Storage and th en Disk Man[...]

Marathon Technologies Corporation 17 4. Verify the destination on the Ready to Install window, and click Inst all . 5. Click Finish on the Completing the Endura nce Quorum Service Setup Wizard .[...]

Installing the Endurance Software 18 Marathon Technologies Corporation Installing Endurance Softwa re on the CoServers Before You Begin the Software Installation • Have your Endurance software license numbe r available. You need to type it when you install the software on the CoServers. • Know the PCI location -to-switchbay mappings fo r each n[...]

Marathon Technologies Corporation 19 CoServer 1 Installation Starting th e Installati on 1. Insert the Endurance CD. If your CD does n ot automatically launch the Installation Launc her , browse the CD and do uble click on setup.exe. 2. From the Installation Launcher , select Install CoServer , and follow the prompts through the Welcome , License A[...]

Installing the Endurance Software 20 Marathon Technologies Corporation 6. Select CoServer1 for installation. Specify the Location of t he Software 1. On the Choose Destination Location window, save the files in the default location C:Program FilesMarathonEndurance or specify anothe r location. 2. On the Confirm New Folde r window, click Yes . 3.[...]

Marathon Technologies Corporation 21 Configure the Network using the Endur ance Network Setup Wizard If you are installing on a Windows 2003 system, the followin g Security Alert may appear . Click Yes to continue with Endurance Network Se tup.[...]

Installing the Endurance Software 22 Marathon Technologies Corporation The Endurance Network Se tup wizard starts to g uide you through the task of configuring the adapte rs. Click Next to begin. 1. On the Configu re Redirected page, en ter 1 in the Specif y total num - ber of Redirect ed adapters box and highlight th e adapter you wish to assign a[...]

Marathon Technologies Corporation 23 2. On the Configure CoServer Link1 pa ge, highlight the a dapter you wish to assign as CoServer Link 1 in the Connect ion column. Select the adapter base d upon the PCI location-to-switchb ay mapping you estab - lished during plannin g and preparatio n. You can use Table 1 to assign IP addresses for internal CLi[...]

Installing the Endurance Software 24 Marathon Technologies Corporation Right click on the your adapter selection and choose Internet Protocol Properties from the action menu. On the Internet Protocol Properties page select Use the following IP addre ss. Fill-in the appropriate IP address from Table 1 for this adapter. Then, enter Subnet mask 255.25[...]

Marathon Technologies Corporation 25 On the Endurance Network Setu p page make sure tha t the desired adapter is still highlighted and select Use currently c onfigured IP addressing . Click Next to continue. 3. If your network configuratio n will not us e CoServer Link 2 , select No Coserver Link 2 and then click Next without selecting an adapter. [...]

Installing the Endurance Software 26 Marathon Technologies Corporation 4. If your network will not use a CoServer Management c onnection, push Next without highlighting an adapter. If you will be using CoServ er Management, then on the Configure CoS - erver Manage ment page, highlig ht the adapter you wish to a ssign for CoServer Manag ement in the[...]

Marathon Technologies Corporation 27 5. On the Endurance Network Se tup page if the Update Network Con - nections ada pter names box is checked, when you restart the system Network Setup will reassign t he adapter name s. Click Apply. 6. When the Endurance Network Setu p Settings Appl ied page appears click Exit . 7. Click Yes to restart the CoServ[...]

Installing the Endurance Software 28 Marathon Technologies Corporation 11. The message Do you want to crea te a virtual disk for use as the FTvirtual Server boot disk? is displayed. A virtual bo ot disk is required if there is only one p hysical disk in the Co Server. A vi rtual boot disk is created as a way to share a single physical disk as both [...]

Marathon Technologies Corporation 29 • Click Create to create the virtual disk. This may take a few minute s, depending on the size of the virtual disk. When the virtual disk is crea ted, the Device Redire ctor displays a dialog showing the name of the file that was cr eated, the SCSI ID o f the newly cre- ated virtual d isk, and th e drive lett [...]

Installing the Endurance Software 30 Marathon Technologies Corporation 1. Browse the C D and doub le-click setup.exe . 2. From the Installation La uncher , select Install Co Server . Follow the prompts as you did during CoServer 1 installation to set the license num - ber, select fe atures, choo se CoServer 2 install, and d efine the insta lla - ti[...]

