Clustered NetWorker Server - licensing and connecting devices

Question

Hi all,
I need some help with licensing clustered NetWorker server (MSCS), because NW Cluster Installation Guide doesn't provide any specific info on that topic...

As far as I know, clustered NW server (Microsoft Cluster) isn't capable of managing FC (or SCSI) devices, that's why I have to redirect all backup data to storage node.
But what about indexes and media db? Do I have to keep them on the shared drive?
Can I use cluster node as NetWorker storage node?

The next question is about licensing...
How many NW Server licenses do I need? Only one with failover hostID attached?

Please correct me if I'm wrong and help answering my questions.

best regards
WS

DavidHampson · Answer

I'm in the process of setting this up myself. The Networker databases should reside on the globally shared area so all cluster nodes have access to them. However you will still have a local /nsr directory which will contain some configuration details (servers file).

Licensing has changed for clusters from 7.5 - you just need regular client connection licenses now, so you will need a client connection license for the physical nodes and your Networker server license.

pbina · Answer

David has said it all.
Just one thing I would like to mention is that you need to generate the composite hostid and provide it to Licensing to get your enablers and auth-codes. Composite hostid is explained in the NW Cluster Installation Guide.

Regards...

szantykaw1 · Answer

Hi, thanks for your reply!So all I need is only one NW Server License for the configuration? Clustered environment doesn't affect that?What about connecting SCSi devices?best regardsWS

DavidHampson · Answer

That was a question I was thinking of myself - in the installation guide it only mentions this under a MSCS cluster; does this also apply to SunCluster etc?

DavidHampson · Answer

Just to clarify my post, the license change was from version 7.4.2, not 7.5 - any clustered clients (including server) 7.4.2 and above only require a regular client license for each physical node in the cluster.
Existing enablers for cluster clients will show up in the GUI as cluster client licenses, but will act as if they are regular client licenses.

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Clustered NetWorker Server - licensing and connecting devices

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