Hi George,
On 07/10/2009, at 07:35 , George Sinclair wrote:
New to 7.5SP1 Linux, coming from 7.2.2 Solaris, so this whole
Console server stuff is new and confusing to me.
1. Should the Console server be installed on a different host other
than the primary backup server or one of the snodes?
It's entirely an architectural decision. For single server sites, it's
usually of most use sitting on the backup server itself.
If so, will we need anything other than the client software on that
host?
No.
2. In reading through the installation guide, I got kinda lost in
the whole section on Console database size? Wasn't really clear what
the heck they're talking about. Seems so compartmentalized. Is this
the same thing as the traditional media database? Or are they only
referring to what you're trying to report from the media database?
Maybe I'm confusing that with mminfo?
I'm trying to determine how much space to allocate for this? because
they make it reasonably apparent this this is important. Our current
media database is about 330 MB.
The console maintains its own database tracking historical details
from the time it is installed to the present day - i.e., beyond the
scope of the media database, which ceases to report about backups once
they have been recycled. It doesn't store *all* the same details
though - more just summary data, so it doesn't grow as fast as the
media database.
I don't think the size of the NMC database will grow so quickly that
sizing a location will be a major required step. For instance, a lot
of my customers leave the NMC database in the / partition without any
concern as to growth of the database. (While it's not something I
overly recommend, I can't argue with the logic that if it grows really
slowly they can't see a point in creating a separate partition.)
Another option is to have the database stored in the /nsr region on
the backup server - e.g., you'll find a lot of sites out there with a
directory structure of /nsr/lgtonmc, etc.
Cheers,
Preston.
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