LifeKeeper for Windows v5.1
Today we released LifeKeeper for Windows version 5.1, LifeKeeper for Windows Data Replication version 5.1 and an updated Microsoft Exchange Recovery Kit version 5.1 along with updates to LifeKeeper Extender.
The major features of the v5.1 release are:
- Cascading Failover allowing the ability to support greater than two-node clusters with LK and LKDR
- New DNS Recovery Kit bundled with LK Core
- New “Disable Automatic Failover” feature for both node and resource failures
- “Media Sense” for IP resources on Windows 2003
- Performance improvements made during mirror resynchronization in a WAN configuration
- Improvements in the IIS Recovery Kit made to the monitoring of protected IIS sites
Other major features:
- Documented support for Visual Basic when creating gen app scripts, including Visual Basic templates provided with the gen app recovery kit
- New DNS kit is now integrated in the Exchange kit which allows for selection of DNS resources as well as virtual IP resources
- Certification for Exchange 2003 SP2
You can refer to the Release Notes (for LK and LKDR) available on the website for additional information on these features.
All customers with active support agreements can request an upgrade to v5.1 by contacting support@steeleye.com
