{"id":238601,"date":"2024-09-13T06:54:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T04:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/?page_id=238601"},"modified":"2026-02-24T17:43:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:43:36","slug":"safekit-quick-installation-guide-with-hyper-v","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/products\/high-availability-software-for-application-clustering\/hyper-v-replication-automatic-failover-load-balancing\/safekit-quick-installation-guide-with-hyper-v\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyper-V High Availability with SafeKit: Install the hyperv.safe Module for Failover"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-238601\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-238601-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-238601-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-238601-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-238601-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-238601-0-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h1 style=\"text-align: left; color: white; font-size: 38px;\">Hyper-V High Availability with SafeKit: Install the hyperv.safe Module for Failover<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left; color: white; font-size: 26px;\">Configuring hyperv.safe for Active\/Active VM-Level HA and Shared-Nothing Clustering<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-238601-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-238601-1\" ><div id=\"pgc-238601-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-238601-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div 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\t>\n\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\ud83e\uddd1 Contact us\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-71458-0-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-71458-0-2-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-button panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-button so-widget-sow-button-atom-22117c521b6b-71458\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"ow-button-base ow-button-align-center\"\n>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/products\/high-availability-software-for-application-clustering\/safekit-free-trial\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"sowb-button ow-icon-placement-left ow-button-hover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" \t>\n\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\ud83c\udf81 SafeKit free trial\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-71458-0-3\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-71458-0-3-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-button panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-button so-widget-sow-button-atom-22117c521b6b-71458\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"ow-button-base ow-button-align-center\"\n>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/training.my.evidian.com\/mod\/page\/view.php?id=712\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"sowb-button ow-icon-placement-left ow-button-hover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" \t>\n\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\ud83c\udfc5 Free certification\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-71458-0-4\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-71458-0-4-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-button panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-button so-widget-sow-button-atom-22117c521b6b-71458\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"ow-button-base ow-button-align-center\"\n>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/products\/high-availability-software-for-application-clustering\/get-a-quote-safekit-en\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"sowb-button ow-icon-placement-left ow-button-hover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" \t>\n\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\ud83d\udcb0 Perpetual license cost\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-71458-0-5\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-238601-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-238601-2\" ><div id=\"pgc-238601-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-238601-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<div data-post-id=\"246959\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-246959 \"><div id=\"pl-246959\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-246959-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-246959-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-246959-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-246959-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h2 id=\"quick-guide\">High Availability Quick Installation Guide  for Hyper-V<\/h2>\n<p>This guide explains how to set up a <strong>mirror cluster<\/strong>  for Hyper-V using SafeKit, ensuring automatic failover and synchronous replication without the need for shared storage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-246959-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-246959-1\" ><div id=\"pgc-246959-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-246959-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>1. Overview<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Architecture:<\/strong> Uses a two-node system (Primary\/Secondary).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Data Protection:<\/strong> Implements real-time synchronous replication for <strong>zero data loss<\/strong> (RPO=0).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-246959-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-246959-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>2. Installation<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Software:<\/strong> Install the SafeKit engine on both servers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Module:<\/strong> Download the pre-configured <code>hyperv.safe<\/code> application module.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-246959-1-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-246959-1-2-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>3. Configuration<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Web Console:<\/strong> Configure the specific folders containing the Hyper-V files.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Monitoring:<\/strong> Start monitoring and protecting the Hyper-V application.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-238601-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-238601-3\" ><div id=\"pgc-238601-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-238601-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-b801f6bb2521-246959\"\n\t\t\t data-max-open-panels=\"0\" data-initial-scroll-panel=\"0\"\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Overview-Installation-Configuration<\/h3><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\n\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-anchor-id=\"overview-of-the-safekit-hyper-v-solution\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-overview-of-the-safekit-hyper-v-solution\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-overview-of-the-safekit-hyper-v-solution\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Overview of the SafeKit \/ Hyper-V solution<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-overview-of-the-safekit-hyper-v-solution\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-overview-of-the-safekit-hyper-v-solution\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pl-wd658d77f\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-wd658d77f-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-wd658d77f-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-wd658d77f-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-wd658d77f-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-wd658d77f-0-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>The solution is described here: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/products\/high-availability-software-for-application-clustering\/hyper-v-replication-automatic-failover-load-balancing\/\">Simple Hyper-V High Availability Without Shared Storage (SAN)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\n\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-anchor-id=\"installation-of-the-safekit-hyper-v-solution-on-windows-hyperv-safe\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-installation-of-the-safekit-hyper-v-solution-on-windows-hyperv-safe\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-installation-of-the-safekit-hyper-v-solution-on-windows-hyperv-safe\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Installation of the SafeKit \/ Hyper-V solution on Windows (hyperv.safe)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-installation-of-the-safekit-hyper-v-solution-on-windows-hyperv-safe\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-installation-of-the-safekit-hyper-v-solution-on-windows-hyperv-safe\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pl-w51030aa8\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-w51030aa8-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-w51030aa8-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-w51030aa8-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-w51030aa8-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-w51030aa8-0-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3 style=\"color: #0596ff;\">Prerequisites<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>You need the Hyper-V role installed on 2 Windows nodes (embedded for free in all Windows versions including Windows for PC).