LogRhythm HA DR Install Guide 10.1 RevD
LogRhythm HA DR Install Guide 10.1 RevD
LogRhythm HA DR Install Guide 10.1 RevD
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Table of Contents
Prerequisites .................................................................................................................... 5
High Availability .......................................................................................................................................5
IP Addresses ..................................................................................................................... 5
HA Host Records............................................................................................................... 5
Ports.................................................................................................................................. 5
Backup.............................................................................................................................. 5
Outages............................................................................................................................. 5
Power Supply ................................................................................................................... 6
LogRhythm Software Version.......................................................................................... 6
Installation Environment................................................................................................. 6
LogRhythm Infrastructure Installer Considerations for HA ........................................... 6
Dual Site Additional Requirements................................................................................. 6
DNS Records..................................................................................................................... 7
Disaster Recovery.....................................................................................................................................7
Install the High Availability Software for HA + DR ........................................................ 10
Run the High Availability Setup Tool ....................................................................................................10
Install the High Availability Software....................................................................................................15
Run the Install Script..............................................................................................................................15
Configure HA on the Secondary HA Node.............................................................................................15
(Optional) Import the XML Configuration File ......................................................................................15
Configure the High Availability Software for HA + DR .................................................. 16
Configure the New HA Deployment ......................................................................................................16
Build the Appliance Resource Hierarchy ..............................................................................................24
Update SQL Credentials in LifeKeeper..................................................................................................27
Extend the Resource Hierarchy to the Secondary Node......................................................................27
Associate the DX Cluster ID on Both Nodes ..........................................................................................31
This guide is for LogRhythm Professional Services to prepare, install, and configure LogRhythm's combined HA + DR
solution.
Prerequisites
All requirements and prerequisites for both HA and DR must be met before deploying HA + DR.
High Availability
IP Addresses
For each HA system, three static IP Addresses are needed on the Public Network. One IP Address is needed for each of
the nodes of the cluster, and one IP Address is Shared. This Shared IP address can only be active on one node of the
cluster at any time.
HA Host Records
In the Entities tab of the LogRhythm Client Console's Deployment Manager, a shared host record must be created for HA
which includes identifiers for the SHARED IP and the SHARED HOSTNAME.
Ports
The following ports are required for the LogRhythm HA solution.
Component Ports
Additional ports required for the LogRhythm installation are not included in the above list.
Backup
Prior to starting the HA installation, back up critical data.
Outages
For new installations, outages are usually not an issue. However, the DataKeeper component installs a driver that
requires a reboot. For this reason, you will not be able to create mirrored volumes until the system has been rebooted
following the SPS installation.
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Constant changes on the source volume will delay the completion of the replica to the target volume. The
recommended approach is to minimize or eliminate any changes to the D: and L: volumes until the source and target
volumes are synchronized and in a Mirroring State.
Power Supply
LogRhythm recommends that all LogRhythm systems be connected to an uninterruptible power supply. A power cut
may cause an Elasticsearch failure that leads to a loss of indices.
Installation Environment
HA is intended to provide redundancy for hardware failure, which is not applicable to a cloud (shared infrastructure)
environment. In a cloud environment, the virtual IP created by the SIOS SteelEye software cannot be appropriately
moved between hosts in the event of failover. If HA functionality is required in a cloud environment, consider using
Disaster Recovery (DR) or database backups. For more information, see the Disaster Recovery Installation Guide.
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The following table provides examples of the results when varying compression levels.
Active Public NIC Active Private NIC Active Private NIC Active Logical Disk Average CPU
Bytes In/sec Bytes Out/sec Compression Level (0-9) Write Bytes/sec Utilization
The results indicate that the most benefit can be gained from using a compression level of 1 for all replicated volumes
without significant negative impact on the CPU. Additional compression increases the load on the CPU without offering
notable gain in terms of bandwidth saved.
Measuring the sum of the Total Write Bytes on the D: and L: volumes divided by the optimal compression factor
provides a guide for network sizing.
