Using Continuity Engine
After a Switchover, Some Index Catalog Files Cannot Be Synchronized Causing the Server Pair to be "Out-of-Sync"
Summary This knowledgebase article provides information about an issue when Neverfail for Exchange is installed on an Exchange 2003 server with Microsoft Search service running. More Information Symptoms After a switchover, some Index Catalog files ...
How To Use NFCMD to Disable/Enable Replication Filters for Avoiding MaxDiskUsage Errors
Summary This Knowledgebase article describes how to use nfcmd to disable/enable filters in order to avoid MaxDiskUsage errors during SQL Server backup/indexing jobs. More information SQL Server backup/indexing jobs generate a considerable amount of ...
After moving the location of the MSDTC log file the MSDTC service fails to start
Summary The SQL Server Plug-in is only able to provide automatic protection for the MSDT.log file; it is unable to replicate the configuration information used by Windows. If the log file location is changed, the Administrator must reconfigure MSDT ...
Attempting Data Rollback When Exchange 2013 is Protected on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or Windows Server 2012 Causes Data Rollback to Fail
Summary This Knowledgebase article provides information about attempting to perform a Data Rollback when protecting Microsoft Exchange 2013 on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or Windows Server 2012 failing. More Information Symptoms Attempting to perform ...
After Uninstalling Neverfail Heartbeat, MSEXCHANGEDIAGNOSTICS Service Fails to Start
Summary This Knowledgebase article provides information about the MSEXCHANGEDIAGNOSTICS service failing to start after uninstalling Neverfail Heartbeat. More Information Note: Neverfail recommends that before attempting to uninstall Neverfail ...
How to Replace a Windows Server 2012
Summary This Knowledgebase article provides the step-by-step procedure necessary to replace a Windows Server 2012 Datacenter. More Information Initial Assumptions The Operating System is installed on the C:\ drive Neverfail is installed on the C:\ ...
How to Configure Alerts and Set Reporting Levels Using the Neverfail Advanced Client For Neverfail IT Continuity Engine
Summary This Knowledgebase article provides information about how to configure alerts and set reporting levels using the Neverfail Advanced Client. More Information The Neverfail Advanced Client allows you to configure alerts and customize the ...
How to Retrieve the Neverfail Engine Logs from the Passive Server.
Summary This Knowledgebase article provides information about how to retrieve Neverfail Heartbeat logs from the passive server when there is no management IP address. More Information This need only be done when the logs have been requested by ...
How to Change the SSL Certificate used by Neverfail Continuity Engine Management Service
Summary This Knowledgebase article provides the procedure to change the SSL Certificate on Neverfail Continuity Engine Management Service. More Information To change the current SSL Certificate in Neverfail Continuity Engine Management Service ...
Semi-Automatic Deployment of Stand-by Servers Leveraging Manual Cloning
Summary This Knowledgebase article provides the basic procedure used to semi-automatically deploy a stand-by server using a manual cloning technique. More Information Procedure In Neverfail Engine Management Server (EMS) navigate to Management > ...
Using the Neverfail Continuity Engine Management Service
Summary This Knowledgebase article provides an introduction to the Neverfail Continuity Engine Management Service. More Information Using the Engine Management Service User Interface The Engine Management Service is the primary tool used for ...
How to add/replace a server to an Engine pair/trio from EMS using manual cloning
Summary This Knowledgebase article provides the step-by-step procedure for replacing a server from EMS. More Information Initial Assumptions The Primary Active server will be cloned. The Secondary/Tertiary Passive server will be replaced by the ...
How To Clone A Primary Server Deployed As Hyper-V Machine For Building A Secondary Server Without Neverfail EMS Web Console
Summary This Knowledgebase article provides the step-by-step procedure necessary to replace a server when the server is a Hyper-V Virtual Machine. More Information Initial Assumptions: The Primary/Active server is healthy and will be used as source ...
How to Update SQL Server to a Later Service Pack or Cumulative Update Pack with Neverfail Engine Installed
Summary This Knowledgebase article provides the procedure to upgrade SQL Server to a later Service Pack or Cumulative Update pack with Neverfail Engine Installed. More Information Use the procedure below to update Microsoft SQL Server 2008, 2008R2, ...
How to Replicate RDP (TermService) Settings and System Master Keys on Neverfail Heartbeat/Neverfail Continuity Engine with the Neverfail for IIS Plug-in Installed
Summary This Knowledge base article provides information about replicating the system master key and TermService settings when the Neverfail Heartbeat/Engine installation includes the Neverfail for IIS Plug-in. More Information Symptom RDP to the ...
How to Upgrade or Apply Services Packs and Rollups To The Protected Applications with Neverfail Engine Installed
Summary This Knowledgebase article provides procedures for upgrading an application protected by Neverfail Engine in a Pair configuration. More Information This KB article is for applying service packs, patches and hotfixes and not major version ...
How to Update Applications on a Trio of Servers When Neverfail Engine is Installed
Summary This Knowledgebase article provides procedures for updating an application protected by Neverfail Engine in a Trio configuration. More Information Note: Prior to attempting this upgrade you should read the entire procedure. This upgrade is ...
How to replace a Windows server with Neverfail IT Continuity Engine when it is deployed as a Virtual Machine
Summary This Knowledgebase article provides the step-by-step procedure necessary to replace a server when this is a Virtual Machine. More Information Initial Assumptions The Primary active server will be cloned. The Secondary/Tertiary passive ...
