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High Availability FailOver/iX Manual: HP e3000 MPE/iX Computer Systems

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E0803 Edition 2
E1100 Edition 1 ♥

HP Part Number: 32650-90899

Edition: Edition 1

Published: E1100

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Table of Contents
Preface
1 Introduction
2 Product Description
How Failover Works
Triggering a Failover
Executing a Failover
User Notification of Failover
Once a Failover Has Occurred
Components
System Boot Failover Initialization Utility
High Availability Failover Commands
High Availability Failover Status
HAFOCONF Configuration File
3 Installation
System Requirements
4 Configuration
Configuration Planning
HAFO Configuration Restrictions
Configuring HAFO in Pairs
Configuration Map
Accessing the HAFO Configuration Commands
ADDCONF (ad)
LISTCONF (li)
DOHA
Troubleshooting a Validation Error
Validation Errors Displayed
DELCONF (de)
GOBACK (go)
REDO (re)
HELP (he)
EXIT (ex)
Special Considerations
Rebooting After a HAFO Event
Corrupt or Problem HAFOCONF File
5 Monitoring Status
Failver Status Report
Failover Status Descriptions
Array Failure
Failover Failed
GOBack Started
Not HAFO dev
Ready
Unknown Failure
Unknown Status
6 Recovering From a Failover
Repairs
Rerouting to the Primary Path After Failover
GOBACK (go)
Special Considerations for Failed Paths
Rebooting With a Failed Primary Path
Rebooting With a Failed Primary Path for ldev 1
Performance Considerations
A Sample Failover and Recovery
Sample Scenario
Incidents Summary
Corrective Action: Failure on System Path "8"
Corrective Action: Failure on LDEV 220
B Error Messages
List of Figures
2-1 Normal System Layout
2-2 Failover
4-1 Configuring HAFO in Pairs




Appendix B "Error Messages"


Preface