I just did an NT regback followed by an ADSM regback on a cluster server.

I then did a windiff against the files and although windiff reported
different versions, the hives were identical in size.
Furthermore c:\winnt\system32\config   shows that there are still just the
same sam,security,software and system hives.. I don't see a cluster hive
here.

The cluster appears to be part of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE which is backed up both
by ADSM and by Regback....

However I did notice though that in the C:\winnt\cluster directory that
there does appear to be two files which are locked for exclusive access by
the server
and appear to have a format similar to a registry hive - i.e. hive and log.

Perhaps someone with more indepth knowledge of MS Cluster server would be
able to explain it.

Nathan





        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Louie, James [SMTP:LouieJ AT NABISCO DOT COM]
        Sent:   Thursday, July 08, 1999 10:52 AM
        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject:        MS Cluster registry backup

        MS Cluster server has a new registry hive called CLUSTER that holds
cluster
        configuration info.  It can be viewed with REGEDT32 and backed up
with the
        native NT backup program and REGBACK.  This hive resides in the
directory in
        which the clustering software is installed in and has a filename of
CLUSDB.

        ADSM client 3.1.0.7 has clustering failover support, but doesn't
backup this
        hive as far as I can see.  Will this be fixed in a future PTF?

        For now, I'm going to have to schedule a REGBACK of the hive before
ADSM
        does a backup of C: unless someone has a better idea.

        Thanks - James Louie, Nabisco Inc.