Clustering Enterprise Vault in an active/passive failover configuration

This example describes setting up a new Enterprise Vault installation of an "active/passive" failover pair.

Figure: Failover pair configuration illustrates a single failover pair, consisting of a primary node, NODEA, running the Enterprise Vault virtual server EVSERVER1, plus a dedicated failover node, NODEB.

Figure: Failover pair configuration

Failover pair configuration

To cluster Enterprise Vault in an active/passive failover configuration

  1. Prepare for clustering Enterprise Vault as follows:

    • Create a node for the primary server (NODEA).

    • Create a node for the failover server (NODEB).

    • Create a resource group EVSERVER1 for the virtual server, with the preferred owners set to NODEA followed by NODEB.

    • Add the prerequisite resources to resource group, ensuring that they have NODEA and NODEB as their possible owners.

    • Create a DNS entry for the virtual server.

  2. Install Enterprise Vault on NODEA and NODEB, without running the Enterprise Vault Configuration wizard.

  3. On NODEA, run the Enterprise Vault Configuration wizard and choose to configure a new Enterprise Vault server with cluster support. Select EVSERVER1 as the resource group in which to create the Enterprise Vault service resources. A Vault Site alias will be created automatically.

  4. On NODEB, run the Enterprise Vault Configuration wizard and choose to configure a failover node for an existing clustered server. Select EVSERVER1 as the resource group for which you want to add this node as a failover node.

  5. Test the failover from NODEA to NODEB.