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December 7th, 2012 11:00
Windows Clusters: How to configure groups and datasets?
Hi all,
New Avamar user here. What is the best way to configure Groups and Datasets for a Windows cluster? Here's my cluster:
There are 2 servers: OLKSRV1 and OLKSRV2.
The drives are:
C: - each server has its own
E: - shared drive for GroupA
F: - shared drive for GroupB
G: - quorum drive
So how should I set up the Avamar Groups and Datasets? Will this work?
NonShared Group
NonShared Dataset
Source Data: All Windows Filesystems
Exclusions: E:/, F:/,G:/
Clients: OLKSRV1, OLKSRV2
Shared Group
Shared Dataset
Source Data: All Windows Filesystems
Exclutions: C:/, G:/
Clients: OLKSRV1,OLKSRV2
Is there a better way?
Thanks,
Beth
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ionthegeek
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December 7th, 2012 12:00
The general rule for backing up cluster clients is that cluster resources should be backed up using the cluster agent and physical node resources should be backed up using the agent on the physical node.
Assuming you have completed cluster configuration according to the documentation, you should see a client account in Avamar for each physical node and a client account for each virtual node.
For the physical nodes, configure the dataset to back up any local physical disks (in this case the C drive) and exclude all other disks.
For the virtual nodes, configure the dataset to back up any cluster disks and exclude any local disks. Be sure to exclude the quorum drive as well (the quorum drive should never be backed up).
When configured this way, the backup of the virtual node will happen regardless of which physical node is currently hosting the virtual node so you're still protected in case of a node failure / failover.
mkumar251
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May 31st, 2016 03:00
Hi Ian,
My query is regarding the quorum drive. I mean why we should exclude this from backup, In this case it has been excluded from both virtual node's data set as well as physical node's data set. Will excluding this make any impact in case of recovery of a cluster?
Regards,
Mukesh
ionthegeek
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May 31st, 2016 05:00
Any information required to re-establish the cluster will be backed up during VSS System State backups of the physical nodes. You should not back up the quorum disk directly.