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30 November 2023
- 18:0518:05, 30 November 2023 diff hist +3,567 N Newsletter Created page with "{{header}} Sign up for our technical tips, tricks and insights. <html> <div id="mc_embed_shell"> <link href="//cdn-images.mailchimp.com/embedcode/classic-061523.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <style type="text/css"> #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; false;clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; width: 600px;} /* Add your own Mailchimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block. We recommend m..." current
24 November 2023
- 15:4215:42, 24 November 2023 diff hist +3,491 User:Digimer No edit summary
20 November 2023
- 21:1621:16, 20 November 2023 diff hist +277 Template:Footer No edit summary
16 November 2023
- 18:2518:25, 16 November 2023 diff hist +38 MediaWiki:Sidebar No edit summary
- 18:2318:23, 16 November 2023 diff hist −33 MediaWiki:Sidebar No edit summary
- 17:3417:34, 16 November 2023 diff hist −22 Quick Tutorials →Old Articles, Likely No Longer Useful
- 17:3417:34, 16 November 2023 diff hist −1 Main Page No edit summary
- 17:2917:29, 16 November 2023 diff hist −1 DR hosts Changed redirect target from DR Hosts to DR Host current Tag: Redirect target changed
- 17:2917:29, 16 November 2023 diff hist +22 N DR hosts Redirected page to DR Hosts Tag: New redirect
- 17:1817:18, 16 November 2023 diff hist +6 Managing Storage Groups →Renaming Storage Groups current
- 17:1817:18, 16 November 2023 diff hist +6 Managing Storage Groups →Adding a Volume Group to a Storage Group
- 02:5802:58, 16 November 2023 diff hist +3,255 Disaster Recovery Tasks →Protecting A Specific Server current
- 01:3701:37, 16 November 2023 diff hist +304 Disaster Recovery Tasks →Linking a DR host to an Anvil! node
- 01:3401:34, 16 November 2023 diff hist +1,776 Managing Storage Groups →Renaming Storage Groups
- 00:5100:51, 16 November 2023 diff hist +367 N DR Host Created page with "{{header}} In an M3 cluster, a DR host is an optional machine that acts as a disaster recovery host. Generally, this is a machine hosted as far away from the production Anvil! node as possible in the same building, or in another building on campus. Alternatively, the DR host can be in a different geographic locations. * Disaster Recovery Tasks {{footer}}" current
- 00:4700:47, 16 November 2023 diff hist +21 N DR host Redirected page to DR Host current Tag: New redirect
15 November 2023
- 18:5918:59, 15 November 2023 diff hist +5,507 Managing Storage Groups No edit summary
- 04:3404:34, 15 November 2023 diff hist +338 Managing Storage Groups No edit summary
- 03:5103:51, 15 November 2023 diff hist 0 Disaster Recovery Tasks No edit summary
- 03:4903:49, 15 November 2023 diff hist +618 N Managing Storage Groups Created page with "{{howto_header}} If you're unfamiliar with what a storage group is, see: * Storage Group Generally speaking, the Anvil! tries to auto-assemble storage groups for you. When all the hardware is the same size, this works pretty well. However, if the volume groups on two subnodes, or on a DR host differ, this may not work. In such cases, you can manually configure storage groups using the <span class="code">anvil-manage-storage-group</span> tool. {{note|1=There a..."
