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[Networker] Implementing a standby NetWorker Server

2010-01-15 06:04:19
Subject: [Networker] Implementing a standby NetWorker Server
From: John Hope-Bailie <johnhb AT DEMANDDATA.CO DOT ZA>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:02:55 +0200
We will be implementing a standby NetWorker server in a Windows 2008
environment.

 

The simplest approach seems to be to have only the device zoning
preconfigured on the standby server and when the fail-over is actioned,
to do the following :-

 

1)       Rename the standby server hostname to the production NW server
name

2)      Set up the correct IP config on the standby server (match that
of the powered down production NW server)

3)      Install NetWorker on the standby server

4)      Run mmrecov

5)      Go into production.

 

We would like to simplify and automate this process as much as possible.
Some ideas and concerns have been as follows.

 

1)       Use a "floating" TCP/IP name/address alias as the NW server
name.  This might be easier and quicker to work with in the failover
sequence.  I have has feedback that this can cause serious problems
during MS-SQL client restores (go figure ??).  Unless you insert an
entry for the actual hostname of the NW server into the hosts file of
the SQL client, the restore fails.  Any comments ?

2)      Have the NW server code pre-installed on the standby server.
This would allow you to simply start the services at failover time and
not have to install NetWorker.

3)      I am not sure how the issue of having the NW server installed
into the AD domain is relevant (or not).  If you shut down the active NW
server, and then start up and rename the standby server, does this
require that the original server be removed from the domain, and the
renamed server be installed into the domain ?

 

 

Any help or comments would be welcome.

 

Regards,

 

John Hope-Bailie

 


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