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liverpool2507
Level 4
9 years ago

Is there any setting for failover in NBU??

HI Experts,   I am testing the failover scenario with NBU 7.6.1. I am backing up the SMB share (network share). My client which is the source of my data is mounted on the windows 2008 NBU ma...
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  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    9 years ago

    A cluster does not give you 'always on'. It gives you failover.

    Failover means that the application and all resources are taken offline on the failed node and brought online on the standby node. 
    You now have a master server that can either restart or resume backups.

    What happens to the jobs after failover depends on the type of job, progress at the time of failure and # tries per ## hours settings in Global Attributes.

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liverpool2507
Level 4
9 years ago

I have changed the tries/per hour now. (3 per 1 hour). im not sure if thats really gonna help (i may be wrong)

What i do not understand is that with the same settings set earlier, restore works fine (if failover is performed while restore is running).