- 03:4303:43, 15 November 2023 diff hist +31 Storage Group No edit summary current
- 03:4203:42, 15 November 2023 diff hist +29 Quick Tutorials →M3 Guides
- 03:3703:37, 15 November 2023 diff hist −15 Disaster Recovery Tasks →Asynchronous Replication Tag: Manual revert
- 03:3503:35, 15 November 2023 diff hist +15 Disaster Recovery Tasks →Asynchronous Replication Tag: Reverted
- 03:3403:34, 15 November 2023 diff hist +334 Disaster Recovery Tasks →Protecting a Server
- 03:2803:28, 15 November 2023 diff hist +1,619 Disaster Recovery Tasks →Protecting a Server
- 02:1302:13, 15 November 2023 diff hist +62 N File:T2 thunbs-up.png "Terminator 2: Judgement Day", TriStar Pictures. current
- 02:1202:12, 15 November 2023 diff hist −372 MN Redirected page to Migration Network current Tag: New redirect
- 02:1102:11, 15 November 2023 diff hist +1,442 N Migration Network Created page with "{{howto_header}} '''MN''' is an acronym for "Migration Network". In M3 Anvil! clusters, this is a dedicated subnet used for server live migration traffic. Specifically; When a server needs to live-migrate between from one sub-node to the other, the RAM needs to be copied to the new host. The way this works is that, when a migration is initiated, the server is cloned to the target host, in a paused state. That is to say, no processing is allowed to happen, but the..." current
- 01:2701:27, 15 November 2023 diff hist +115 N File:Oh my.png Screenshot from [http://time.com/3067261/george-takei-oh-my/ CNN interview] with George Takei. Oh my! current
- 01:2601:26, 15 November 2023 diff hist +288 N File:Double-hauled-with-transverse-watertight-compartments.jpg The USS South Dakota's interior amidships, including six major watertight transverse bulkheads and anti-torpedo longitudinal bulkheads along the sides. Image source [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USS_South_Dakota_(BB-57)_under_construction,_1_April_1940.jpg wikipedia]. current
- 01:2501:25, 15 November 2023 diff hist +138 N File:Double-hauled-ship.jpg Image copyright [http://www.marine-knowledge.com/single-vs-double-hull-ships/single-vs-double-hull-ships/ Marine-Knowledge]. current
- 01:2401:24, 15 November 2023 diff hist +63 N File:Ourobengr stonith.png Image from [https://ourobengr.com/ha/ Ourobengr]. current
- 01:2301:23, 15 November 2023 diff hist +66 N File:Family-guy oh-no.jpg Consuela image copyright 20th Century Fox Television current
- 01:1901:19, 15 November 2023 diff hist +5,177 Disaster Recovery Tasks No edit summary
14 November 2023
- 22:5922:59, 14 November 2023 diff hist +1,763 N Disaster Recovery Tasks Created page with "{{howto_header}} {{Note|1=At this time, DR management is via the command line. DR management in the UI is planned.}} Disaster Recovery on M3 clusters provides a way to create a copy of a server on a remote "DR Host". These are machines that generally match the capabilities of the Anvil! node the server runs on, but that's not a requirement. Servers don't live migrate to the DR host, and the DR host itself is not a member of the subcluster. Simply speaking..."
- 16:0716:07, 14 November 2023 diff hist +91 Quick Tutorials No edit summary
13 November 2023
- 03:3303:33, 13 November 2023 diff hist +44 N File:M3-new-server srv01-primary-dc-24.png Windows guest tools installed. current
- 03:3203:32, 13 November 2023 diff hist +93 N File:M3-new-server srv01-primary-dc-23.png Installing the "<span class="code">virtio-win-guest-tools</span>" applications. current
- 03:3103:31, 13 November 2023 diff hist +48 N File:M3-new-server srv01-primary-dc-22.png Installing the virtio driver pack. current
- 03:3003:30, 13 November 2023 diff hist +87 N File:M3-new-server srv01-primary-dc-21.png Installing the "<span class="code">virtio-win-gt-x64</span>" driver pack. current
- 03:2903:29, 13 November 2023 diff hist +62 N File:M3-new-server srv01-primary-dc-20.png Setting the "''High Performance''" power option. current
- 03:2803:28, 13 November 2023 diff hist +9,669 N Scancore Created page with "{{howto_header}} {{warning|1=This is little more that raw notes, do not consider anything here to be valid or accurate at this time.}} = Scancore - The Decision Engine = Scancore is, at its core, a "decision engine". It was created as a way for Anvil! systems to make intelligent decisions based on data coming in from any number of places. It generates alerts for admins, so in this regard it is an alert and monitoring solution, but that is almost a secondary benef..." current
