HP Application Recovery Manager software Integration guide (March 2008)

• Vssbar.exe could not be started on the selected node.
To avoid the session failure, you can select the option Revert to active node on failure
in the same dialog box. The backup will be restarted on the original server (active
cluster node) and the original storage group will be backed up. If Information Store
instance is backed up, this option is ignored.
Limitations
• In a CCR environment, if a storage group or a replicated storage group
(Replication Service instance) is selected for backup, no other writer (for example,
filesystem writer or SQL Server writer) can be selected to be backed up in the
same backup session. This is because the two writers are located on different
servers and an Application Recovery Manager limitation is that two different
servers cannot be backed up in the same session.
• In an LCR or CCR environment, a storage group can control only one store.
Scheduling the backup
For more detailed information on scheduling, refer to the online Help index:
“scheduled backups”.
To schedule a backup specification, perform the following steps in the Application
Recovery Manager GUI:
1. In the HP Application Recovery Manager software GUI, switch to the Backup
context.
2. In the Scoping Pane, expand Backup, then Backup Specifications. Click MS
Volume Shadow Copy Writers.
A list of available backup specifications is displayed in the Results Area.
3. Double-click the backup specification you want to schedule and click the Schedule
tab to open the Schedule property page.
4. In the Schedule property page, select a date in the calendar and click Add to
open the Schedule Backup dialog box.
Integrating the Application Recovery Manager ZDB integrations and Microsoft Volume
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