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jpriddy
Level 4
15 years ago

Backing up volumes in a Windows Failover Cluster

Short question:  Is it supported to define the the virtual hostname of one of your clustered applications on an Windows Cluster as a client? Story: Netbackup 7.0 Enterprise Server for Win...
  • J_H_Is_gone's avatar
    15 years ago

    What I do.
    install NB on the two physical servers, with the client name being the physical servers.

    I setup a policy to backup the physical servers: (I call this one physical_clusters)
    C:\
    System State/Shadow copy (depending on the OS version)

    I then setup a policy(s) to get the other stuff.
    Logging into one of physical servers I go to Cluster Administrator.
    Under Groups I look at the virtual names and see what resources each of them owns.
    I then setup a policy to get the resources.

    CLSTR_Vserver1
    M:\
    N:\

    CLSTR_Vserver2
    P:\
    R:\

    Now I know I get the items from the physical that I need
    and I get the resources no matter what physical server they are currently on.
    (NOTE:  if you log into a Vserver and look at the BAR you will NOT see the Vserver name - that is fine.  It works just fine so long as NB is installed on the physical servers)