Document Outline

• Table of Contents
• Preface
  • Intended Audience
  • Organization of This Guide
  • Conventions Used in This Guide
  • Online References
    • Online help
    • Online manual
• Introduction to Storage Mirroring
  • Storage Mirroring Features
    • High availability and disaster recovery management features
    • Resource utilization features
    • Improved backup benefits
    • Other features and benefits
  • Storage Mirroring Operations
    • Mirroring
    • Replication
    • Failure monitoring/failover
    • Restoration
  • Sample Configurations
    • One-to-One, Active/Standby
    • One-to-One, Active/Active
    • Many-to-One
    • One-to-Many
    • Chained
    • Single Machine
• Management Console
  • Starting the Management Console
  • Understanding the Display
    • Management Console toolbar
  • Logging On and Off of Storage Mirroring
  • Stopping the Service
  • Storage Mirroring Ports
    • Management Console ports
    • Storage Mirroring server ports
  • Inserting a Server
  • Storage Mirroring Workspaces
    • Saving a workspace
    • Opening a workspace
  • Getting Help for the Management Console
  • Exiting the Management Console
• Text Clients
  • The Text Client
    • Starting the Text Client
    • Using the Text Client
  • The Command Line Client
    • Starting and using the Command Line Client
  • Logging on and off of Storage Mirroring
  • Stopping the Service
  • Specifying Source and Target Functionality
  • Storage Mirroring Ports
    • Text client ports
    • Storage Mirroring server ports
  • Getting Help in the Text Clients
  • Exiting the Text Clients
• Failover Control Center
  • Starting the Failover Control Center
  • Understanding the Display
    • Identifying what the target is monitoring
    • Configuring failover operations
    • Monitoring failover
    • Communication Ports
• Replication Sets
  • Replication Set Rules
  • Replication Set Operations
  • How Replication Sets Work
  • Multi-Client Access
  • Replication Capabilities
  • Managing Replication Sets Through the Management Console
    • Creating a replication set
    • Creating a replication set using wild cards and direct rule entry
    • Calculating replication set size
    • Modifying a replication set
    • Renaming and copying replication sets
    • Deleting a replication set
  • Managing Replication Sets Through the Text Client
    • Creating a replication set
    • Calculating replication set size
    • Modifying a replication set
    • Deleting a replication set
• Connections
  • Connection Options
  • Throughput Diagnostic Utility
  • Connection IDs
  • Connection Resources
  • How Connections Are Established
  • Queuing
  • Auto-Disconnect and Auto-Reconnect
  • Managing Connections Through the Management Console
    • Establishing a new connection
    • Disconnecting a connection
    • Monitoring a connection
    • Configuring queuing
    • Configuring auto-reconnect
  • Managing Connections Through the Text Client
    • Establishing a new connection
    • Connecting to the Throughput Diagnostics Utility
    • Disconnecting a connection
    • Monitoring a connection
    • Storing the connection ID in a variable
    • Configuring queuing
    • Configuring auto-reconnect
• Mirroring
  • Mirroring Options
  • Stopping and Pausing Mirroring
  • Orphan Files
  • Auto-Remirror
  • How Mirroring Works
  • Managing Mirroring Using the Management Console
    • Initiating a mirror upon connection
    • Controlling a mirror manually
    • Monitoring a mirror
    • Configuring orphan files
    • Setting auto-remirror
  • Managing Mirroring Using the Text Client
    • Initiating a mirror on connection
    • Controlling a mirror manually
    • Monitoring a mirror
    • Configuring orphan files
    • Setting auto-remirror
• Replication
  • Replication Options
  • How Replication Works
  • Recovery From Network Losses
  • Windows Permissions
  • Task Command Processing
  • Managing Replication Through the Management Console
    • Initiating replication upon connection
    • Controlling replication manually
    • Monitoring replication
    • Replicating permissions by name
    • Processing task commands
  • Managing Replication Through the Text Client
    • Initiating replication on connection
    • Controlling replication manually
    • Monitoring replication
    • Replicating permissions by name
    • Processing task commands
• Verification
  • Verification Options
  • Verification Log
  • How Verification Works
  • Managing Verification With the Management Console
    • Configuring verification on connection
    • Initiating verification manually
    • Verification log
    • Monitoring verification
  • Managing Verification Using the Text Client
    • Initiating verification
    • Setting the verification log attributes
    • Monitoring verification
• Data Transmission
  • Bandwidth Limitations
  • Real-Time and Manual Transmission
  • Scheduled Transmission
    • Scheduled Transmission Options
  • Setting Transmission Criteria Using the Management Console
    • Establishing transmission criteria when configuring a connection
    • Controlling transmission manually
  • Setting Transmission Criteria Using the Text Client
    • Configuring transmission criteria before establishing a connection
    • Controlling transmission manually
  • Pausing Storage Mirroring Execution on the Target
    • Pausing through the Management Console
    • Pausing through the text clients
    • Resuming through the Management Console
    • Resuming through the text clients
• Failover
  • The Failover Process
  • The Failback Process
