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cloudappliance/highavailabilitysetup [2018_04_06 18:38] – external edit 127.0.0.1cloudappliance/highavailabilitysetup [2019_10_29 00:33] steven
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-===== SME HA Setup "2 x 2" =====+===== SME File Fabric HA Setup "2 x 2" ===== 
 +==== Disclaimer ==== 
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 +The information in this document is provided on an as-is basis. You use it at your own risk.  We accept no responsibility for errors or omissions, nor do we have any obligation to provide support for implementing or maintaining the configuration described here.  Furthermore, we do not warrant that the design presented here is appropriate for your requirements.  
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 +SME designs, implements and supports HA File Fabric solutions for customers on a paid professional services basis.  For more information please contact sales@storagemadeeasy.com 
 ==== Introduction ==== ==== Introduction ====
  
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 == Initial State == == Initial State ==
-This guide assumes you set up the four appliance following the instructions in the Appliance Installation guide [[cloudappliance/applinstallv1705|here]]   +This guide assumes you set up the four appliance following the instructions in the Appliance Installation guideFor easy failover of the application in case of a database failover, you must assign a virtual IP address for the database servers. This will mean that you can change the primary DB server without changing the configuration on the application servers. There are many ways in Linux to configure automatic failover of the VIP, but this guide will configure the DB servers requiring manual failover. This is often preferred in our scenario of master - slave replication.
-For easy failover of the application in case of DB failover, you must assign a virtual IP address for the database servers. This will mean that you can change the primary DB server without changing the configuration on the application servers. There are countless ways in linux to configure automatic failover of the VIP, but this guide will configure the DB servers requiring manual failover. This is often preferred in our scenario of master - slave replication.+
  
 === Preparation === === Preparation ===
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 == Linux Login == == Linux Login ==
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 For Linux command line operations, you must run the commands shown in this document as the root user unless otherwise specified. However, for security reasons you cannot connect with ssh to the machine directly. Instead, you should ssh to the box using smeconfiguser and then su to root:  For Linux command line operations, you must run the commands shown in this document as the root user unless otherwise specified. However, for security reasons you cannot connect with ssh to the machine directly. Instead, you should ssh to the box using smeconfiguser and then su to root: 
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-# ssh smeconfiguser@smeweb01 +    # ssh smeconfiguser@smeweb01 
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 Enter the smeconfiguser password at the prompt. Once logged in, elevate your privileges to root. Enter the smeconfiguser password at the prompt. Once logged in, elevate your privileges to root.