((Write Bytes / Sec for D:) + (Write Bytes / Sec for L:)) / (Compression Factor) =
Minimum required Network Bandwidth
To summarize, site-to-site configurations require:
• Low latency connections – less than 15 ms ping times between nodes of the cluster
• The network connecting both the Public and Private adapters must appear as a single subnet
• Network bandwidth equal to half the total write bytes of the replicated volumes
DNS Records
Microsoft automatically creates a DNS record for each HA node that is added to a domain. The DNS record for the
Shared Machine Name and Shared Public IP address are not created automatically and should be added manually. Use
the DNS snap-in of the Microsoft Management Console to create these. Include a pointer record (PTR) for each by
selecting the Create associated pointer (PTR) record check box. For more information on managing DNS records, see
the Microsoft Developer Network library.
Disaster Recovery
LogRhythm SIEM The LogRhythm SIEM must be deployed on both the Primary and
Secondary sites using the same LogRhythm software version.
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SQL Server, SQL Server Agent, and LogRhythm Configure the SQL Server, SQL Server Agent, and LogRhythm Service
Service Registry configuration Registry services to run under the same account on both the Primary and
Secondary sites. This should be a named, privileged account that is not
the sa account. The account can be either:
• A domain account
• Identical local user accounts
Ports/Firewall Ensure that the SQL Server port (1433) and the ports used for replication
between the two sites (default is 5022) are open (not blocked by a
firewall) at both sites. The DR setup automatically opens ports secured
by Windows Firewall, but not by other types of firewalls.
Domain Name Server (DNS) requirements A common DNS A record needs to be provisioned within the DNS zone
the Disaster Recovery systems are deployed to. This operation is not
performed automatically by DR Setup and requires manual intervention
by a network administrator.
Configure DNS so that:
• It can point to either the IP address of the Primary Platform
Manager or the IP address of the Secondary Platform
Manager.
• The Data Indexers and AI Engines point to the Platform
Manager using a DNS name rather than an IP address. The
Data Indexers and AI Engines can optionally have a shared
name, but it is not necessary.
• DNS Zones should span the Primary and Secondary sites.
• DNS Address records should be configured with a TTL (Time
to Live) of two minutes so that failover occurs relatively
quickly.
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Disk space requirements on Platform Managers During the DR setup, you must back up the Primary Platform Manager’s
databases and copy them to the Secondary system. The DR installation
program will check your database sizes and give you an estimate for the
disk space requirements. You can also use a network drive for the
backup, provided that the SQL Agent service account has write access to
the share.
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Before continuing with the installation, please verify that the Physical Configuration portion above is
completed on both servers.
The HA Setup tool allows you to complete the necessary information for SIOS to work properly. You must enter the
Domain Name (Optional), Public and Private IP Addresses, and Machine Names. The tool validates the input and
prompts the user to start the installation of SIOS HA software.
The HA Setup tool can be found in the root of the HA installation directory (LogRhythm High Availability Setup.exe).
You may see the following message if you have not already configured your Public and Private Network
Connections.
Enable AIE
The AIE Enabled box is irrelevant on an AI Engine system. This control is only used on XM and PM systems.
Newer LogRhythm systems may include the AIE services, providing customers the option of running AIE on their PM/XM,
or on a dedicated AIE system. The default setting for AIE Enabled is true, meaning that HA is configured to protect AIE on
the box. If the customer has a dedicated AIE system, or does not wish to use AIE, then clear the AIE Enabled check box.
Enter the Machine Name and Public IP Address for Primary, Secondary, and Shared.
The Shared Machine Name and Shared Public IP should be unique and not found anywhere else on the
network.
Enter the Private IP Address for the Primary and Secondary systems.
Before running the install process, you can export an XML configuration file for a faster deployment on the
secondary machine.
Export
Exporting provides the capability of creating an XML file that can be imported into another HA Setup tool. For instance,
once the validation steps have passed successfully on the primary system, the configuration can be exported as an XML
file, which can then be imported on the secondary node.
To export a file, click File, Export, XML, and choose a location to save the file.
Import
Importing a file is a fast and easy way to configure the HA setup.
To Import a file, click File, Import, XML, and then browse to the location of the HA_Config.xml file.
Edit
Editing provides the capability to go back and modify field values after testing.
To enable editing after a test, click File and Edit.
Do not reboot the secondary system until the primary system has completed rebooting, and do not reboot the
primary system until the secondary system has completed rebooting.
