HA-Lizard NoSAN 6.x

HA-LIZARD SOFTWARE
NoSAN Installer - XenServer VERSION 6.x
Current Version 1.4.7

 

Purpose


Our new option for installing HA-Lizard and HA-iSCSI with local hard drive storage just got easier! With this version, you simply run the auto-installer on your XenServer and follow the directions.

To further simplify the process, we made a "how to install" video:

 

 Visit the HA-Lizard NoSan installler video on youtube

 

HA-lizard provides complete automation for managing Xen server pools which utilize the XAPI management interface and toolstack (as in Xen Cloud Platform and XenServer). The software suite provides complete HA features within a given pool. The overall design is intended to be lightweight with no compromise of system stability. Traditional cluster management suites are not required. HA is provided with built-in logic for detecting and recovering failed services and hosts.

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HA features provided:

 

  • Auto-start of any failed VMs
  • Auto-start of any VMs on host boot
  • Detection of failed hosts and automated recovery of any affected VMs
  • Detect and clean up orphaned resources after a failed host is removed
  • Removal of any failed hosts from the pool with the takeover of services
  • Fencing support for HP ILO, XVM, and POOL fencing (forceful removal of the host from the pool)
  • Split-brain prevention using heuristics from external network points and quorum
  • HA support for pools with two hosts
  • Structured interface for simple “bolt-on” of fencing scripts
  • Dual operating modes for applying HA to appliances or individual VMs
  • Ability to exclude selected appliances and VMs from HA logic
  • Auto-detection of host status allows for safely working on hosts without disabling HA
  • Centralized configuration for the entire pool stored in the XAPI database
  • Command-line tool for managing global configuration parameters
  • Parameter override available per host for custom configurations
  • HA can be enabled/disabled via a command-line tool or graphical interface (like XenCenter)
  • Extensive Logging capabilities to the system log file
  • Email alerting on configurable triggers
  • Dynamic cluster management logic auto-selects roles and determines recovery policy
  • No changes to the existing pool configuration are required. All logic is external
  • No dependencies: does not compromise pool stability or introduce complex SW packages.
  • Designed to work with the resident packages on a standard XCP/XenServer host

 

HA-Lizard Xensever High Availability Application Drawing

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Development is well tested and based on Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) version 1.6 and XenServer 6.2/6.5

 

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