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Version: 2.9.0

Understanding How Eyeglass Jobs Work

Understanding How Eyeglass Jobs Work​

Jobs are the basis for all automation in Eyeglass, and job types dictate the type of automation that will be performed. Currently, the supported job types are:

  • Unconfigured: New policy detected that needs a type set (new in 2.5.6 or later releases).
  • Configuration Replication: Replication of shares, exports, permissions, and NFS aliases.
  • DFS Mode Enabled Config Replication Policies: Configuration replication for shares only.
  • Skip Share, Export, Alias Replication: Skips replication of shares, exports, and aliases.
  • Quota Replication: Replication of all types of quotas.
  • Snapshot Schedule and Dedupe Settings: Configuration of snapshot schedules and deduplication settings.
  • Access Zone Replication: Replication of access zones.
  • Failover Jobs: Jobs for SyncIQ policy, Access Zone, or DFS failover.
  • Created by DR Assistant
    • Failover Readiness: Checks for failover readiness.
  • Runbook Robot Jobs: Jobs created by the Runbook Robot.
  • Disaster Recovery Testing - LiveOPS DR Test Mode Jobs: Jobs for disaster recovery testing in LiveOPS mode.
  • Access Zone Data Migration: Jobs for migrating data in access zones.
    • Created by the Data Migration icon.

Further Job Modes​

In addition to the job types, the following modes can be set on jobs:

  • Automatic: Automatically created by Eyeglass after detecting SyncIQ policies. It identifies shares, exports, NFS aliases, and quotas for replication.
  • DFS Mode: Set by the administrator for DFS mode failover, renaming SMB shares on the read-only cluster automatically. This mode can be switched back to sync mode.
  • AutoSkipConfig Mode: Set by the administrator when SMB shares and NFS exports are not to be synced to the target cluster but failover data is still needed. It can be switched back to sync mode.
  • Custom: User-created jobs that detect and replicate shares, exports, and quotas in a specified file system path to the target cluster without needing a SyncIQ policy. The data and path must exist on the target cluster.

See Also​

  • Job Types: Overview of various job types automatically created by Eyeglass, including share, export, and quota replication jobs. Configurable options such as Auto, DFS, and SkipConfig ensure policies are ready for disaster recovery and synchronization between clusters.

  • User Guide: Detailed instructions for configuring Disaster Recovery with VAST and Qumulo, including installation requirements, adding clusters to Eyeglass, and steps for initiating, monitoring, and completing configuration replication across supported storage vendors.

  • Basic DR Config: Quick and easy setup for disaster recovery testing using non-production data, including SyncIQ policy failover, export creation, quota failover, and failback operations for DR validation.

  • How to Use Runbook Robot: Automate testing of failover infrastructure by using the Runbook Robot. It tests SyncIQ policies and access zones, records pass/fail results, and supports SMB protocol for automated failover.