- 03:2703:27, 13 November 2023 diff hist +64 N File:M3-new-server srv01-primary-dc-19.png ''Important'': Disabling powering off the display. current
- 03:2703:27, 13 November 2023 diff hist +31 N File:M3-new-server srv01-primary-dc-18.png The login screen! current
- 03:1203:12, 13 November 2023 diff hist +43 N File:M3-new-server srv01-primary-dc-17.png Watching the new server boot! current
- 02:5002:50, 13 November 2023 diff hist +36 N File:M3-new-server srv01-primary-dc-16.png The "Drive 0" appears! current
- 02:4902:49, 13 November 2023 diff hist +94 N File:M3-new-server srv01-primary-dc-15.png The "Red Hat VirtIO SCSI controller (E:\amd64\2k22\viostor.inf)" option appears. current
- 02:4802:48, 13 November 2023 diff hist +63 N File:M3-new-server srv01-primary-dc-14.png Select "<span class="code">E:\amd64\2k22</span>". current
- 02:4702:47, 13 November 2023 diff hist +82 N File:M3-new-server srv01-primary-dc-13.png Expand "<span class="code">CD Drive (E:) virtio-win-0.1.229</span>". current
- 02:4602:46, 13 November 2023 diff hist +32 N File:M3-new-server srv01-primary-dc-12.png Click on "Browse". current
- 02:4502:45, 13 November 2023 diff hist +37 N File:M3-new-server srv01-primary-dc-11.png Click on "Load Driver". current
- 02:4502:45, 13 November 2023 diff hist +43 N File:M3-new-server srv01-primary-dc-10.png Storage not found in Windows. current
- 02:4402:44, 13 November 2023 diff hist +36 N File:M3-new-server srv01-primary-dc-09.png The "send a key" list. current
10 November 2023
- 22:3122:31, 10 November 2023 diff hist +43 N File:M3-new-server srv01-primary-dc-08.png Connecting to the new server. current
- 22:3022:30, 10 November 2023 diff hist +49 N File:M3-new-server srv01-primary-dc-07.png The new server is on the dashboard. current
- 22:2822:28, 10 November 2023 diff hist +41 N File:M3-new-server srv01-primary-dc-06.png The provision job is saved. current
- 22:2122:21, 10 November 2023 diff hist +40 N File:M3-new-server srv01-primary-dc-05.png Confirming the new server. current
- 21:0021:00, 10 November 2023 diff hist +44 N File:M3-new-server srv01-primary-dc-04.png Provisioning our first server. current
- 20:4720:47, 10 November 2023 diff hist +40 N File:M3-new-server primary-dc-01-sql-03.png "Provision a Server" menu. current
- 20:4320:43, 10 November 2023 diff hist +91 LVM No edit summary current
- 20:4220:42, 10 November 2023 diff hist +20 N Volume group Redirected page to LVM#VG current Tag: New redirect
- 20:4220:42, 10 November 2023 diff hist +512 N Storage Group Created page with "{{header}} In an M3 Anvil! cluster, a "Storage Group" is a grouping of LVM volume groups across subnodes in an Anvil! node (and on DR hosts). When a new server is provisioned, the storage group selected will tell the node which volume groups on the subnodes to use when creating the server's new logical volumes. When a server is protected on a DR host, the host's volume group in the same storage group is used. In short, storage groups are a linked col..."
- 20:3420:34, 10 November 2023 diff hist +185 Build an M3 Anvil! Cluster →Provisioning Servers
- 20:3420:34, 10 November 2023 diff hist 0 File:M3-new-server srv01-sql-02.png Digimer uploaded a new version of File:M3-new-server srv01-sql-02.png current
9 November 2023
- 22:0822:08, 9 November 2023 diff hist +44 N File:M3-new-server srv01-sql-02.png The main dashboard, very bare.
- 22:0622:06, 9 November 2023 diff hist −4 Build an M3 Anvil! Cluster →Building 'srv01-primary-dc'
- 22:0622:06, 9 November 2023 diff hist +47 N File:M3-new-server srv01-sql-01.png Going back to the main dashboard. current
- 21:1521:15, 9 November 2023 diff hist +573 N Md5sum Created page with "{{header}} The program "md5sum" takes a file as an input for an 128-bit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5 MD5] calculation. In the context of Anvil! clusters, md5sum hashes can be used to confirm that the file stored in the cluster is byte-for-byte identical to the source the file was originally downloaded from or created. The Anvil! displays the md5sum's hash in the file browser so that you can confirm that the file matches what you expected. It's also used..." current
