05-27-2014 11:25 AM
I need some guidance: I've got a DFS share setup with everyone's shared data on server 1. Server 1 replicates to a 2012 cluster called "shared" (server 2 & server 3). The share size is 1TB.
Server 1 is a physical Windows 2003 server, while the cluster are VM's with RDMs running on VMware. Would I be better running the backup off Server1, or on the cluster? I need to ensure that I get a solid daily incremental, any ideas?
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05-28-2014 02:46 PM
It really doesn't matter a whole lot where you backup but what you backup .
See
http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO65638
06-02-2014 04:05 AM
I would back it up on Server1 with an ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES policy (or at least Shadow Copy Components to capture the DFSR data) and makre sure NBU is up to date to ensure everything works as it should do as there were buges in earlier versions
You could then do server 2 / 3 as VMware data disk backups
If you do have issues with incrementals then use agents on Server2 and 3 but shutdown DFRS before the backup and fire it back up afterwards (bpstart/bpend scripts)
Hope this helps
05-28-2014 02:46 PM
It really doesn't matter a whole lot where you backup but what you backup .
See
http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO65638
06-02-2014 04:05 AM
I would back it up on Server1 with an ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES policy (or at least Shadow Copy Components to capture the DFSR data) and makre sure NBU is up to date to ensure everything works as it should do as there were buges in earlier versions
You could then do server 2 / 3 as VMware data disk backups
If you do have issues with incrementals then use agents on Server2 and 3 but shutdown DFRS before the backup and fire it back up afterwards (bpstart/bpend scripts)
Hope this helps