> Up to and including NBU 5.1, we backed up clustered applications on HP
> Serviceguard clusters, Sun clusters and even MS clusters using the
> same method. Each of the physical cluster nodes was an NBU SAN Media
> Server, with it's own storage unit(s), but we would also define a
> storage unit for each clustered application. These storage units would
> have the applications "virtual hostname" defined as their media
> server. The clustered application's backups would be use the virtual
> hostname as their client name, and would be directed to their "virtual
> storage unit", which would utilise the Media Manager configuration of
> the underlying real Media Server.
> 
> This meant if the application failed over to another node, the storage
> unit effectively failed over with it, meaning backups always ran
> locally on the media server, no matter which node the application was
> running on.
> 
> Does anyone know if similiar functionality can be achieved 
> with NBU 6.5?
> [...]
> There must be some way to do this. I wonder if I am over thinking
> things and not seeing something incredibly obvious.

The old way of doing SAN media servers doesn't seem to be in favor any
more.  See the Veritas NetBackup High Availibility Administrator's Guide
section on "Enhanced media server configuration," on p 115.



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