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Topic Title: Management Server Single Point of Failure
Topic Summary: What happens when your mgmt server goes down?
Created On: 02/28/2007 09:14 AM

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02/28/2007 09:14 AM
goolj10 New User Posts: 6 Joined: 01/24/2007	It seems to me that if your management server goes down, then there is no way to a) start new VS's, b) restart a VS that failed either due to an internal error or because the hardware it was running on has failed. Is this true? If so, what recommendations do people have for overcoming this single point of failure?
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03/01/2007 09:51 AM
cbarclay Fellow Posts: 216 Joined: 04/28/2006	We recommend running an Active/Passive cluster to protect against these types of issues. Follow the installation and administration guide to install two management servers. Make sure both management servers have identical hardware and are configured to boot from the same LUN. We recommend that the LUN is mirrored using hardware RAID. A network power controller and network monitoring software can fully automate Virtualization Manager failover. Network monitoring software can monitor port 80 or 443 to determine if the Virtualization Manager is healthy. Alternatively, a heartbeat script can be written using the command /etc/init.d/vivmgr status. When the Virtualization Manager experiences a hardware or software failure, either automatically using a network power controller, or manually, the active server can be powered off and the passive server powered on. Once this server boots, the Virtualization Manager will be back online without impacting the availability of any virtual server.
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03/05/2007 10:48 PM
kshimizu New User Posts: 3 Joined: 01/09/2007	In this case, even if management server's IP address is same, MAC address will change from one that failed server used to stanfby server use. How clients should know management server's MAC address is changed and they update their ARP table ? Management server and clients(physical odes) are usually on same segment and needs correct IP address - MAC address mapping.
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03/06/2007 10:27 AM
cbarclay Fellow Posts: 216 Joined: 04/28/2006	You're right that the MAC address will change, however the switches will figure this out quickly without client impact (either virtual infrastructure or the Virtualization Manager client).
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