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Capitulo 2-9 Replicating A Veritas File System

Veritas File Replicator allows for periodic replication of file system data and metadata over IP networks in a storage-independent manner. It uses VxFS FCL and storage checkpoints to replicate entire file systems from one system to another target system. The replication can be configured, started, and administered using the vfradmin command line utility which controls the replication daemons involved. The replication job, daemon, and system configuration details are logged for troubleshooting purposes. The replication direction can also be reversed if needed.

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Capitulo 2-9 Replicating A Veritas File System

Veritas File Replicator allows for periodic replication of file system data and metadata over IP networks in a storage-independent manner. It uses VxFS FCL and storage checkpoints to replicate entire file systems from one system to another target system. The replication can be configured, started, and administered using the vfradmin command line utility which controls the replication daemons involved. The replication job, daemon, and system configuration details are logged for troubleshooting purposes. The replication direction can also be reversed if needed.

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VERITAS FILE REPLICATOR

Periodic replication of a file system data


and metadata over IP network
Storage independent
Independent the volume layout
Uses VxFS FCL and storacheckpoints
Supported on all linux platforms with 6.0 release
VRTSvxfs package
Requires the same filesystem block size on the source and destination fs
VxFS disk layout 9
LIMITATION:
Replication entire file system
One replication by FS
Support for one tarjet
Replication recovery from the last good replicated image
No HA replication daemon in 6.0
No security option
Compression not mantain
FILE REPLICATION ARCHITECTURE
Configuration script to start daemon at boot-up:
/etc/vx/vxfs_repltab
Scheduler:
vxfstaskd (daemon)
Replication client:
vxfsreplicate (daemon)
Target replication:
vxfsrepld (daemon)
CONFIGURATION AND STARTING FILE REPLICATION
1-Start the scheduler on the source system
vfradmin startschd
2-Start the target replication daemon on the target system:
vfradmin startvxfsrepld [-p port]
3-Create the replication job on both the source and the target system
vfradmin createjob [-p port] [-s|-t] jobname \
src_addr src_mntpt tgt_addr tgt_mntpt freq
4-Start the replication job
vfradmin startjob jobname src_mntpt
STOP FILE REPLICATION
1-Stop the replication job
vfradmin stopjob jobname src_mntpt
2-Stop the target replication daemon on the target system
vfradmin [-f] stopvxfsrepld
3-Stop the scheduler on the source system
vfradmin [-f] stopschd

ADMINISTERING A REPLICATION JOB


vfradmin (abortjob
waitjob
syncjob
destroyjob) jobname mount_point
DISPLAY INFORMATION ABOUT FILE REPLICATION
To list replication job for FS:
vfradmin listjob [-v] mount_point
To display status:
vfradmin getjobstatus jobname mouunt_point
To display job statistics:
vfradmin getjobstats [-v] [-fh] jobname mount_point
To display the storage checkpoint:
vfradmin getjobbckpt jobname mount_point
TROUBLESHOOTING FILE REPLICATION
The replication configuration and the status files location:
/mount_point/lost+found/
Replication log file:
/var/VRTSvxfs/replication/log/
Logs files for replication daemons
/var/VRTSvxfs/replication/log/vxfstaskd.log
/var/VRTSvxfs/replication/log/vxfsrepld.log
If debbugging is set:
/var/VRTSvxfs/replication/log/jobname.log
vfradmin setjobdbg -d {0|1} jobname mount_point
MOVING THE REPLICATION JOB TO A NEW SOURCE SYSTEM
1-Stop the replication job on the old source system
2-Move the file system over to the new source system
3-Start the replication scheduler on the new source system
4-On the new source system, modify the job definition
to replect the change in source address and hostname
vfradmin setjobsrcaddr jobname mount_point new_src_addr
vfradmin setjobhost jobname mount_point hostname
5-On the target system, modify the job definition to reflect
the change in source address
vfradmin setjobssrcaddr jobname mount_point new_src_adr
6-Start the replication job on the new source system

OTHER MODIFICATION WITH THE


REPLICATION JOB CONFIGURATION
To modify the source mount point:
vfradmin setjobsrcmntpt [-n] jobname \
old_src_mount_point new_src_mount_point
To modify the target mount point:
vfradmin setjobtgtmntpt [-n] jobname \
old_tgt_mount_point new_tgt_mount_point
To modify the target address:
vfradmin setjobtgtaddr jobname mount_point \
new_src_addr
REVERSING THE REPLICATION DIRECTION
To modify the replication job mode on old target:
vfradmin setjobmode -s jobname mount_point
To modify the replication job mode on old sorce:
vfradmin setjobmode -t jobname mount_point

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