- 21:1421:14, 9 November 2023 diff hist −5 Build an M3 Anvil! Cluster →Uploading Install Media
- 21:1321:13, 9 November 2023 diff hist +40 N File:An-striker01-rhel8-m3-file-upload-08.png he second ISO is uploaded. current
- 21:1221:12, 9 November 2023 diff hist +53 N File:An-striker01-rhel8-m3-file-upload-07.png The file is now shown in the file list. current
- 21:0821:08, 9 November 2023 diff hist +34 N File:An-striker01-rhel8-m3-file-upload-06.png The file is uploaded current
- 21:0821:08, 9 November 2023 diff hist +35 N File:An-striker01-rhel8-m3-file-upload-05.png The file is uploading current
- 21:0721:07, 9 November 2023 diff hist +41 N File:An-striker01-rhel8-m3-file-upload-04.png The file is ready to upload current
- 21:0221:02, 9 November 2023 diff hist +43 N File:An-striker01-rhel8-m3-file-upload-03.png Selecting the file to upload. current
- 20:5720:57, 9 November 2023 diff hist +553 Build an M3 Anvil! Cluster →Uploading Install Media
- 20:5720:57, 9 November 2023 diff hist +38 N File:An-striker01-rhel8-m3-file-upload-02b.png The upload notification. current
- 20:1420:14, 9 November 2023 diff hist 0 Build an M3 Anvil! Cluster →Uploading Install Media
- 20:1420:14, 9 November 2023 diff hist +31 N File:An-striker01-rhel8-m3-file-upload-02.png The 'Files' menu. current
- 20:1320:13, 9 November 2023 diff hist +41 N File:An-striker01-rhel8-m3-file-upload-01.png 'Files' in the Striker menu current
- 20:1220:12, 9 November 2023 diff hist +762 Build an M3 Anvil! Cluster →The New Anvil! Node Tile
- 20:0420:04, 9 November 2023 diff hist +307 Build an M3 Anvil! Cluster →Creating an 'Install Manifest'
- 20:0320:03, 9 November 2023 diff hist +40 N File:An-striker01-rhel8-m3-new-node-time-01.png The new node tile appears. current
- 19:5419:54, 9 November 2023 diff hist −74 Build an M3 Anvil! Cluster →Reclaiming Free Space on Subnodes and DR Hosts
- 19:4919:49, 9 November 2023 diff hist +3,537 Build an M3 Anvil! Cluster →Reclaiming Free Space on Subnodes and DR Hosts
- 16:5716:57, 9 November 2023 diff hist +422 Build an M3 Anvil! Cluster →Configuring the Striker Dashboards
- 16:1916:19, 9 November 2023 diff hist +20 N Logical volume Redirected page to LVM#LV current Tag: New redirect
7 November 2023
- 21:3121:31, 7 November 2023 diff hist +27 N File:An-striker01-rhel8-m3-run-install-manifest-05.png Job progress. current
- 21:2521:25, 7 November 2023 diff hist +42 N File:An-striker01-rhel8-m3-run-install-manifest-04.png The manifest job is recorded current
- 21:2421:24, 7 November 2023 diff hist +39 N File:An-striker01-rhel8-m3-run-install-manifest-03.png Confirm the manifest run. current
- 21:2321:23, 7 November 2023 diff hist +50 N File:An-striker01-rhel8-m3-run-install-manifest-02.png Filling out the 'run manifest' menu. current
- 21:0521:05, 7 November 2023 diff hist +37 N File:An-striker01-rhel8-m3-run-install-manifest-01.png The 'run manifest' menu current
- 21:0421:04, 7 November 2023 diff hist +38 N File:An-striker01-rhel8-m3-create-install-manifest-06.png The new manifest exists. current
- 19:1519:15, 7 November 2023 diff hist +50 N File:An-striker01-rhel8-m3-create-install-manifest-05.png The new "Install Manifest" is saved. current
- 19:1419:14, 7 November 2023 diff hist +54 N File:An-striker01-rhel8-m3-create-install-manifest-04.png The new "Install Manifest" confirmation. current
- 19:1319:13, 7 November 2023 diff hist +78 N File:An-striker01-rhel8-m3-create-install-manifest-03.png The completed "Install Manifest" menu for node 1, "an-anvil-01". current
- 19:1319:13, 7 November 2023 diff hist +403 N MN Created page with "{{howto_header}} '''MN''' is an acronym for "Migration Network". In Anvil! clustering, this is the optional (but recommended) subnet used for copying a server's RAM during a live-migration. This is generally connected back-to-back between the two subnodes in an Anvil! node. This is done to allow for maximum bandwidth and minimal latency to facilitate as fast as possible live migrations. {{footer}}"
- 19:0419:04, 7 November 2023 diff hist +42 N File:An-striker01-rhel8-m3-create-install-manifest-02.png The "Install Manifest" menu. current
- 19:0319:03, 7 November 2023 diff hist +41 N File:An-striker01-rhel8-m3-create-install-manifest-01.png The "Install Manifest" tab. current
