I've hunted and hunted through Symantec’s backup documentation and it's about as useful as white gloves when eating a Ketchup Popsicle.
Here is my set up:
1. Running Enterprise Vault version 8 SP1 in a Microsoft Cluster
2. The database server is on a seperate server. MS SQL Server 2005 on Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition
3. Backup software is BrightStor ArcServe Backup r11.5 SP4 (Build 4491)
Here is the documentation that I've read through:
Backing up Enterprise Vault 8.0 and later
http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/285839.htm
Backup Section in the Admin Guide (Which pointed me to the Backing up Enterprise Vault in a clustered environment)
Backing up Enterprise Vault in a clustered environment
Here is what I've got so far:
I have a script that can set the backup mode, clear the backup mode, put Enterprise Vault Server in read only mode, and put the Enterprise Vault Server in read/write mode.
What I don't understand:
Why do they refer me to the view_VaultStoreBackup.sql and view_VaultStoreBackup? I should be able to create backup jobs in MS SQL Server 2005 to backup up the databases. The information they provide you for the scripts is lacking. It's pretty sad I've had to peace meal all this information from forums, especially for the price of this software. I will get off my soap box now. Do I have to edit these files to fit my environment?
This documentation doesn't provide any scenarios or any order of configuring the backups. In a MS Cluster do I have to set the backup mode then set the read only mode for PRE-backup and then start my system, file, and database backups (since they have to be synched)? Do I have to set the read/write mode (because it will not let me clear the backup mode if it's in read only mode) and then clear the backup mode for post backup?
Thanks,
Sunshine