Hi Patrick

I think you could use the session_notify script on the backup server to change 
clientname/ip relation or

just backup all on both physical machines.

Regards
Michael

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Fra: Patrick O'Hagan <patrick.ohagan AT morse DOT com>
Til: 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu' <veritas-bu AT 
mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
Dato: 19. august 2002 13:20
Emne: [Veritas-bu] Backing up a SUN cluster with a private backup network


>Hi,
>
>I require to backup a SUN cluster (active/passive) with a dedicated backup
>network BUT there will be no floating IP address for the backup network.
>Does anyone have any ideas of how to achieve this. (The problem being how do
>I know which half of the cluster needs to be backed i.e. what hostname do I
>direct the backup to)
> 
>The following solution has been suggested but I can't figure out how to
>implement it using REQUIRED_INTERFACE - 
>
>1) Initiate backup from master server to cluster using the floating ip
>address on the public network
>2) Route backups over the private network back to the master
>
>Note SUN PS have informed me that having a floating ip address for the
>backup network is not an option ( reason - all resources in a sun cluster
>are monitored and failure of the backup network would cause the
>applications/database to failover)
>
>Thanks Pat O'Hagan
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