HP Data Protector Software Cell Manager Failover Process (standby Cell Manager)

Patches

Be sure to have the same patch level on either Cell Manager host. Figure 3 illustrates a sample patch

list off a Cell Manager running on Windows 2003 Server.

Figure 3.

Configuration

The following tasks apply to the newly installed standby Cell Manager on Windows 2003 Server.

1. Stop Data Protector services on standby Cell Manager.

Open a Windows command box and type:

D:\Program Files\Omniback\bin\omnisv –stop

2. Copy the contents of the IDB and configuration directories to a save location in case they are

required in the future.

D:\Program Files\Omniback\config\ -> D:\Save\config\

D:\Program Files\Omniback\db40\ -> D:\Save\db40\

3. Change the following registry key value from the FQDN of the standby Cell Manager to that of the

production Cell Manager.

Note

Manipulating the registry file of the operating system requires special

care.

My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\Hewlett-Packard\Open

View\Omniback\Site\CellServer