The yellow triangle on the server icon indicates that communication paths were setup from Node 1 to Node 2,
but not in the other direction. Once the install process has run on the secondary server, the yellow icon should
change to a green check. The same interface, viewed from the secondary server after a completed installation,
looks like this:
Configure LogRhythm
Before the rest of the HA configuration can be done, LogRhythm needs to be configured on the primary node to work
with the shared Name and IP.
1. Click Start, All Programs, LogRhythm, and then open the Local Configuration Managers (LCM) for each
LogRhythm service.
The Server field for each should contain the Shared Name or IP of the HA pair.
For a PM/DP configuration, configure Job Manager, Alarming and Response Manager, and the System Monitor
Agent on the PM system. On the DP system, configure the Mediator and the System Monitor Agent. Make sure
that the DP shared IP is used for the Data Processor Connection Settings, and the PM shared IP is used for the
Platform Manager Connection Settings. For XM configurations, all services are configured on the same system,
using the same shared IP.
For the System Monitor LCM, the Data Processor IP and System Monitor IP should both be the Shared IP of the
HA pair.
If you plan to enable AIE on this system, make sure to configure it before continuing. If you do not plan to enable
it, the services can be disabled in the services console.
2. After all services are configured, open the LogRhythm Console. Log on using the Shared Name or IP.
3. On the New Deployment Wizard, use the Shared Name and IP.
4. Continue through the Knowledge Base Import Wizard and the License Wizard, and then select the appropriate
platform from the platform selector in Platform Manager Properties and Data Processor Properties.
For a PM/DP pair, a Data Processor record and an Agent record needs to be manually created using the Shared
Name and Shared IP of the DP.
5. Set the active and inactive archive locations to the D: drive (Gen4) or the S: drive (Gen5) in the Data Processor
properties, and the values of NetflowServerNIC, sFlowServerNIC, and SyslogServerNIC to the Shared IP in the
agent properties.
Configure LogRhythm on the Primary Node to Work with the Shared Name and IP
1. Click Start, All Programs, LogRhythm, and then LogRhythm System Monitor Configuration Manager.
2. Enter the Data Processor IP.
3. In the System Monitor IP Address field, enter the Shared IP of the HA pair.
Create Host and System Monitor Records for the Shared Agent
1. From the LogRhythm Console, click Deployment Manager on the main toolbar, and then click the Entities tab.
2. Select the Entity where the shared agent should go. The default is Primary Site.
3. Right-click the Entity Hosts area and click New Host.
4. Enter the name for the shared agent and then click the Identifiers tab.
5. Enter the shared IP and each of the system IPs for IP Address identifiers.
6. Enter the shared name and each of the system names for Windows Name identifiers.
7. Click OK.
8. Click the System Monitors tab, right-click in the lower pane, and click New.
9. Choose the host record from the previous step that the Host Agent is installed on.
10. Enter the System Monitor Agent name.
11. On the Data Processor Settings tab, select the Data Processor this agent will use, and enter the shared IP for the
Agent IP/Address Index.
12. If any syslog or flow collection will be performed by this agent, select Advanced and change the value of
SyslogServerNIC, NetflowServerNIC, and sFlowServerNIC to the shared IP.
• The LogRhythm Install Wizard requires .NET Framework version 4.7.2 or above.
• If you are installing or upgrading the Data Indexer or Web Console, ensure that Windows Firewall
Service is running before starting the Install Wizard to allow firewall rules to be created.
• Do not try to run the wizard from a network share. Run the wizard locally on each appliance.
• For systems with UAC (Vista and later), always run installers as a Local Administrator with elevated
privileges. The person performing the installation must be in the Local Admin group, unless the
domain is managed and the Group Policy Object dictates that only Domain Administrators can run
installers.
• When installing the Web Console, it is recommended that you run the LogRhythm Install Wizard to
install all Web Console services. You may choose to install the Web Console as a stand-alone
installation or as part of the XM Appliance or Platform Manager (PM) configurations.
• Before installing or upgrading the Web Console, ensure that Windows Firewall is running so the
Common installer can open port 8300.
