HP OpenView Storage Data Protector HP OpenView Storage Data Protector Backup and Restore of High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing for AIX 5.3 Version 1.
HP OpenView Storage Data Protector 1. Introduction ......................................................................... 3 2. Overview of HACMP Cluster................................................. 3 3. Installing Data Protector Agents in a HACMP Cluster............. 5 3.1. Local Installation............................................................ 5 3.2. Remote Installation ........................................................ 6 4. Configuring Data Protector in a HACMP Cluster ...............
HP OpenView Storage Data Protector 1. Introduction This Whitepaper provides a guideline for how to configure HP OpenView Storage Data Protector for backup/restore of an Informix Database running in an IBM High Availability Cluster Multi-processing environment (HACMP) for AIX. The cluster software that we are addressing is HACMP Version 5.x. Informix version which we have tested and covered in this whitepaper is IDS 9.40.
HP OpenView Storage Data Protector As shown in the figure, an HACMP cluster is made up of the following physical components: • • • • • Nodes Shared external disk devices Networks Network interfaces Clients Nodes: Nodes form the core of an HACMP cluster. A node is a processor that runs AIX, the HACMP software, and the application software. In an HACMP cluster, each node is identified by a unique name.
HP OpenView Storage Data Protector Networks: As an independent, layered component of AIX, the HACMP software is designed to work with any TCP/IP-based network. Nodes in an HACMP cluster use the network to: - Allow clients to access the cluster nodes - Enable cluster nodes to exchange heartbeat messages - Serialize access to data (in concurrent access environments).
HP OpenView Storage Data Protector • • directory is the location where the installation CD is mounted. If not specified, the current directory is used. name is a full hostname of the Cell Manager of the cell to which you want to import the client. If not specified, the client will not be automatically imported to the cell.
HP OpenView Storage Data Protector 4. Configuring Data Protector in a HACMP Cluster For Data Protector to be able to see all the systems, the nodes as well as the virtual host name or virtual IP address need to be imported into the Data Protector Cell. Following is the procedure for importing the individual & cluster nodes. 4.1. Importing Cluster to the Data Protector Cell Importing means manually adding a system to the cell after the Data Protector software has been installed on the system.
HP OpenView Storage Data Protector 5.1.1 FileSystem Backup: 1. Install the Data Protector Disk Agent on all the nodes. (as described above in section 3.0) 2. Import the cluster into the Data Protector Cell (as described above in section 3.1) Now Data Protector can access the data in the cluster on a cluster-wide basis. 3.
HP OpenView Storage Data Protector 5.2. Restore 5.2.1 FileSystem Restore: For details on how to restore filesystem data, please refer to the “Restore” chapter in the “HP OpenView Storage Data Protector Administrator’s Guide”. Note: For restoring the cluster use the hostname for the cluster while for restoring individual node files e.g. database configuration files, please use the individual node name. 5.2.
