NW 7.4.2, on Win2003

I have a Win2003 cluster, that is a storage node. My boss is planning on 
replacing each of the physical nodes of the cluster this weekend. 
(luckily, I asked about it now, or I wouldn't have found out about it 
until Monday ...)

Anyway, here is where I am confused. He is planning on failing over all 
cluster resources to the 2nd node; removing node #1 from the cluster; 
killing node #1. He will then rename a replacement machine to be the same 
host name and IP as node #1, and add it to the cluster. And repeat the 
process for the other node.

So, my question - he should install the NW 7.4.2 client software as a 
storage node *after* he replaces and renames each node. That's usually 
what I do, with regular (non-storage node) clients - install client 
software after renaming the replacement hosts - and it all Just Works. But 
I don't think I've ever done a storage node (all my storage nodes are AFTD 
devices, BTW). But it should just work, right? No client ID issues, etc. 
As long as I have the client already defined in NetWorker, I should be 
able to install the NetWorker software on the new hardware with no issues, 
presuming I keep the same host name and host IP.

Thoughts?

-- 
Michael Leone
Network Administrator, ISM
Philadelphia Housing Authority
2500 Jackson St
Philadelphia, PA 19145
Tel:  215-684-4180
Cell: 215-252-0143
<mailto:michael.leone AT pha.phila DOT gov>

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