Marathon Technologies Corporation 31 On the Endurance Network Setu p page make sure tha t the desired adapter is still highlighted and select Use currently c onfigured IP addressing . Click Next to co ntinue. 5. If your network configuratio n will not us e CoServer Link 2 , select No Coserver Link 2 and then click Next without selecting an adapter.[...]

Installing the Endurance Software 32 Marathon Technologies Corporation 9. Click Yes to restart the CoServer. 10. When the system restarts the Endu rance Network Setup wizard starts automatically to complete network conf iguration. On Windows 2003, Hardware Installation pop-ups may appear. Click Continu e Anyway . 11. If the video quality pop-u p me[...]

Marathon Technologies Corporation 33 Create a Virtual Disk • On the displayed Device Redirector dialog set: - The virtual disk size . The default is 4 gigabytes. - The boot partition size. Sp ecify a size less than or equal to the virtual disk size. The default size is the virtual disk size. - A drive letter to use when you mo unt the virtual dis[...]

Installing the Endurance Software 34 Marathon Technologies Corporation This may take a few minute s, depending on the size of the virtual disk. When the virtual disk is crea ted, the Device Redire ctor displays a dialog showing the name of the file that was cr eated, the SCSI ID of the newly cr e- ated virtual d isk, and the d rive letter as sociat[...]

Marathon Technologies Corporation 35 3. Configure the FTvirtual Server boot di sk by selecting a set of disks, one from each CoServer, and click OK. 4. A warning message is displayed if the s izes of the disks are not equal. The FTvirtu al Server sof tware has t o be installe d on the C oServer that contains the sm aller disk. Click Yes to continue[...]

Installing the Endurance Software 36 Marathon Technologies Corporation 5. If your CoServer has any other disk drives that you want to redirect to the FTvirtual Server, right click on Disk Drives , and then select Add . Select a set of disks, one disk from each CoServer, and click OK . The Device Redirector checks the sizes of the disks you selec te[...]

Marathon Technologies Corporation 37 The Install Wizard for Endurance Windows Pr eparation will be dis - played.[...]

Installing the Endurance Software 38 Marathon Technologies Corporation Install Windows on the FTv irtual Server Disk 1. Follow the prompts th rough the Welcome , License Agreement , and Information dialogs, to the Customer Inf ormation di alog. Type a user name and company name an d then click Next . 2. On the Windows Installation window: • Type [...]

Marathon Technologies Corporation 39 7. A progress bar shows the file s being copied to the FTvirtual Server bo ot drive. This may take several minutes. When the inst a llation completes, remove the Windows CD if it is in the drive. 8. Click Yes in response to the prompt, Both CoServers must be reboo - ted. Proceed? . Finish the Windows Installatio[...]

Installing the Endurance Software 40 Marathon Technologies Corporation Install the Endurance FTv irtual Server Software The Endurance FTvirtual Ser ver installation starts. 1. Follow the prompts th rough the Welcome , License Agreement , and Information dialogs to the Select Feat ures window. 2. In the Select Fe atures window, choose the components[...]

Marathon Technologies Corporation 41 Finish the FTvirtual Server Installation 1. The Endurance Network Setup wiza rd starts and configures the FTvir - tual Server network adapters. Click Exit . On Windows 2003 Service Pa ck 1, a Windows Security Alert may appear indicating tha t the Windows Firewall has b locked some features of the Endurance Taskb[...]

Installing the Endurance Software 42 Marathon Technologies Corporation 3. Optionally, set the FTvirtual Server Desktop to Full Screen Mode , cli ck on the title bar of the FTvirtual Se rver Desktop, and select the optio n Full Screen Mode . To shift the input fo cus between the CoServer and the FTvirtual Ser ver, press the default hot key sequence:[...]

Marathon Technologies Corporation 43 What to do Next The Endurance softwar e installation for this set of CoServe rs and setup of the FTvirtua l Server is now complete . If you have addition al blade pairs to setup return to the Installing Windows on the CoServer section at the begin- ning of this chapter. For more inf ormation ab out using the FTv[...]

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