<\/li>\n<li>You need your critical applications installed inside one or more virtual machines.<\/li>\n<li>As the failover script imports a virtual machine on the secondary Hyper-V, <a href=\"https:\/\/support.evidian.com\/solutions\/downloads\/safekit\/version_8.2\/documentation\/safekitknowledgebase.htm#SK-0088\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">be careful on Hyper-V settings and processor compatibility<\/a> between both nodes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-w51030aa8-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-w51030aa8-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-w51030aa8-1\" ><div id=\"pgc-w51030aa8-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-w51030aa8-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-w51030aa8-1-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">insert-safekit-siemens-license-en est affich\u00e9 si app dans les param\u00e8tres de l'URL contient Siemens<\/h3>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<div data-post-id=\"238121\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-238121 \"><div id=\"pl-238121\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-238121-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-238121-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-238121-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-238121-0-0-0\" class=\"widget_text so-panel widget widget_custom_html panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><div id=\"siemens-content\" style=\"display: none;\">\n    <h3>About products under Siemens LMS licensing<\/h3>\n    <ul>\n        <li>To avoid the broken Siemens license on failover, the dongle containing the Siemens key can be put in a USB over IP device (like DIGI AnywhereUSB).<\/li>\n        <li>The dongle can also be put in an external PC with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sid.siemens.com\/r\/A6V10426066\/16779394955__2.6_en-US_16791369099\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LMS license server<\/a> on the PC.<\/li>\n        <li>In recent versions of the Siemens licensing system, the license key can be put in the Trusted Platform Module of the VM.<\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<script>\n(function() {\n    \/\/ We wrap the logic in a function to ensure the DOM is ready\n    var checkSiemens = function() {\n        var urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);\n        var appValue = urlParams.get('app') || '';\n        var element = document.getElementById('siemens-content');\n\n        \/\/ The 'null' error happened because 'element' wasn't found yet\n        if (element && appValue.includes('Siemens')) {\n            element.style.display = 'block';\n        }\n    };\n\n    \/\/ Run immediately\n    if (document.readyState === 'loading') {\n        document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', checkSiemens);\n    } else {\n        checkSiemens();\n    }\n})();\n<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-w51030aa8-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-w51030aa8-2\" ><div id=\"pgc-w51030aa8-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-w51030aa8-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<div data-post-id=\"75916\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-75916 \"><div id=\"pl-75916\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-75916-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-75916-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-75916-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-75916-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3 style=\"color: #0596ff;\">Package installation on Windows<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Download and install the free version of SafeKit on 2 Windows nodes. <\/p>\n<p>Note: the free version includes all SafeKit features. At the end of the trial, you can activate permanent license keys without uninstalling the package.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Upon completing the package installation, select <strong>Set console credentials and firewall rules now<\/strong> and configure a password for the <strong>admin<\/strong> user of the SafeKit console.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Set the same password on all nodes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Exclude from antivirus scans <strong>C:\/safekit\/<\/strong> (the default installation directory) and <strong>all replicated folders<\/strong> that you are going to define.<\/p>\n<p>Antiviruses may face detection challenges with SafeKit due to its close integration with the OS, virtual IP mechanisms, real-time replication and restart of critical services.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-75916-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-75916-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-button panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-button so-widget-sow-button-atom-f4c7bd33de2b-75916\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"ow-button-base ow-button-align-center\"\n>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/products\/high-availability-software-for-application-clustering\/safekit-free-trial\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"sowb-button ow-icon-placement-left ow-button-hover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" \t>\n\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tDownload SafeKit (Windows) &gt;\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-w51030aa8-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-w51030aa8-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-w51030aa8-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-w51030aa8-3-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<div data-post-id=\"236260\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-236260 \"><div id=\"pl-236260\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-236260-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-236260-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-236260-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236260-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3 style=\"color: #0596ff;\">Module installation on Windows<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Download the hyperv.safe module.\n<p>The module is free. It contains the files userconfig.xml and the restart scripts.<\/li>\n<li>Put <strong>hyperv.safe<\/strong> under <strong>C:\/safekit\/Application_Modules\/generic<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-236260-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236260-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-button panel-first-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-236260-0-1-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-button so-widget-sow-button-atom-f4c7bd33de2b-236260\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"ow-button-base ow-button-align-center\"\n>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/support.evidian.com\/solutions\/downloads\/safekit\/version_7.5\/application_modules\/windows\/hyperv.safe\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"sowb-button ow-icon-placement-left ow-button-hover\" download=\"\" \t>\n\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tDownload hyperv.safe (Windows) &gt;\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-236260-0-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-button panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-button so-widget-sow-button-atom-f4c7bd33de2b-236260\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"ow-button-base ow-button-align-center\"\n>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/safekit\/downloads\/modules_windows\/hyperv.safe\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"sowb-button ow-icon-placement-left ow-button-hover\" download=\"\" \t>\n\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tDownload hyperv.safe (Windows) &gt;\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\n\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-anchor-id=\"step-by-step-configuration-of-the-safekit-hyper-v-solution\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-step-by-step-configuration-of-the-safekit-hyper-v-solution\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-step-by-step-configuration-of-the-safekit-hyper-v-solution\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Step by step configuration of the SafeKit \/ Hyper-V solution<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-step-by-step-configuration-of-the-safekit-hyper-v-solution\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-step-by-step-configuration-of-the-safekit-hyper-v-solution\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-post-id=\"236483\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-236483 \"><div id=\"pl-236483\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-236483-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-236483-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-236483-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 6%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/07\/warning-small.png.webp\" alt=\"Warning\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 93%;\">\n<ul>\n<li>The Hyper-V configuration is presented with a virtual machine named <code>VM1<\/code> and containing the application to restart in case of failure.