When the Client Console is installed on a fresh system, additional software packages must be installed such as
Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable packages, SAP Crystal Reports runtime engine, and .NET Framework
4.7.2. For this reason, the Client Console installer may take 30 minutes or more to complete.
1. Log in as an administrator on the appliance or server where you are installing or upgrading LogRhythm software.
2. Copy the entire LogRhythm Install Wizard directory to a new directory on the local server.
3. Open the Install Wizard directory, right-click LogRhythmInstallWizard.exe, and then click Run as
administrator.
The Welcome screen appears.
4. Click Next to proceed.
The wizard asks you to confirm that you have prepared the LogRhythm databases for the upgrade.
5. Click one of the following:
• If you have run the Database Install or Upgrade Tool on each Platform Manager or XM server, click Yes to
continue.
• If you have not prepared the LogRhythm databases on all required appliances, click No to cancel the
wizard, install or upgrade all of the required databases, and then continue with this procedure.
The End User License Agreement appears.
6. Read the agreement carefully. By accepting the terms in the agreement, you agree to be bound by those terms.
7. If you accept the terms of the agreement, select the I accept the terms in the license agreement check box, and
then click Next.
The configuration selector appears. Depending on the selected configuration, the wizard upgrades or installs a
specific application or set of applications.
For certain configurations, you can optionally select to install or upgrade the AI Engine.
If you select the Web Console, it is installed to the default location, C:\Program
Files\LogRhythm\LogRhythm Web Services. For instructions on how to install the Web Console to a
custom location, see Install and Configure the Web Console.
8. For each appliance that you install, select the target appliance configuration, according to the following table.
If you are upgrading an existing PM + DP appliance or another configuration that is not represented in the Install
Wizard, select one of the available configurations and then run the wizard again to install the next configuration.
XM XM
Platform Manager PM
Data Processor DP
AI Engine AIE
If you are upgrading the LogRhythm Web Console, pay attention to the following:
• Upgrades from Web Console 6.1.x and 6.2.x are not supported. Uninstall your Web Console and
complete a fresh installation.
• If you have a 7.2.0 deployment, close the Web Services Configuration Manager prior to
beginning the upgrade.
If you are running the Install Wizard on an XM or DP/DX appliance, ensure that the Elasticsearch service
is running before you continue. You can start all services by running the following command in an
Administrative PowerShell prompt: Start-Service lr-*
If this service is not running, the Data Indexer installer will fail. After ensuring the service is running,
you can run the Install Wizard again, or run the LRDataIndexer executable in the wizard's Installers
subfolder by right-clicking it, and then clicking Run as Administrator.
i. Add the Management IP address of each DR server as two separate hosts in the deployment tool.
ii. If applicable, add the IP addresses of other participating hosts in your LogRhythm deployment,
and then click Create Deployment Package.
iii. After the deployment package is created, click Run Host Installer on This Host. Leave this
window open until the final step of this section.
iv. Copy the deployment package from previous steps—both the Windows executable and the plan
file—to a location the secondary host of the DR pair.
v. Log in to the Secondary host, run cmd as an administrator, and change the directory to the
location where you copied the LRII executable and plan file.
vi. From the command prompt, run lrii_windows.exe /dr-secondary, and verify that the command
finishes without any errors.
vii. Run the LRII exe from the deployment package on each additional LogRhythm host in the
deployment.
viii. Return to the Primary DR server and select Verify Status to confirm that all LogRhythm Host
Installers have completed successfully. Exit when confirmation is complete.
ix. Through services.msc, verify that the LogRhythm Service Registry service is using the appropriate
service account after re-running the Infrastructure Installer.
• For High Availability upgrades, the following instructions apply.
i. Select Upgrade Deployment.
ii. The HA shared IP should be supplied as the IP address representing both nodes in the HA cluster.
Do not add other IP addresses from the HA nodes.
iii. If applicable, add the IP addresses of other participating hosts in your LogRhythm deployment,
and then click Create Deployment Package.
iv. On the primary node, select Run Host Installer on This Host.
v. Copy the resulting deployment package (executable and plan file) to a location on the secondary
node in the HA cluster.
vi. On the secondary node, open an elevated command prompt (Run as administrator) and change
directory to the location of the LRII_Windows.exe copied in the previous step. For example: cd "C:
\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Deployment Package"
vii. Run the following command: ".\LRII_Windows.exe /ha-secondary=<HA shared IP address>" and
press Enter.
