If it is a client, no problem.  Either back up each node and all of it's
drives using the ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES file directive

OR

backup each node's local drives and then backup the alias's (virtual server's)
drives through it's name.

For example, you can back up Server1 and Server2 in a class that contains
System_State:\ and C:\.  Then back up VirtualServer1 in a class that contains
a file list of E:\.

I prefer the second because it makes restores easier.  I can open the
backup/restore window for the alias and see all backups, regardless of which
node owned them when the backup occurred.  If you use the first method, you
could potentially need to restore a full from Server1, a few incrementals from
Server2, and possibly a few more incrementals from Server1 again.  And if you
missed one because you didn't realize one of the incrementals was on Server2
because Server1 normally owns the resource, you would be missing files/changes
after the restore.

If it's a media server... a little different.  NetBackup 3.4 on Windows
NT/Windows 2000 supports what they call a "Failover Media Server".  This is
great if your cluster is running in an active/passive scenario, since you can
only have one on these special media servers configured per cluster.  However,
if you're running an active/active cluster with multiple resource groups, you
can't do this.  In this situation you have to use one of the options listed
above for clients.


- Scott



                                                                                
                                                   
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Does NetBackup 3.4 support virtual Server names for backup? How are other
people
backing up cluster servers?

Thanks


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