Replay Manager Version 7.7 Administrator’s Guide

Using Replay Manager Service on Clustered Servers

Although the Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS) is not a cluster-aware service, Replay Manager Service for Windows can be used in a Windows clustered-server environment.

For general guidelines on Windows server clusters and storage, see: technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831579.aspx

Follow these guidelines to install and configure Replay Manager on server nodes in a cluster:

• Run the Replay Manager Service using a domain user account that is part of the local admin group.
• Install a Replay Manager Service for Windows on each server node in the cluster.
• If using the Verification Service for Microsoft Exchange, install the Verification Service on a machine outside the cluster.
• If updating Replay Manager Services, first shut down Replay Manager Services on all the nodes in the cluster and then update the nodes one-by-one.

Non-transportable snapshots created on a node can be viewed and used only by the node on which the snapshot was created. Transportable snapshots can be imported to any node.