01-04-2016 05:30 AM
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01-04-2016 06:00 AM
Hello Yobole !
- you should use one or more policies of type MS-windows
- as a client you should use the logical host
- the selection list is D:\StoreEasyData1 ... D:\StorEasyData4
It is possible to backup all 4 mountpoints in one policy. But may be it make more sense to split them in 2 ore 4 policies. It depend on the speed of backup, backup target selection etc.
Are these 4 MountPoints really 4 Filesystems or only 4 directories on Drive D: ? In last case it will be sufficient to select D:\. (it will work with mountpoibts too if you select follow cross mounts, but I dislike this)
ciao
Martin
01-04-2016 06:00 AM
Hello Yobole !
- you should use one or more policies of type MS-windows
- as a client you should use the logical host
- the selection list is D:\StoreEasyData1 ... D:\StorEasyData4
It is possible to backup all 4 mountpoints in one policy. But may be it make more sense to split them in 2 ore 4 policies. It depend on the speed of backup, backup target selection etc.
Are these 4 MountPoints really 4 Filesystems or only 4 directories on Drive D: ? In last case it will be sufficient to select D:\. (it will work with mountpoibts too if you select follow cross mounts, but I dislike this)
ciao
Martin
01-04-2016 06:14 AM
Using 1 or 4 policies is just a qustion of granularity in control. If you want to schedule backup of each mount point individual go for 4 policies. If you want simplicity go for one.
You need to specify the cluster ressource name and drive - e.g.:
cluster-name-easydata1 e:\StoreEasyData1
Ensure "cross mount point" is checkmarked in the policy.
01-04-2016 11:15 AM
I pretty much agree with Nicolai. But I like to make sure that everything is backed up on a server whenever possible. And I also try to avoid hard-coding things as much as possible - drive letters - so as to reduce errors and maintenance. So I would try a minimum of 3 policies.
ServerA - Cross mount points, ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES, Exclude D:\,E:\ (and whatever other data drives may exist)
ServerB - Cross mount points, ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES, Exclude D:\,E:\
ServerVirt - Cross mount points, ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES, Exclude C:\, "Shadow Copy Components;\"
The exception that can drive you crazy is when they mount data drives under C:\. That can drive you crazy.
Bryan