Zabbix HA/DR , a different approach.

[zabbixfk]

Hello All,

Problem: Need to setup DR/HA solution for existing zabbix server setup. on a diff location ( diff ip subnet).

Current Setup:

• Zabbix Master running on h/w server with 700 hosts monitored.
• Version of zabbix server- 2.0.6, with mysql as database (5.1.69-log)
• As of now one zabbix proxy running on diff location ( 2.0.6), handling active/passive/snmp based items for close to 120 hosts.

Planned Approach

• Changing Server=, from ip address of zabbix master to dns ( making sure dns is resolvable from all hosts which are trying to connect.)
• Setting up another zabbix server instance in diff location, set up ring replication ( master-master) between existing and this new machine
• Keeping similar configurations between new and existing zabbix servers ( conf files)
• Making sure only one server is resolved, and which is up and running ( dns pointing to proper IP).
• In case of any disaster, or one machine is not reachable then point working zabbix server ip to dns

This is just a pencil sketch approach. If anybody has similar requirement/worked on similar ( or any other DR/HA solutions), please share your pointers. Any pointers are greatly helpful.

Thanks

[zabbixfk]

Zabbix DR/HA, a different approach?

Hi,

Can anybody share some lights on this, is zabbix process need to be bind to the system specific, is it stores something on memory which gets lost if i deploy above way ? My assumption is that, zabbix_server process process values, and stores in DB, and if i replicate the DB, and on the replicated slave ( on a diff location) start another zabbix_server with same fqdn things should go normal right ( now all clients - will assume this new ip address with old fqdn) and both passive/active items should work right?


Thanks.

[Colttt]

have you tried this one: https://www.zabbix.org/wiki/Docs/how...h_availability ?

[zabbixfk]

Zabbix DR/HA, a different approach?

Thanks for the reply.

I could try on that, but that approach uses
1). vmx builds
2). uses ip address of same subnet
3). shared storage for mysql database

My constraints
1). Existing build is 2.0.6 ( not sure upgrade to latest how it behaves as db size is close 60G)
2). IP address subnets are different , and in diff geo locations ( considering that zbx master and DR server are in diff locations and can't share same subnet ip address)
3). I can't have shared storage.

Only thing i am thinking is of DB level master-master replication.

Any pointers are greatly helpful.

Thanks.