Stan -
We do MS Exchange clusters here, but since it's fairly new, I'm still learning.
We have a 4 node, soon to be 5 node cluster for our Exchange servers. The
servers are named (not real names) EXCH1 - EXCH5. Each node/server has control
of its own database. There is another node that can take over if once of the
other nodes fail. All of this is on a SAN.
Exch1 - configure as Windows backup, but don't forget to add Exch2, 3, 4, and 5
in the remote access in the Networker GUI.
Exch1 - configure it for MSEXCH: (we default to all databases, you can name
them individually if so desired).
Repeat for each node name. However, I'm not sure how you are configured -
active/passive, or active/active, so there might be some minor differences.
For example, if you have a 2 node client sharing the data, and EXCH1 is the
active server, it would backup the EXCHANGE database(s). EXCH2 would only
backup the database if it became the active node.
It can be confusing, but once you are used to it, it's pretty straight forward.
We just did an Exch5.5 to 2003 upgrade with the cluster, and it went well,
all things considered, and having the cluster really helps keep the system up.
Of course, I'm not the Exchange guru, we have a group of guys for that, I just
make sure they get good backups.
David M. Browning Jr.
LSUHSC Enterprise Network Operations/Help Desk
-----Original Message-----
From: Legato NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
On Behalf Of Stan Horwitz
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 7:35 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] backing up a MS Cluster client
On May 30, 2006, at 6:30 PM, Siobhán Ellis wrote:
> Stan,
>
> you just define the physical nodes and the cluster alias as 3
> seperate clients.
>
> The physical nodes will back up the drives only for them, and the
> cluster client will backup the clustered data.
>
> Will the physical nodes be storage nodes?
>
> If not, that's it.
>
> BTW, have seen problems with NetWorker not counting SQL licenses
> properly, so be careful!
This server will contain MS Exchange data. I am going to install the
Exchange module tomorrow.
Fortunately, I have two months to get this right before the server
goes into production.
Thanks for the info. If you or anyone else has any suggestions for
setting up NetWorker to back up a two-node cluster running Exchange,
please let me know.
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