I recall similar issues and have listed the system state and local OS
drives in one client def and then the exchange backup in another.
Procedures dictate that if there is a change to the box, the backup
admins must know.
Just my $0.02.
Cheers,
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: Legato NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
On Behalf Of Brian O'Neill
Sent: April 19, 2005 5:00 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] Backup Exchange and filesystem at same time in
same group?
I sent this on the weekend, so I don't know if it was missed...anyone
have any ideas? I've got to add two more storage nodes this week...
Brian O'Neill wrote:
> I've got two dedicated storage nodes running Exchange that share two
> tape drives with the Networker server via Dynamic Drive Sharing.
>
> Right now for efficiency I dedicate one tape drive to each node, and
> back up their filesystems at the same time, then later do the same for
> Exchange, since I have to have two client entries for each.
>
> I'd like to actually back up one node - both filesystem and Exchange -
> at once and let it make use of both drives for efficiency, then I can
> schedule the backups of each node at different times.
>
> Networker seems to insist that client entries "with the same name"
> (i.e.
> same actual host) cannot exist in the same group if one of the entries
> back up filesystem "All". I'd rather not explicitly list filesystems
> since I don't know when they'll change (I don't admin the actual
system).
>
> Is there another way around it? Do I have to create two groups for
> each
> node, and just schedule them at the same time? Or should I leave it
the
> way it is?
>
> I have to add two more storage nodes soon, so I'm looking for an
> efficient and uncomplicated setup (will be handing this over to the
> client at some point).
>
> -Brian
>
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