I am soon going to have MS SQL server on NT cluster. The only way to
access SQL server is through the Virtual server name. In that case how do
I use SQL server Extension to backup my database ?

Thanks - Sameer

On Wed, 11 Jul 2001 scott.kendall AT abbott DOT com wrote:

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> If it is a client, no problem.  Either back up each node and all of it's
> drives using the ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES file directive
> 
> OR
> 
> backup each node's local drives and then backup the alias's (virtual server's)
> drives through it's name.
> 
> For example, you can back up Server1 and Server2 in a class that contains
> System_State:\ and C:\.  Then back up VirtualServer1 in a class that contains
> a file list of E:\.
> 
> I prefer the second because it makes restores easier.  I can open the
> backup/restore window for the alias and see all backups, regardless of which
> node owned them when the backup occurred.  If you use the first method, you
> could potentially need to restore a full from Server1, a few incrementals from
> Server2, and possibly a few more incrementals from Server1 again.  And if you
> missed one because you didn't realize one of the incrementals was on Server2
> because Server1 normally owns the resource, you would be missing files/changes
> after the restore.
> 
> If it's a media server... a little different.  NetBackup 3.4 on Windows
> NT/Windows 2000 supports what they call a "Failover Media Server".  This is
> great if your cluster is running in an active/passive scenario, since you can
> only have one on these special media servers configured per cluster.  However,
> if you're running an active/active cluster with multiple resource groups, you
> can't do this.  In this situation you have to use one of the options listed
> above for clients.
> 
> 
> - Scott
> 
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> Does NetBackup 3.4 support virtual Server names for backup? How are other
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> backing up cluster servers?
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> Thanks
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