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xhawk
Level 4
10 years ago

Can Netbackup Appliance (NBU5220) be used to backup app_cluster with virtual_name?

We have a 2-node vcs cluster, both installed as NBU san media sever. db1 (NBU 6.5.4) db2 (NBU 6.5.4) NBU_master (7.6.0.3 nbu5220 (2.6.0.3) ---------------------------------------------...
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  • mnolan's avatar
    mnolan
    10 years ago

    Since this is getting a 58, the first thing I would ask you on a support call is if the media server can ping the virtual name.

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mnolan
Level 6
10 years ago

I believe something is done similar on exchange hosts. Each media server has a STU created, then each added to a Storage Unit Group. The MUST_USE_LOCAL_DRIVE setting also has to be in play.

http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO33222

Of course the reason this works for exchange is that the DAG forwards NB to a specific node and that client name is also the same name as the media server.

I am unsure how this would work where the client name (cluster name) will differ from the actual media server name. (As we no longer do clustered media servers with a cluster name, just media servers that happen to be cluster nodes.)