<\/li>\n<li>You will have to repeat this configuration for all VMs that you want to replicate and to restart. SafeKit supports up to 32 virtual machines.<\/li>\n<li>The file system where the VM files replicated by SafeKit are stored must be NTFS; ReFS is not supported.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-236483-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-236483-1\" ><div id=\"pgc-236483-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3><a name=\"prerequisite\"><\/a>1. Prerequisites<\/h3>\n<p>The VM1 virtual machine files (VM1 configuration file, virtual hard disk...) must be put in a same folder: this folder will be replicated by SafeKit.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure the virtual switch name(s) referenced by the virtual machine exist on both Hyper-V servers and corresponds to the same physical network.<\/p>\n<p>It is important that all the files representing a VM (Virtual Machines\/, Virtual Hard Disks\/, .vmcx, .vmgs, .vmrs, .vhdx, ...) are in the same directory replicated by SafeKit. Else your VM will not reboot after replication. If you are not sure, take a snapshot or your VM before starting the procedure.<\/p>\n<p>If all the files of VM1 are not in the same folder, use Hyper-V manager:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Export VM1 in a folder, for example in D:Repli-Hyper-V<\/li>\n<li>This export will create a folder D:Repli-Hyper-VVM1 containing all VM1 files<\/li>\n<li>Remove VM1 from the inventory of Hyper-V manager<\/li>\n<li>Import VM1, previously exported, into Hyper-V manager<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-236483-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 7%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/07\/warning-small.png.webp\" alt=\"Warning\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 92%;\">\n<p>VM1 should only be created on a single node. The only thing to create on the other node is the VM1 directory (D:Repli-Hyper-VVM1).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-236483-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-236483-2\" ><div id=\"pgc-236483-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>2. Launch the SafeKit console<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Launch the web console in a browser on one cluster node by connecting to <code>http:\/\/localhost:9010<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>Enter <code>admin<\/code> as user name and the password defined during installation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can also run the console in a browser on a workstation external to the cluster.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 6%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/07\/warning-small.png.webp\" alt=\"Warning\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 93%;\">\n<p>The configuration of SafeKit is done on both nodes from a single browser.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 6%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/07\/note.png.webp\" alt=\"Note\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 93%;\">\n<p>To secure the web console, see <a href=\"\/safekit\/downloads\/version-82\/safekituserguidehtml\/userguide.html.en.htm#Https\" target=\"_blank \" rel=\"noopener\">11. Securing the SafeKit web service<\/a> in the User's Guide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-236483-2-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-2-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/01-login-large.png.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"View full size\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/01-login-large.png.webp\" alt=\"Start the SafeKit web console to configure the Hyper-V cluster\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-236483-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-236483-3\" ><div id=\"pgc-236483-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"5\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>3. Configure node addresses<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Enter the node IP addresses, press the Tab key to check connectivity and fill node names.<\/li>\n<li>Then, click on <code>Save and apply<\/code> to save the configuration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 7%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/07\/warning-small.png.webp\" alt=\"Warning\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 92%;\">\n<p>If either node1 or node2 has a red color, check connectivity of the browser to both nodes and check firewall on both nodes for <a href=\"\/safekit\/downloads\/version-82\/safekituserguidehtml\/userguide.html.en.htm#Troubleshooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">troubleshooting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 7%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/07\/note.png.webp\" alt=\"Note\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 92%;\">\n<p>If you want, you can add a new LAN for a second heartbeat and for a dedicated replication network.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 7%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/07\/note.png.webp\" alt=\"Note\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 92%;\">\n<p>This operation will place the IP addresses in the <code>cluster.xml<\/code> file on both nodes (more information in the <a href=\"#training\">training<\/a> with the command line).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-236483-3-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-3-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"6\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/02-cluster-edit.png.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"View full size\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/02-cluster-edit.png.webp\" alt=\"Enter the nodes of the Hyper-V cluster\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-236483-4\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-236483-4\" ><div id=\"pgc-236483-4-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-4-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"7\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>4. Select a module<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>In <code>New module<\/code>, click on the <code>hyperv.safe<\/code> module.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 7%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/07\/note.png.webp\" alt=\"Note\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 92%;\">\n<p>The console finds xxx.safe in the Application_Modules\/generic\/ directory on the server side if you dropped a module there during installation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-236483-4-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-4-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"8\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/04-module-new.png.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"View full size\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/04-module-new.png.webp\" alt=\"Choose the module for Hyper-V\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-236483-5\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-236483-5\" ><div id=\"pgc-236483-5-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-5-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"9\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>5. Configure the module<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Choose an <code>Automatic<\/code> start of the module at boot without delay.<\/li>\n<li>Normally, you have a single <code>Heartbeat<\/code> network on which the replication is made. But, you can define a private network if necessary (by adding a LAN at step 3).