Additional help is available by clicking the question mark icon in the upper-right of the tool.
When you are finished preparing your deployment, you will be returned to the Install Wizard.
11. Observe for any failures as the wizard installs or upgrades the applications according to the selected
configurations.
When the Client Console is installed on a fresh system, additional software packages must be installed
such as Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable packages, SAP Crystal Reports runtime engine, and .NET
Framework 4.7.2. For this reason, the Client Console installer may take 30 minutes or more to
complete.
Color Meaning
Green The application was installed successfully. A message about the application and
installed version
is also printed below the status indicators.
Color Meaning
Red Something went wrong and the application was not installed. Additional details will be
printed
below the status indicators. If something went wrong, check the installer logs located in
the following location:
C:\LogRhythm\Installer Logs\<install date and time>\
During the Web Console installation or upgrade, if you receive a message that notifies you of an error
with your Windows Installer package, go into each folder in C:\Program Files\LogRhythm\LogRhythm
Web Services and run the unzip.bat file as an administrator. For other failures, run a Repair.
12. Configure your deployment using the LogRhythm Configuration Manager that appears after the installation or
upgrade is complete.
The LogRhythm Configuration Manager has two modes: Basic and Advanced. The most commonly edited
settings are shown in Basic mode. Advanced mode displays all settings, including those shown in Basic mode,
grouped according to which service they affect. You can filter the settings that are displayed by clicking one of
the options on the left — All (no filtering), Authentication, or Web Services. When settings are filtered, you should
enable the Advanced view to ensure you can see all settings. For more information, see Use the LogRhythm
Configuration Manager.
While the Configuration Manager is still open, review your previous Web Console configuration values
(backed up before starting the upgrade), turn on the advanced view, and validate or set all of the
values in the Configuration Manager, especially the following:
• Global, Database Server. This is the IP address of your Platform Manager where the EMDB is
installed.
• Web Global, Database Password. This is the password for the LogRhythmWebUI user, used by
the Admin API for connecting to the EMDB. If the password is not correct, the Admin API will
display an error.
• Web Console UI values. Verify all settings for all Web Console instances.
When finished, click Save, back up your current configuration to file, and then close the Configuration
Manager.
After you validate and save your configuration, it is strongly recommended that you make a new back
up. Save the file in a safe location in case you need to restore it later.
If you need to install additional components that were not included in the selected configuration, run the
Install Wizard again and select the necessary components.
The following steps need to be performed on the primary node only. For a PM/DP pair, this step should always be
performed first on the primary PM node and then on the primary DP node.
Each of the LogRhythm services will be protected by LifeKeeper by using the Generic Services Recovery Kit. The Generic
Services Recovery Kit makes use of a set of scripts to communicate with the Windows Service Control Manager with the
“sc.exe” command.
Run 2_HA_Build.cmd
1. On the primary node, right-click the 2_HA_Build.cmd file and click Run as administrator.
A PowerShell window opens with the build script.
2. Press Enter to continue. If prompted, supply the password for the SQL sa account. If the script is able to connect
to SQL via LogRhythm default credentials, you are not prompted for credentials.
The script builds the SQL hierarchy, adds the monitored services, and adds each of the monitored databases
before proceeding on to create the hierarchies for the LogRhythm services. When finished, the script displays a
Setup Complete message and allows you to review the output before closing the window.
3. Switch back to the LifeKeeper GUI and verify that you have a completed resource hierarchy that looks like the
following:
On a Gen5 appliance, the Vol.S_ResTag replaces the Vol.D_ResTag for the following:
LogRhythmApIGateway_ResTag
LRAIEComMgr_ResTag
LRAIEEngine_ResTag
scmedsvr_ResTag
scsm_ResTag
The LRAIEComMgr_ResTag and LRAIEEngine_ResTag resource hierarchies are only displayed if you selected the
AIE Enabled check box in the HA configurator.
2. Click Next to Manage User, select Change User and Password in the drop-down menu, and then click Next
again.
3. Enter a SQL admin account (sa) and password to complete the wizard.
• This section assumes that you have been performing all configurations on the system that has current
customer active data on it, and these volumes will be the source of the replica.