Managing And Patching Engine Clusters Using Passive Node Management Feature With Quest KACE (formerly Dell KACE)
Summary This article provides information on how to manage or patch Neverfail Continuity Engine clusters through Quest KACE, using Passive Node Management feature. Quest KACE Devices Provisioning Prerequisite: Quest KACE Server should be installed ...
How to manually deploy Engine on the Secondary server when this is a clone of the Primary server by using EMS
This KB should be used ONLY if the following conditions are met: 1. Secondary server is a clone of the Primary server e.g. you pre-cloned the servers. 2. Engine has been already deployed on the Primary server. If there are differences at the OS level ...
Managing And Patching Neverfail Continuity Engine Clusters Using Passive Node Management Feature With Kaseya VSA Cloud Portal
Summary This article provides information on how to manage or patch Neverfail Continuity Engine clusters through Kaseya VSA Cloud portal, using Passive Node Management feature. Prerequisites Kaseya VSA active account An active logon account is needed ...
Managing And Patching Neverfail Continuity Engine Clusters Using Passive Node Management Feature With IBM BigFix
Summary This article provides information on how to manage or patch Neverfail Continuity Engine clusters through IBM BigFix (also known as IBM EndPoint Manager, Tivoli Endpoint Manager), using Passive Node Management feature. Prerequisites An IBM ...
Patch Management and Backup Solutions / Technologies supported by Neverfail Continuity Engine's Passive Node Management feature
Summary This article is a living document listing all the Patch Management or Backup Software Solutions / Technologies proven to work or scheduled in the near future for interoping validation with Neverfail Continuity Engine's Passive Node Management ...
How To Manually Clone The Primary Server When This Is Running Windows 2008R2 - 2016 In Order To Build A Secondary Server
Summary This Knowledgebase article provides the step-by-step procedure necessary to manually clone a Primary server which is running Windows Server 2016 in order to build a Secondary server for Neverfail Engine. IMPORTANT NOTE: This KB article can ...
How To Clone A Primary Server With Windows Backup (Wbadmin) For Deploying A Secondary Server By Using Neverfail EMS Console
Summary This KB article describes how to use Windows Server Backup (aka, wbadmin) in order to clone the Primary server for completing the deployment of Engine on a Secondary or even a Tertiary server. Since Engine is already installed on the Primary ...
Managing And Patching Engine Clusters Using Passive Node Management Feature With SolarWindws Patch Manager
Summary This article provides information on how to manage or patch Neverfail Continuity Engine clusters through SolarWindws Patch Manager, using Passive Node Management feature. SolarWindws Patch Manager requirements Prerequisite: SolarWindws Patch ...
Managing And Patching Neverfail Continuity Engine Clusters Using Passive Node Management Feature With ConnectWise Automate
Summary This article provides information on how to manage or patch Neverfail Continuity Engine clusters through ConnectWise Automate (Web Control Center or Automate Control Center), using Passive Node Management feature. Prerequisites ConnectWise ...
How To Enable Neverfail Engine's Patch Management
Summary This article provides information on how to enable Management Name feature for managing and patching a Passive server from a Neverfail cluster. More Information An Active server from a Neverfail cluster can communicate in the network the ...
How To Implement Automatic Server Restarts For The Active Server When Running Neverfail Engine
Summary This Knowledgebase article provides information about implementing automatic restarts of the Active server when running Neverfail Engine software. this is achieved through a scheduled task that runs a batch script. More Information Rebooting ...
Managing And Patching Neverfail Continuity Engine Clusters Using Passive Node Management Feature With GFI LanGuard
Summary This article provides information on how to manage or patch Neverfail Continuity Engine clusters through GFI LanGuard, using Passive Node Management feature. Prerequisites GFI LanGuard Server Note: In the following sections we'll assume that ...
Managing And Patching Neverfail Continuity Engine Clusters Using Passive Node Management Feature With Cloud Management Suite
Summary This article provides information on how to manage or patch Neverfail Continuity Engine clusters through Cloud Management Suite, using Passive Node Management feature. Prerequisites Cloud Management Suite active account An active logon ...
Neverfail Engine For System Center Operations Manager - Technical Manual
Neverfail Engine Management Pack Neverfail offers a Neverfail Engine Management Pack to provide the required configuration information for monitoring and reporting on Neverfail Engine and protected application operations. When used in conjunction ...
How To Start and Stop An EXE Process With Engine By Using Windows Task Scheduler
For exemplification purposes, we'll be using Notepad.exe as a process that will be started and stopped. 1. Open Neverfail Advanced Management Client and under Applications\Plugins section, Edit the System Plugin and make sure it is configured to ...
How to change the Neverfail Advanced Management Client Connection Port
Summary This Knowledgebase article provides information about how to change the Neverfail Engine Management Client Connection Port. Procedure Neverfail Continuity Engine uses port 52267 as the default Advanced Management Client connection port. The ...
Backup Neverfail Continuity Engine Clusters Using Passive Node Management Feature With Veeam Backup and Replication and Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows
Summary This article provides information on how to backup Neverfail Continuity Engine clusters with Veeam Backup and Replication and Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows, using Passive Node Management feature. Enable Passive Node Management Neverfail ...
Backup Neverfail Continuity Engine Clusters Using Passive Node Management Feature With Veritas Backup Exec
Summary This article provides information on how to backup Neverfail Continuity Engine clusters through Veritas Backup Exec, using Passive Node Management feature. Enable Passive Node Management Neverfail Continuity Engine servers should be able to ...