Usage Scenarios - Novell BUSINESS CONTINUITY CLUSTERING 1.1 SP1 - 9-21-2010 ADMINISTRATION GUIDE FOR OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 1 SP2 LINUX Administration Manual

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Includes intelligent failover that lets you do site failover testing as a standard practice.
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Provides scripting capability for enhanced control and customization.
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Provides simplified business continuity cluster configuration and management by using the
browser-based iManager management tool.
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Runs on Linux and NetWare.

1.2.3 Usage Scenarios

There are several Business Continuity Clustering usage scenarios that can be used to achieve the
desired level of disaster recovery. Three possible scenarios include:
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"Two-Site Business Continuity Cluster Solution" on page 14
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"Multiple-Site Business Continuity Cluster Solution" on page 15
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"Low-Cost Business Continuity Cluster Solution" on page 16
Two-Site Business Continuity Cluster Solution
The two-site solution can be used in one of two ways:
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A primary site in which all services are normally active, and a secondary site which is
effectively idle, with the data mirrored at it and the applications and services ready to load if
needed.
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Two active sites each supporting different applications and services. Either site can take over
for the other site at any time.
The first option is typically used when the purpose of the secondary site is primarily testing by the
IT department. The second option is typically used in a company that has more than one large site of
operations.
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