  • Failover Clients
  • Failover Terminology
  • How Failover Works
  • How Failback Works
  • How Failure Detection Works
  • Client Connectivity
  • Operating System Differences
    • Windows 200x
    • Windows NT 4.0
  • Failover Hardware Configurations
    • Single NIC on the source and target
    • Multiple NICs on the source and single NIC on the target
    • Multiple NICs on the source and target
  • Failover Options
  • Managing Failover Through the Management Console
  • Managing Failover Through the Failover Control Center
    • Configuring monitoring and failover
    • Monitoring failover
    • Initiating failback
    • Failover IP address placeholders
    • Communication ports
    • Manual share updates
    • Failover Control Center window refresh rate
    • Testing failover
    • Failover manual intervention
  • Managing Failover Through the Text Client
    • Configuring monitoring and failover
    • Testing failover
    • Initiating failback
• Restoration
  • How the Restoration Process Works
  • Restoration Options
  • Restoring Storage Mirroring Data Through the Management Console
  • Restoring Storage Mirroring Data Through the Text Client
  • Automating Restore
• Monitoring Tools
  • Management Console Tools
    • Management Console statistics
    • At-a-Glance monitoring
    • Management Console message window
  • Text Client Tools
    • Text Client main window
    • DTCL status command
  • Operating System Dependent Tools
    • Windows Event Viewer
    • Windows Performance Monitor
  • Operating System Independent Tools
    • DTStat
    • LogViewer
    • SNMP
• Advanced Settings
  • Changing the Settings Through the Management Console
    • General options
    • Setup options
    • Network options
    • Queue options
    • Source options
    • Target options
    • Database options
    • Logging options
  • Changing the Settings Through the Text Client
    • Storage Mirroring Text Client program settings
• Security
  • Security Access Levels
  • Security Advantages and Considerations
  • How Storage Mirroring Security Works
  • Clearing Maintained Security Credentials
  • Storage Mirroring Service
  • Storage Mirroring Groups
    • Adding users to a group
  • Windows 200x Active Directory
    • Disabling Active Directory
    • Configuring the Storage Mirroring service for Active Directory
• Storage Mirroring Commands
  • Conventions
  • Storage Mirroring Commands
    • ConID
    • Connect
    • Connect TDU
    • Disconnect
    • DTStat
    • Environment
    • Exit
    • Failback
    • Failover
    • Get
    • Get Local
    • GetEnvStr
    • Help
    • Limit Bandwidth
    • Load Source
    • Load Target
    • Login
    • Logout
    • LogViewer
    • Mirror Pause
    • Mirror Resume
    • Mirror Start
    • Mirror Stop
    • Monitor Clear
    • Monitor Create
    • Monitor Delete
    • Monitor Display
    • Monitor Get
    • Monitor List
    • Monitor Move
    • Monitor Option
    • Monitor Remove
    • Monitor Script Add
    • Monitor Script Remove
    • Monitor Start
    • Monitor Stop
    • Monitor Use
    • Niclist
    • Orphans Start
    • Orphans Stop
    • Pause Target
    • Ping
    • Quit
    • Queue Task
    • Replication Start
    • Replication Stop
    • Repset Calculate
    • Repset Create
    • Repset Delete
    • Repset Display
    • Repset List
    • Repset Resync
    • Repset Rule Add
    • Repset Rule Remove
    • Repset Save
    • Repset Use
    • Restore
    • Resume Target
    • Schedule Clear
    • Schedule Disable
    • Schedule Enable
    • Schedule End
    • Schedule Start
    • Schedule Window
    • Set
    • Set Local
    • Shutdown
    • Source
    • Statslog Start
    • Statslog Status
    • Statslog Stop
    • Status
    • Target
    • Testcon
    • TimeNow
    • Transmission Pause
    • Transmission Resume
    • Transmission Start
    • Transmission Stop
    • Unload Source
    • Unload Target
    • Verify
    • Wait
    • Wait on Mirror
    • Wait on Restore
    • Wait on Target
    • Write
  • DTCL Scripting
    • Variables
    • Flow control
    • DTCL Return Values
    • DTCL Scripting Examples
• Application Failover
  • Script Sample
• Disaster Recovery for MSCS
  • Cluster Configurations
  • MSCS and Storage Mirroring
  • Providing Disaster Recovery Using Storage Mirroring
  • Cluster to Cluster Configuration
    • Configuring the first cluster
      • Configure the virtual server on the first cluster
      • Install and Configure Storage Mirroring on the first cluster
      • Configure the Storage Mirroring replication set
    • Configuring the second cluster
      • Configure the virtual server on the second cluster
      • Install Storage Mirroring on the second cluster
    • Completing the first cluster configuration
      • Configure the Double-Take Source Connection resource
      • Bring the Components Online
  • Cluster to Standalone Configuration
    • Configuring the cluster
      • Configure the virtual server on the cluster
      • Install and Configure Storage Mirroring on the cluster
      • Configure the Storage Mirroring replication set
      • Configure the Double-Take Source Connection resource
    • Configuring the standalone target
    • Completing the cluster configuration
      • Bring the Components Online
  • Standalone to Cluster Configuration
    • Configuring the standalone sever
    • Configuring the cluster
      • Configure the virtual server on the cluster
      • Install Storage Mirroring on the cluster
    • Completing the standalone configuration
  • Understanding the Double-Take Source Connection resource
• Glossary
• Index