<\/li>\n<li>Put in <code>VM_PATH<\/code>, the root path of the replicated directory (D:Repli-Hyper-V).<\/li>\n<li>Enter in <code>VM_NAME<\/code>, the name of the virtual machine (VM1).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We assume that all VM1 files are in D:Repli-Hyper-VVM1 (see <a href=\"#prerequisite\">prerequisites<\/a>). This directory will be replicated in real-time by SafeKit.<\/p>\n<p>The <code>NORMAL_STOP<\/code> and <code>FORCE_STOP<\/code> values can be \"<code>stop<\/code>\", \"<code>save<\/code>\" or \"<code>off<\/code>\":<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\"<code>stop<\/code>\" shutdowns the VM when the module is stopped.<\/li>\n<li>\"<code>save<\/code>\" saves the current state of the VM (suspend) when the module is stopped.<\/li>\n<li>\"<code>off<\/code>\" turns off the VM (power off) when the module is stopped.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\"<code>stop<\/code>\" is recommended because it causes the shutdown then the reboot of the VM when the module is stopped and restarted. Thus, if the application inside the VM fails, it is restarted.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the case, for example, when switching between primary and secondary roles.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 7%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/07\/note.png.webp\" alt=\"Note\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 92%;\">\n<p>You do not need to configure a virtual IP address. VM1 will be rebooted on the secondary Hyper-V with its physical IP address, and this IP address will be rerouted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-236483-5-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-5-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"10\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/19-module-hyperv-edit-config-1.png.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"View full size\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/19-module-hyperv-edit-config-1.png.webp\" alt=\"Enter the Hyper-V parameters\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-236483-6\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-236483-6\" ><div id=\"pgc-236483-6-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-6-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"11\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>6. Custom checker to detect VM malfunction<\/h3>\n<p>The custom checker sends heartbeat messages from the host to the VM at regular intervals. It is then the job of the Hyper-V Heartbeat Service installed in the VM to send a response to each of these heartbeat messages.<\/p>\n<p>If the Hyper-V Heartbeat Service does not respond to the message (VM locked up, crashed or ceased to function), then the custom checker executes an action to restart the VM on the same Hyper-V node or on the other.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click on <code>Checkers \/ Custom<\/code> (see image).<\/li>\n<li>Just set a name of your choice in <code>Resource name<\/code> (example VM1). <code>Resource name<\/code> identifies the virtual machine with a resource name in SafeKit: <code>custom.VM1<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>With <code>restart<\/code> in <code>Action<\/code>, the VM is restarted on the same Hyper-V node. After 3 unsuccessful restarts in 24 hours, the SafeKit hyperv module stops on the primary node and there is a failover of the VM on the secondary node.<\/li>\n<li>If you set <code>stopstart<\/code> in <code>Action<\/code>, there is a direct failover on the other Hyper-V node as soon as the VM does not respond to heartbeats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 7%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/07\/note.png.webp\" alt=\"Note\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 92%;\">\n<p>For maintenance, if you want to stop the virtual machine, the custom checker will restart it automatically. To avoid that, you can temporarly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/04\/safekit-disable-checkers.png.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suspend the checker<\/a>. Or you can remove it by deleting the configuration line in the console.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the same when you want to restore a checkpoint. Hyper-V will stop the VM to perform the operation, and the VM checker may react negatively by automatically restarting the VM. To avoid this, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/04\/safekit-disable-checkers.png.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suspend the checker<\/a> before proceeding with the operation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-236483-6-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-6-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"12\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/04\/safekit-custom-checker-hyperv.png.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"View full size\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/04\/safekit-custom-checker-hyperv.png.webp\" alt=\"Enter the Hyper-V custom checker parameters\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-236483-7\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-236483-7\" ><div id=\"pgc-236483-7-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-7-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"13\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>7. Edit scripts (optional)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Do not edit scripts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-236483-7-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-236483-8\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-236483-8\" ><div id=\"pgc-236483-8-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-8-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"14\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>8. Communication encryption (optional)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep encryption of communication between nodes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-236483-8-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-8-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"15\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/07-module-encryption.png.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"View full size\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/07-module-encryption.png.webp\" alt=\"Communication encryption of the Hyper-V module\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-236483-9\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-236483-9\" ><div id=\"pgc-236483-9-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-9-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"16\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>9. Save and apply<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><code>Save and apply<\/code> the configuration and scripts on both nodes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-236483-9-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-9-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"17\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/08-module-save.png.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"View full size\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/08-module-save.png.webp\" alt=\"Save and apply the Hyper-V module configuration\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-236483-10\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-236483-10\" ><div id=\"pgc-236483-10-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-10-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"18\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>10. Verify successful configuration<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Check the <code>Success<\/code> message (green) on both nodes and click on <code>Monitor modules<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-236483-10-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-10-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"19\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/09-module-save-check.png.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"View full size\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/09-module-save-check.png.webp\" alt=\"Check the Hyper-V module configuration success\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-236483-11\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-236483-11\" ><div id=\"pgc-236483-11-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-11-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"20\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>11. Start the node with up-to-date data<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>If node 1 has the up-to-date replicated directory for <code>VM1\/<\/code>, select it and start it <code>As primary<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When node 2 will be started, all data will be copied from node 1 to node 2.