> Hi Michael,
> 
> You haven't given any information of the OS version. 

Most of my clusters are Win 2008 ..

> However, the way you
> are backing up the physical nodes are ok, but I would recommend you to
> provide the saveset as the specific drive letters while backingup the
> virtual nodes. As far as cluster information is concerened, its by 
default
> quorum drive i.e. Q:\ drive. So, in the cluster manager the default 
group
> is created which has a cluster name and Q:\ drive assgined. Create a 
client
> in networker with the cluster name and backup the Q:\ drive as a 
saveset.

OK ... well, in a 3 node configuration, there is no quorum drive, I am 
told. The quorum drive exists to break a tie between nodes, and you can't 
have a tie with 3 nodes ... and in the cluster we were working on, there 
is no Q: drive (in this particular case, it's an R: drive ...)

So ... presume I backup the quorum drive (if it exists). How do you 
restore the settings? Just restore the quorum drive and restart the 
cluster?

> 
> Thanks & Regards
> 
> Akshay Bhumkar
> +91-9342420444
> *@k$h@y*
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Michael Leone
> <Michael.Leone AT pha.phila DOT gov>wrote:
> 
> > I am confused about something. In Windows, with a local disk, you 
define
> > shared folders, and the security of the share (which is separate from 
the
> > NTFS permissions). Then, if you need to restore that disk, NW will 
restore
> > everything - files, folders, share and NTFS permissions. So the share 
will
> > be available when the restore is done, AFAIK.
> >
> > But what about cluster shares? With a cluster, the share is defined in
> > Cluster Manager, and (usually) the share definitions are dependent on 
a
> > cluster disk drive. But if you restore the contents of the disk drive, 
you
> > do not restore (and reactivate) the share definitions and permissions.
> > (we just did this over the weekend). We were doing some SAN work -
> > replacing the cluster disk with a different one from the SAN. So we 
turned
> > off the share before getting rid of the old disk. Then we made the new
> > disk, and did a NW recover of the contents. All went well.
> >
> > The last step is to go back to Cluster Manager, and turn the shares 
back
> > on. This is what got me thinking - suppose something disastrous 
happened,
> > and I need to re-create the entire cluster, Where would I be able to
> > restore the cluster settings such as shares? What do I backup?
> >
> > Right now, I am doing a saveset ALL of both physical nodes, and 
saveset
> > ALL of the 2 virtual cluster clients. But I don't think that is saving 
the
> > share definitions.
> >
> > Can anybody shed any light on my lack of understanding? What else 
should I
> > be backing up, in order to make sure I am saving the cluster 
definition
> > (clients, share definitions, etc). And where would I then restore 
them?
> >
> > I don't think these are stored/saved in Active Directory, so my FULL
> > backups of my Domain Controllers wouldn't be of any use in this case. 
But
> > if not there, then where?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > --
> > 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>
> >