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This document explains how to install Cisco Security Management Suite (Security Manager) in a high availability (HA) or disaster recovery (DR) environment. The Security Manager HA/DR solution is based on Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability solutions.
For the steps to install Security Manager in a VMware based high availability (HA) or disaster recovery (DR) environment, see High Availability and Disaster Recovery in Virtual Machines .
The primary audience for this guide is system administrators who are responsible for installing and managing the HA/DR solutions. This guide assumes that you are familiar with the topics in Table 1 .
Because the Security Manager HA/DR solution utilizes Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions for Windows, we highly recommend the following courses for a local redundancy solution:
For a geographically redundant solution, the following additional courses are highly recommended:
This document uses the following conventions:
Tip Identifies information to help you get the most benefit from your product.
Note Means reader take note. Notes identify important information that you should reflect upon before continuing, contain helpful suggestions, or provide references to materials not contained in the document.
Warning Identifies information that you must heed to prevent damaging yourself, the state of software, or equipment. Warnings identify definite security breaches that will result if the information presented is not followed carefully.
Refer to the following Cisco publications for additional information. These documents are available at http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/security/security-manager/tsd-products-support-series-home.html.
Refer to the following publications for additional information concerning Veritas Storage Foundation:
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