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 7%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/07\/warning-small.png.webp\" alt=\"Warning\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 92%;\">\n<p>If you make the wrong choice, you run the risk of synchronizing outdated data on both nodes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 7%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/07\/warning-small.png.webp\" alt=\"Warning\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 92%;\">\n<p>It is also assumed that <code>VM1<\/code> is stopped on node 1 so that SafeKit installs the replication mechanisms and then starts <code>VM1<\/code> in the <code>start_prim<\/code> script.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 7%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/07\/warning-small.png.webp\" alt=\"Warning\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 92%;\">\n<p>Use <code>Start<\/code> for subsequent starts: SafeKit retains the most up-to-date server. Starting <code>As primary<\/code> is a special start-up the first time or during exceptional operations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-236483-11-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-11-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"21\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/10-monitoring-mirror-stop-stop-prim.png.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"View full size\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/10-monitoring-mirror-stop-stop-prim.png.webp\" alt=\"Start as primary the Hyper-V node with the up-to-date data\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-236483-12\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-236483-12\" ><div id=\"pgc-236483-12-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-12-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"22\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>12. Wait for the transition to ALONE (green)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Node 1 should reach the ALONE (green) state, which means that the <code>start_prim<\/code> script has been executed on node 1.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 7%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/07\/warning-small.png.webp\" alt=\"Warning\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 92%;\">\n<p>If ALONE (green) is not reached or if VM1 is not started, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/24-module-log-script.png.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analyze why with the module log of node 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>click the \"log\" icon of <code>node1<\/code> to open the module log and look for error messages such as a checker detecting an error and stopping the module.<\/li>\n<li>click on <code>start_prim<\/code> in the log: output messages of the script are displayed on the right and errors can be detected such as VM1 incorrectly started.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 7%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/07\/warning-small.png.webp\" alt=\"Warning\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 92%;\">\n<p>If the cluster is in <code>WAIT (red) not uptodate, STOP (red) not uptodate<\/code> state, stop the WAIT node and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/10-monitoring-mirror-stop-stop-prim.png.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">force its start as primary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-236483-12-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-12-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"23\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/12-monitoring-alone-stop.png.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"View full size\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/12-monitoring-alone-stop.png.webp\" alt=\"The first Hyper-V node starts as primary and becomes ALONE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-236483-13\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-236483-13\" ><div id=\"pgc-236483-13-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-13-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"24\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>13. Start node 2<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Start node 2 with its contextual menu.<\/li>\n<li>Wait for the SECOND (green) state.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 7%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/07\/note.png.webp\" alt=\"Note\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 92%;\">\n<p>Node 2 stays in the SECOND (orange) state while resynchronizing the replicated directories (copy from node 1 to node 2).<\/p>\n<p>This may take a while depending on the size of files to resynchronize in replicated directories and the network bandwidth.<\/p>\n<p>To see the progress of the copy, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/27-module-log-reintegration.png.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">module log<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/26-replication-resources-reintegration.png.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">replication resources<\/a> of node 2.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 7%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/07\/note.png.webp\" alt=\"Note\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 92%;\">\n<p>When using Hyper-V differencing disks, only the differencing disk needs resynchronization after the initial sync, saving time for large virtual hard disks. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-236483-13-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-13-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"25\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/13-monitoring-alone-stop-start.png.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"View full size\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/13-monitoring-alone-stop-start.png.webp\" alt=\"Start the Hyper-V node 2\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-236483-14\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-236483-14\" ><div id=\"pgc-236483-14-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-14-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"26\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>14. Verify that the cluster is operational<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Check that the cluster is green\/green with <code>VM1<\/code> running on the PRIM node and not running on the SECOND node.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Only changes inside files are replicated in real time in this state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-236483-14-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-14-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"27\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/14-monitoring-prim-second.png.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"View full size\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/14-monitoring-prim-second.png.webp\" alt=\"The Hyper-V node 2 is SECOND (green)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-236483-15\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-236483-15\" ><div id=\"pgc-236483-15-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-15-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"28\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>15. Testing<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Stop the PRIM node by scrolling down its contextual menu and clicking <code>Stop<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>Verify that there is a failover on the SECOND node which should become ALONE (green).<\/li>\n<li>Check with Hyper-V manager that <code>VM1<\/code> is running on node 2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 7%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/07\/warning-small.png.webp\" alt=\"Warning\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 92%;\">\n<p>If ALONE (green) is not reached on node2 or if VM1 is not started, <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/38-module-log-script-second.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analyze why with the module log of node 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>click the \"log\" icon of <code>node2<\/code> to open the module log and look for error messages such as a checker detecting an error and stopping the module.<\/li>\n<li>click on <code>start_prim<\/code> in the log: output messages of the script are displayed on the right and errors can be detected such as VM1 incorrectly started.