Networker

Re: [Networker] More than one server for a storage node?

2006-03-21 20:35:58
Subject: Re: [Networker] More than one server for a storage node?
From: Siobhan Ellis <Siobhan.Ellis AT ENSTOR DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:31:57 +1100
This only works with an AlphaStor library. Not sure if it is supported.


Siobhán Ellis
Principal Technology Consultant
ENSTOR Pty Ltd
Level 10, 118 Alfred St
Milsons Point
NSW 2061
Australia

Mobile: +61 424 750 544
Phone: +61 2 9900 2100
Fax: +61 2 9900 2199
e-mail: siobhan.ellis AT enstor.com DOT au
web: http://www.enstor.com.au
>>> George.Sinclair AT NOAA DOT GOV  >>>
Can a storage node be shared by more than one server and will an older 
storage node release work with 7.x?

We have 2 storage nodes both running 6.1.1, with one library each, and 
they work with our older 6.1.1 server. However, we've just installed a 
newer 7.2.1 server on another box to replace this old server. However, 
until we do the permanent swap, it's using the same IP and host name 
during the day for testing, while the old server is down to avoid IP 
conflicts, and in the evening before the backups run, its IP and host 
name is changed back, and the nightly backups resume on the old server. 
This new host will use a third storage node and library that has not 
been set up yet, but would like to be able to also use and test out the 
other 2 storage nodes, but this seems problematic ...

Will it be necessary to re-run jbconfig on those storage nodes for their 
devices to show up on the new server even though the host name for the 
primary server is the same? Also, will the older 6.1.1 storage node 
server software work with 7.2.1? Would be nice; otherwise, we'd have to 
uninstall it and load 7.2.1, but then we could no longer use the storage 
nodes with our older 6.1.1 server, and that has to be available to run 
our backups until we do the swap. Guess we could down grade the software 
back to 6.1.1 and then go back and forth, but that's a lot of work to do 
every day.

Any advice would be appreciated.

George

To sign off this list, send email to listserv AT listserv.temple DOT edu and 
type
"signoff networker" in the
body of the email. Please write to networker-request AT listserv.temple DOT edu 
if
you have any problems
wit this list. You can access the archives at
http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/networker.html or
via RSS at http://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?RSS&L=NETWORKER

-- 
This message has been scanned for viruses and
dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
believed to be clean.

To sign off this list, send email to listserv AT listserv.temple DOT edu and 
type "signoff networker" in the
body of the email. Please write to networker-request AT listserv.temple DOT edu 
if you have any problems
wit this list. You can access the archives at 
http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/networker.html or
via RSS at http://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?RSS&L=NETWORKER

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>