Two cents...

check out a product called Double-Take by NSI software
(http://www.nsisw.com).  Their product will facilitate the backup and
protection of your MS cluster.  I believe MS even recommends their product
as a solution.  You can download an evaluation copy  of the software from
their site as well.

Good luck

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nathan King [SMTP:nathan.king AT USAA DOT COM]
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 1999 7:07 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: Backup of Microsoft Cluster Server
>
> Yes. I tried something similar. When the ADSM Service recognizes that it
> cannot backup a specific drive (because that particular node does not own
> it
> at that time) it spits out an error message and from there on ignores it.
>
>
>
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From:   Rupp Thomas (Illwerke) [SMTP:thomas.rupp AT ILLWERKE DOT AT]
>         Sent:   Saturday, March 20, 1999 5:33 AM
>         To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>         Subject:        Backup of Microsoft Cluster Server
>
>         Hi all,
>
>         we are getting our second M$ cluster server in the next few days.
>         As ADSM does not support a cluster server at the moment I
>         thought about the following solution to backup the nodes of the
>         cluster even after a takeover.
>         NODE1 consists of
>                 local drive C: labelled C-NODE1
>                 local drive E: labelled E-NODE1
>                 shared drive F: labelled F-CLUSTER
>         NODE2 consists of
>                 local drive C: labelled C-NODE2
>                         local drive E: labelled E-NODE2
>                         shared drive G: labelled G-CLUSTER
>                         shared drive Q: labelled Q-CLUSTER
>         DSM.OPT would look like:
>         NODE1:
>                 Nodename CLUSTER
>                 Domain C: E: F: G: Q:
>                 TCPCLIENTADDRESS x.x.x.x (unique node address)
>         NODE2:
>                 Nodename CLUSTER
>                 Domain C: E: F: G: Q:
>                 TCPCLIENTADDRESS x.x.x.x (unique node address)
>         If both nodes are running I could ignore the error messages for
> the
>         drives owned by the other node. If a takeover occurres ADSM would
>         automatically back up the shared drive of the other node.
>
>         Do you think there are any drawbacks to this approach? Any other
>         things to consider?
>
>         Thanks in advance and kind regards
>         Thomas Rupp
>         Vorarlberger Illwerke AG
>         MAIL:   thomas.rupp AT illwerke DOT at
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