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 7%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/07\/warning-small.png.webp\" alt=\"Warning\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 92%;\">\n<p>As the <code>start_prim<\/code> script imports the virtual machine on node 2, the failover can fail because of <a href=\"https:\/\/support.evidian.com\/solutions\/downloads\/safekit\/version_8.2\/documentation\/safekitknowledgebase.htm#SK-0088\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hyper-V settings (see this article)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 7%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/07\/warning-small.png.webp\" alt=\"Warning\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 92%;\">\n<p>If everything is okay, initiate a start on node1, which will resynchronize the replicated directories from node2.<\/p>\n<p>If things go wrong, stop node2 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/10-monitoring-mirror-stop-stop-prim.png.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">force the start as primary<\/a> of node1, which will restart with its locally healthy data at the time of the stop.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 6%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/07\/note.png.webp\" alt=\"Note\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 93%;\">\n<p><a href=\"\/safekit\/downloads\/version-82\/safekituserguidehtml\/userguide.html.en.htm#Tests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More information on tests in the User's Guide.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-236483-15-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-15-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"29\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/16-monitoring-prim-second-stop.png.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"View full size\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/16-monitoring-prim-second-stop.png.webp\" alt=\"Stop the Hyper-V module on the PRIM server\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-236483-16\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-236483-16\" ><div id=\"pgc-236483-16-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-16-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"30\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>16. Automatic restart if a critical service fails inside the VM<\/h3>\n<p>If you want an automatic restart or failover when a critical service inside the VM fails, you can configure the Recovery properties of the service (see image).<\/p>\n<p>First you must configure the custom checker previously described.<\/p>\n<p>And then in Microsoft Service Manager inside the VM, select your critical service and in the recovery property of the service, you just have to configure shutdown of the VM when the critical service fails.<\/p>\n<p>For that, in the Recovery options of your critical service, choose \"<strong>Run a Program<\/strong>\" on failures and in Run program options, set\"<strong>C:WindowsSystem32shutdown.exe<\/strong>\" and in \"Command line parameters\", set <strong>\/s \/c \"service fails\"<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, you can implement more subtle recovery with your own scripts. But just be aware that shutting down the VM will enable the custom checker in the host. The custom checker will detect that the Hyper-V heartbeat is no more responding and will restart the VM on the same Hyper-V server or will make a failover on the other Hyper-V server (depending on its configuration).<\/p>\n<p>To test the feature, use Task Manager and kill the process (End task) associated to the critical service. A clean stop of the service through Service Manager or the \"net stop\" command does not trigger the recovery action inside Windows Service Manager.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-236483-16-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-16-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"31\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2023\/11\/hyperv-critical-service.png.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"View full size\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2023\/11\/hyperv-critical-service.png.webp\" alt=\"Hyper-V VM critical services failover of Hyper-V module\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-236483-17\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-236483-17\" ><div id=\"pgc-236483-17-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-17-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"32\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>17. Remove the start of VM1 in Hyper-V at boot<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>In Hyper-V manager, configure VM1 with Automatic Start Action=nothing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SafeKit controls the start and the stop of the VM on one node or the other.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-236483-17-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-17-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"33\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/07\/hyperv-automatic-start.png.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"View full size\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/07\/hyperv-automatic-start.png.webp\" alt=\"Set Hyper-V Manager - Automatic start action: none\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-236483-18\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-236483-18\" ><div id=\"pgc-236483-18-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-18-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"34\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>18. Support<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>For getting support, take 2 SafeKit <code>Snapshots<\/code> (2 .zip files), one for each node.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 6%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/07\/note.png.webp\" alt=\"Note\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 93%;\">\n<p><a href=\"\/products\/high-availability-software-for-application-clustering\/safekit-user-guide-82\/#Troubleshooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Troubleshooting in the User's Guide.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-236483-18-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-18-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"35\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/30-snapshots-mirror.png.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"View full size\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/30-snapshots-mirror.png.webp\" alt=\"Take the Hyper-V snaphots for support\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-236483-19\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-236483-19\" ><div id=\"pgc-236483-19-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-19-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"36\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>19. If necessary, configure a splitbrain checker<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>See below <a href=\"#isolation\">\"What are the different scenarios in case of network isolation in a cluster?\"<\/a> to know if you need to configure a splitbrain checker.<\/li>\n<li>Go to the module configuration and click on <code>Checkers \/ Splitbrain<\/code> (see image) to edit the splitbrain parameters.<\/li>\n<li><code>Save and apply<\/code> the new configuration to redeploy it on both nodes (module must be stopped on both nodes to save and apply).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Parameters<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>Resource name<\/code> identifies the witness with a resource name: <code>splitbrain.witness<\/code>. You can change this value to identify the witness.<\/li>\n<li><code>Witness address<\/code> is the argument for a ping when a node goes from PRIM to ALONE or from SECOND to ALONE. Change this value with the IP of the witness (a robust element, typically a router).<\/li>\n<li>Note: you can set several IPs separated by white spaces. Pay attention that the IP addresses must be accessible from one node but not from the other in the event of network isolation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-236483-19-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-19-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"37\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/03\/19-module-hyperv-edit-config-1.png.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"View full size\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/04\/safekit-split-brain-checker.png.webp\" alt=\"Enter the Hyper-V splitbrain parameters\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-236483-20\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-236483-20\" ><div id=\"pgc-236483-20-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-236483-20-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"38\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<div data-post-id=\"232468\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-232468 \"><div id=\"pl-232468\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-232468-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-232468-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-232468-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-232468-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h2><a name=\"isolation\"><\/a>What are the different scenarios in case of network isolation in a cluster?