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PoNuts's avatar
PoNuts
Level 3
10 years ago

Backup cluster in a smartway

! Backing up a file cluster in a smart way ! Lets say that you have 3 clusters with 6nodes totally. The setup HostA1 HostA2 with ClusterA3 with three instance (not so sure about the terms he...
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  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    10 years ago

    Looking at your examples, the assumption is that the cluster virtual hostnames are:

    ClusterA3

    ClusterB3

    ClusterC3

    These virtual hostnames make the drive letters and/or Instances available to users and applications no matter on which physical nodes they are online, right?

    So, you need 3 policies (no scripting needed):

    1. ClusterA3 
    Client name: ClusterA3 
    Backup Selection: I:\ J:\ K:\

    2. ClusterB3 
    Client name: ClusterB3 
    Backup Selection: I:\ G:\ Z:\

    3. ClusterC3 
    Client name: ClusterC3 
    Backup Selection: I:\ J:\ H:\

     

    If these are hosting databases, your policy type should be for the appropriate DB agent with the backup script path in Backup Selection. Script should be on one of the shared drives.

     

Marianne's avatar
Marianne
Level 6
10 years ago

Looking at your examples, the assumption is that the cluster virtual hostnames are:

ClusterA3

ClusterB3

ClusterC3

These virtual hostnames make the drive letters and/or Instances available to users and applications no matter on which physical nodes they are online, right?

So, you need 3 policies (no scripting needed):

1. ClusterA3 
Client name: ClusterA3 
Backup Selection: I:\ J:\ K:\

2. ClusterB3 
Client name: ClusterB3 
Backup Selection: I:\ G:\ Z:\

3. ClusterC3 
Client name: ClusterC3 
Backup Selection: I:\ J:\ H:\

 

If these are hosting databases, your policy type should be for the appropriate DB agent with the backup script path in Backup Selection. Script should be on one of the shared drives.