• The steps in this section may not always come in the order displayed. Expect to create two
volume resources, as well as one IP resource.
This document assumes that all LifeKeeper Resource Hierarchies built thus far have been on the Active node.
Take great care to choose the source volume which contains customer data, and the target volume which will
contain empty LogRhythm databases. The Target Volume will ALWAYS be overwritten and no data will remain
on this volume. If you fail to get this correct, you will overwrite the customer’s data.
Before you continue, ensure that File and printer sharing is turned on under Control Panel, All Control Panel
Items, Network and Sharing Center, and Advanced sharing settings.
1. In the Hierarchies Pane, right-click XM_ResTag, PM_ResTag, AIE_ResTag, or DC_ResTag, and then click Extend
Resource Hierarchy.
2. In the Extend Wizard, select the secondary system and click Next.
3. Make sure all the pre-extend checks were successful, and then click Next.
4. In the Volume Type menu for D:, select Create Mirror, and then click Next.
5. In the Network end points menu, select Private, and then click Next.
6. Select the default, and then click Create to create the mirror for the D: drive (Gen4) or the S: drive (Gen5)
volume.
7. After the mirror is successfully created, click Next.
8. Select the subnet mask that is on the Public interface and click Next.
9. In the Network Connection menu, select Public, and then click Next three times, accepting the defaults on the
next two screens.
If on a Gen5 appliance, repeat steps 4-7 to create a mirror for the S: drive.
10. In the Volume Type menu for L:, select Create Mirror, and then click Next.
11. In the Network end points menu, select the Private network, and then click Next.
12. Select the default on the next screen, and then click Create to create the mirror for the L: volume.
13. Once the mirror is created successfully, click Next.
14. Leave the default Backup Priority on the next screen then click Extend.
15. Wait until the hierarchy is extended, then click Finish.
The extended resource hierarchy should look like this with HA1 Active and HA2 on Standby or Mirroring:
On a Gen5 appliance, the Vol.S_ResTag replaces the Vol.D_ResTag for the following:
LogRhythmApIGateway_ResTag
LRAIEComMgr_ResTag
LRAIEEngine_ResTag
scmedsvr_ResTag
scsm_ResTag
The LRAIEComMgr_ResTag and LRAIEEngine_ResTag resource hierarchies are only displayed if you
selected the AIE Enabled check box in the HA Setup tool.
16. New mirrors require time to synchronize. Failover is not possible until both L: and the D: drive (Gen4) or the S:
drive (Gen5) are in a Mirroring state. A Resync state means the data is being duplicated to this volume from the
active volume.
Right-click the active volume and click Properties to view the sync progress.
17. After the status is Mirroring for all volumes, you may proceed with outage tests. Failure to wait for the sync to
complete may result in data corruption.
You use the returned value to associate the cluster ID using PowerShell on the Secondary Node in the
next set of steps.
The DXCLUSTERID is case-sensitive and must match between both servers exactly for searches to
succeed after a failover.
Use only static IPs for the replication interface. Do not use DHCP.
1. Download the DR zip file from the LogRhythm Community and extract it to a new local directory on the Primary
Platform Manager.
2. Browse to the newly extracted DR directory.
3. Right-click DR_Setup and select Run as administrator. Enter your local system administrator credentials.
4. In the first DR Setup dialog, enter credentials for a SQL Sysadmin or enable the Windows Authentication check
box, and then click Next.
The user entered here MUST have Sysadmin permissions in Microsoft SQL Server Management
Console. To check permissions, open and connect to the MS SQL SMC. In the main tree, expand the
Security > Logins folder. Select the user you want or create a new one. Right-click the user and click
Properties. Click Server Roles and make sure that the Sysadmin Server role is checked for this user.
6. Under Primary, select the DR Shared IP created as a ResTag for the Primary site by using the arrow to select from
discovered IPs. Under Secondary, enter the Replication IP address of the Secondary DR site. You can also select
a different port number, if necessary, as long as that port is not used by other systems. The port used for the
Primary site and the port used for the Secondary site can be different. Click Next.