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-232468-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-232468-1\" ><div id=\"pgc-232468-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-232468-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">A single network<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-232468-1-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-hero\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-hero so-widget-sow-hero-default-03fb85345dee-232468 so-widget-fittext-wrapper\"\n\t\t\t data-fit-text-compressor=\"0.85\"\n\t\t>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slider-base\" style=\"display: none\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-slider-images\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-settings=\"{&quot;pagination&quot;:true,&quot;speed&quot;:500,&quot;timeout&quot;:2000,&quot;paused&quot;:true,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:false,&quot;swipe&quot;:true,&quot;nav_always_show_desktop&quot;:true,&quot;nav_always_show_mobile&quot;:true,&quot;breakpoint&quot;:&quot;780px&quot;,&quot;unmute&quot;:false,&quot;anchor&quot;:null}\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-anchor-id=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\t\t<li class=\"sow-slider-image\" style=\"visibility: visible;\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slider-image-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slider-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2023\/02\/safekit-prim-second-300.png.webp\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" alt=\"SafeKit primary secondary\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sow-slider-image\" style=\"visibility: hidden;\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slider-image-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slider-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2023\/02\/safekit-alone-alone-300.png.webp\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" alt=\"SafeKit alone alone\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\t\t\t\t<ol class=\"sow-slider-pagination\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#\" data-goto=\"0\" aria-label=\"Display slide 1\"><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#\" data-goto=\"1\" aria-label=\"Display slide 2\"><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slide-nav sow-slide-nav-next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" data-goto=\"next\" aria-label=\"Next slide\" data-action=\"next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<em class=\"sow-sld-icon-thick-right\"><\/em>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slide-nav sow-slide-nav-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" data-goto=\"previous\" aria-label=\"Previous slide\" data-action=\"prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<em class=\"sow-sld-icon-thick-left\"><\/em>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-232468-1-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>When there is a network isolation, the default behavior is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>as heartbeats are lost for each node, each node goes to ALONE and runs the application with its virtual IP address (double execution of the application modifying its local data),<\/li>\n<li>when the isolation is repaired, one ALONE node is forced to stop and to resynchronize its data from the other node,<\/li>\n<li>at the end the cluster is PRIM-SECOND (or SECOND-PRIM according the duplicate virtual IP address detection made by Windows).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-232468-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-232468-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Two networks with a dedicated replication network<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-232468-1-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-hero\" data-index=\"5\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-hero so-widget-sow-hero-default-03fb85345dee-232468 so-widget-fittext-wrapper\"\n\t\t\t data-fit-text-compressor=\"0.85\"\n\t\t>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slider-base\" style=\"display: none\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-slider-images\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-settings=\"{&quot;pagination&quot;:true,&quot;speed&quot;:500,&quot;timeout&quot;:2000,&quot;paused&quot;:true,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:false,&quot;swipe&quot;:true,&quot;nav_always_show_desktop&quot;:true,&quot;nav_always_show_mobile&quot;:true,&quot;breakpoint&quot;:&quot;780px&quot;,&quot;unmute&quot;:false,&quot;anchor&quot;:null}\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-anchor-id=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\t\t<li class=\"sow-slider-image\" style=\"visibility: visible;\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slider-image-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slider-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2023\/02\/safekit-prim-second-300.png.webp\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" alt=\"SafeKit primary secondary\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sow-slider-image\" style=\"visibility: hidden;\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slider-image-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slider-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2023\/02\/safekit-prim-second-300.png.webp\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" alt=\"SafeKit failover\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\t\t\t\t<ol class=\"sow-slider-pagination\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#\" data-goto=\"0\" aria-label=\"Display slide 1\"><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#\" data-goto=\"1\" aria-label=\"Display slide 2\"><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slide-nav sow-slide-nav-next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" data-goto=\"next\" aria-label=\"Next slide\" data-action=\"next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<em class=\"sow-sld-icon-thick-right\"><\/em>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slide-nav sow-slide-nav-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" data-goto=\"previous\" aria-label=\"Previous slide\" data-action=\"prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<em class=\"sow-sld-icon-thick-left\"><\/em>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-232468-1-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"6\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>When there is a network isolation, the behavior with a dedicated replication network is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a dedicated replication network is implemented on a private network,<\/li>\n<li>heartbeats on the production network are lost (isolated network),<\/li>\n<li>heartbeats on the replication network are working (not isolated network),<\/li>\n<li>the cluster stays in PRIM\/SECOND state.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-232468-1-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-232468-1-2-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"7\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">A single network and a splitbrain checker<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-232468-1-2-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-hero\" data-index=\"8\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-hero so-widget-sow-hero-default-03fb85345dee-232468 so-widget-fittext-wrapper\"\n\t\t\t data-fit-text-compressor=\"0.85\"\n\t\t>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slider-base\" style=\"display: none\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-slider-images\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-settings=\"{&quot;pagination&quot;:true,&quot;speed&quot;:500,&quot;timeout&quot;:2000,&quot;paused&quot;:true,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:false,&quot;swipe&quot;:true,&quot;nav_always_show_desktop&quot;:true,&quot;nav_always_show_mobile&quot;:true,&quot;breakpoint&quot;:&quot;780px&quot;,&quot;unmute&quot;:false,&quot;anchor&quot;:null}\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-anchor-id=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\t\t<li class=\"sow-slider-image\" style=\"visibility: visible;\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slider-image-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slider-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2023\/02\/safekit-prim-second-300.png.webp\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" alt=\"SafeKit primary secondary\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sow-slider-image\" style=\"visibility: hidden;\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slider-image-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slider-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evidian.