Networker

Re: [Networker] Problem backing up a Linux cluster

2008-10-28 07:50:56
Subject: Re: [Networker] Problem backing up a Linux cluster
From: Stan Horwitz <stan AT TEMPLE DOT EDU>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:49:44 -0400
> From: tkimball <networker-forum AT BACKUPCENTRAL DOT COM>
> Reply-To: <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU>
> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:46:50 -0400
> To: <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU>
> Subject: [Networker] Problem backing up a Linux cluster
> 
> Clusters are a bit tricky, they require:
> 
> -> client resource for each node, local drives only.
> 
> -> client resource for the virtual host, with a few extras:
> 1) remote access for system/root/whatever on both nodes
> 2) backup command set to 'save -c VIRTUAL' etc
> 
> This is how I successfully backed up a virtual host on Windows MSCS.  Note
> that I don't specify 'ALL' anywhere; Though it probably can work, we've had
> headaches with it here

Thanks. After reading the documentation (who knew?) I realized I needed item
2 in your list, which was missing. Explicitly putting in that save command
in the virtual client's NetWorker client resource fixed the problem.

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