Hi 
Yep! sure do ... ALOT :-)

Examples:

Physical Computers are SERVER1 adn SERVER2. These are 2 Nodes in a
Cluster.
The VIRTUAL SERVER Name, that all users connect to is called
SQLVIRTUALNAME.

1 x Policy for the SERVER1 and SERVER2 Nodes. I backup ONLY the local
disks connected to the servers. (ie: C, Drive or any other "local"
partitions that are physically connected to the Server (I call this
local storage as well!)
1 x SQL Policy, configured for the virtual server name SQLVIRTUALNAME.

I do not backup any other physical or virtual disks that are part of the
cluster.

Hope this helps. 

-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Mellor,
Adam A.
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 9:15 AM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] MSSQL Agent Backups

 
Good evening,

We will be using the NBU Agent for backing up MSSQL databases
(instances),

<RANT Portion>

        Configuring the policies in netbackup (6.5.1 btw) following the
"Veritas Netbackup for Microsoft SQL Server Administrators Guide" :-)
going through configuring the systems in a Microsoft Clustered
environment.

        My Colleague (windows admin) and I (unix admin) are
confused/arguing with 1 aspect and I would like to ask other's how they
have configured it.

        In the doco (pg125 item 3) it says to "Create a standard backup
policy (say, STDPOLICY). Add all physical names in the cluster into the
client list of STDPOLICY."

        My interpretation is, this is to create a "Windows-NT" Type
policy to ensure you are backing up the cluster node.

        How my colleague has configured it "under instruction from
symantec I understand" this is a "Standard" type policy (aka Unix/Linux)
that SQL requires.

</RANT Portion>


Back to my question, How have others configured SQL agent ( and I
suppose the filesystem as well) Policies for MSSQL server in clustered
environments ?

Adam Mellor
Senior Unix Support Analyst
CF IT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
Woodside Energy Ltd.

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