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2023\/02\/safekit-alone-wait-300.png.webp\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" alt=\"SafeKit alone wait\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\t\t\t\t<ol class=\"sow-slider-pagination\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#\" data-goto=\"0\" aria-label=\"Display slide 1\"><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#\" data-goto=\"1\" aria-label=\"Display slide 2\"><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slide-nav sow-slide-nav-next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" data-goto=\"next\" aria-label=\"Next slide\" data-action=\"next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<em class=\"sow-sld-icon-thick-right\"><\/em>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-slide-nav sow-slide-nav-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" data-goto=\"previous\" aria-label=\"Previous slide\" data-action=\"prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<em class=\"sow-sld-icon-thick-left\"><\/em>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-232468-1-2-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"9\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>When there is a network isolation, the behavior with a split-brain checker is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a split-brain checker has been configured with the IP address of a witness (typically a router),<\/li>\n<li>the split-brain checker operates when a server goes from PRIM to ALONE or from SECOND to ALONE,<\/li>\n<li>in case of network isolation, before going to ALONE, both nodes test the IP address,<\/li>\n<li>the node which can access the IP address goes to ALONE, the other one goes to WAIT,<\/li>\n<li>when the isolation is repaired, the WAIT node resynchronizes its data and becomes SECOND.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note: If the witness is down or disconnected, both nodes go to WAIT and the application is no more running. That's why you must choose a robust witness like a router.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\n\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-anchor-id=\"demonstration-of-the-safekit-hyper-v-solution\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-demonstration-of-the-safekit-hyper-v-solution\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-demonstration-of-the-safekit-hyper-v-solution\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Demonstration of the SafeKit \/ Hyper-V solution<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-demonstration-of-the-safekit-hyper-v-solution\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-demonstration-of-the-safekit-hyper-v-solution\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"video-container\"><so-iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/foo6YKg5Dmw\n?si=oRQtP05lLItVpmWe&amp;cc_lang_pref=en&amp;cc_load_policy=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/so-iframe><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-238601-4\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-238601-4\" ><div id=\"pgc-238601-4-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-238601-4-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<div data-post-id=\"246517\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-246517 \"><div id=\"pl-246517\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-246517-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-246517-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-246517-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-246517-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<article>\n<header>\n<h2 id=\"hub\">\ud83d\udd0d SafeKit High Availability Navigation Hub<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"table-container-mobile\">\n<table class=\"border vertical-middle\">\n<caption>Explore SafeKit: Features, technical videos, documentation, and free trial<\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">Resource Type<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Description<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Direct Link<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><strong>Key Features<\/strong><\/th>\n<td>Why Choose SafeKit for Simple and Cost-Effective High Availability?<\/td>\n<td>\n        <a href=\"\/products\/high-availability-software-for-application-clustering\/#why-choose-safekit-for-ha\" title=\"Discover SafeKit features for simple and cost-effective high availability\">See Why Choose SafeKit for High Availability<\/a>\n    <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><strong>Deployment Model<\/strong><\/th>\n<td>All-in-One SANless HA: Shared-Nothing Software Clustering<\/td>\n<td>\n        <a href=\"\/products\/high-availability-software-for-application-clustering\/#all-in-one-sanless-ha\" title=\"Learn about all-in-one SANless high availability with shared-nothing software clustering\">See SafeKit All-in-One SANless HA<\/a>\n    <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><strong>Partners<\/strong><\/th>\n<td>SafeKit: The Benchmark in High Availability for Partners<\/td>\n<td><a title=\"Explore SafeKit high availability partnership opportunities and benchmark solutions\" href=\"\/products\/high-availability-software-for-application-clustering\/#safekit-ha-benchmark-for-partners\">See Why SafeKit Is the HA Benchmark for Partners<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><strong>HA Strategies<\/strong><\/th>\n<td>SafeKit: Infrastructure (VM) vs. Application-Level High Availability<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/products\/high-availability-software-for-application-clustering\/#safekit-ha-redundancy-choices\" title=\"Compare VM-level redundancy with SafeKit application-level high availability strategies\">See SafeKit HA &amp; Redundancy: VM vs. Application Level<\/a>\n    <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><strong>Technical Specifications<\/strong><\/th>\n<td>Technical Limitations for SafeKit Clustering<\/td>\n<td><a title=\"Technical requirements and limitations for SafeKit application clustering\" href=\"\/products\/high-availability-software-for-application-clustering\/#safekit-ha-limitations\">See SafeKit High Availability Limitations<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><strong>Proof of Concept<\/strong><\/th>\n<td>SafeKit: High Availability Configuration &amp; Failover Demos<\/td>\n<td><a title=\"Step-by-step videos on SafeKit high availability, from installation to automated failover\" href=\"\/products\/high-availability-software-for-application-clustering\/#safekit-failover-tutorials\">See SafeKit Failover Tutorials<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><strong>Architecture<\/strong><\/th>\n<td>How the SafeKit Mirror Cluster works (Real-Time Replication &amp; Failover)<\/td>\n<td><a title=\"See technical architecture and failover mechanism of SafeKit Mirror Cluster\" href=\"\/products\/high-availability-software-for-application-clustering\/#safekit-mirror-cluster\">See SafeKit Mirror Cluster: Real-Time Replication &amp; Failover<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><strong>Architecture<\/strong><\/th>\n<td>How the SafeKit Farm Cluster works (Network Load Balancing & Failover)<\/td>\n<td>\n        <a href=\"\/products\/high-availability-software-for-application-clustering\/#safekit-farm-cluster\" title=\"Technical overview of SafeKit Farm Cluster architecture with network load balancing\">See SafeKit Farm Cluster: Network Load Balancing & Failover<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><strong>Competitive Advantages<\/strong><\/th>\n<td>Comparison: SafeKit vs. Traditional High Availability (HA) Clusters<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/products\/high-availability-software-for-application-clustering\/#safekit-ha-comparison\" title=\"Detailed comparison of SafeKit software vs traditional hardware-based HA clusters\">See SafeKit vs. Traditional HA Cluster Comparison<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><strong>Technical Resources<\/strong><\/th>\n<td>SafeKit High Availability: Documentation, Downloads &amp; Trial<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/products\/high-availability-software-for-application-clustering\/#safekit-ha-technical-resources\" title=\"Access SafeKit free trial, technical documentation, and high availability white papers\">See SafeKit HA Free Trial &amp; Technical Documentation<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><strong>Pre-configured Solutions<\/strong><\/th>\n<td>SafeKit Application Module Library: 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