7. Select the databases that you want to replicate on the Secondary site and click Next.
8. Select a folder for temporarily storing the database backup, and then click Next.
After you select the folder, the DR Setup shows the free space available. If the system does not have
enough free space for the backup, an error message appears at the bottom of the dialog. If necessary,
you can select a network drive or external drive. If you want to change your database selections, click
Back to return to the previous screen.
The RPO is the maximum tolerable period in which data from the Primary system can be lost due to
system disruption. If the data replication falls behind this time limit, the LogRhythm SIEM generates an
alert. The default is 60 minutes.
10. To backup the Platform Manager databases and to install DR solution on the Primary system, click Install.
The DR setup launches a script that shows its progress. Depending on the size of the databases, this process
could take several hours. When it’s done, the following prompt appears: Press Enter when the setup is
complete on the secondary system. Keep this progress window open. You will return to it later, after
completing the setup on the secondary Platform Manager.
3. Right-click DR_Setup and click Run as administrator. Enter the local system administrator credentials.
4. In the first DR setup dialog, enter credentials for a SQL Sysadmin or select the Windows Authentication check
box, and then click Next.
The user entered here MUST have Sysadmin permissions in Microsoft SQL Server Management
Console. To check permissions, open and connect to the MS SQL SMC. In the main tree, expand the
Security > Logins folder. Select the user you want or create a new one. Right-click the user and click
Properties. Click Server Roles and make sure that the Sysadmin Server role is checked for this user.
If you accidentally leave this setting at Primary, the DR setup will fail. If this happens, you need to run
the DR Setup on the Secondary system again and choose Secondary.
6. Under Primary, enter the IP address of the Primary site. Make sure the Primary Port number is the same one you
selected during the Primary site configuration. Under Secondary, select the IP address for the Secondary site by
using the arrow to select from discovered IPs. Make sure the Secondary Port number is the same one you
selected during the Primary site configuration. Click Next.
7. Select the folder where you copied the Platform Manager databases, and then click Next.
8. Select the minutes for the Recovery Point Objective (RPO) on the Secondary Platform Manager.
The default is 60 minutes. This value does not need to be the same RPO selected for the Primary
Platform Manager.
9. Click Install.
10. When you see the "Step Complete" message, press Enter to exit.
You are now done with setup on the Secondary site.
Do not start the Platform Manager’s services (Job Manager and ARM) on the Secondary site. The Job Manager
and ARM services should remain on Manual unless you need to perform a failover to the Secondary site, as
described in the LogRhythm Disaster Recovery Administration Guide.
If problems with the setup occur, you can view log files in the Logs subdirectory.
When the DR Setup Complete message appears, you are finished with the DR configuration.
3. (Optional) Remove the backup files you created on both the Primary and Secondary Platform Managers. The files
are no longer needed.
4. Restart all LogRhythm services running on AI Engines, Data Indexers, and the Platform Manager on the Primary
site (not the Secondary site). These services include:
• Platform Manager. Job Manager service and ARM service
• Data Indexers. Mediator service
• AI Engine (if integrated). AI Engine service and AI Engine Communication Manager service
For more information about the Database Mirroring Monitor, see Administer a LogRhythm Disaster
Recovery Deployment.
You can also see replication status by running LogRhythm’s DR Control from Start, All Programs,
LogRhythm, Disaster Recovery, right-click DR Control, and click Run as administrator. For more
information about this program, see Administer a LogRhythm 8.0.1 Disaster Recovery Deployment.
9. Configure the Data Processor on the DR side to point to the DNS name.
10. Configure AIE on the HA side to point to the DNS name.
11. Configure AIE on the DR side to point to the DNS name.
12. Configure the Agent on the HA side to point to the shared IP.
13. Use the DNS name for the EMDB location on the DR side.
14. Change the ElasticSearch clustername value on the DR side to logrhythmdr.
The ES Cluster Name configuration is currently done through windows environment settings, this will
be moving to the Configuration Manager in a later release.
You can change the cluster name by updating the environment system variable
DX_ES_CLUSTER_NAME and restarting DX services.
15. Add the DR secondary machine entity on entity tab of Deployment Manager and create a Data Indexer for DR
secondary machine.
16. Point the DP on the HA side to the logrhythm cluster.
17. Point the DP on the DR side to the logrhythmdr cluster.