Backup and Restore of HACMP Cluster

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Backup and Restore of HACMP Cluster 7

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. Once the system is a member of the

Data Protector cell, the information about the new system is written to the Data

Protector configuration files, which are located on the Cell Manager.

After local/remote installation of the Data Protector Clients on all the nodes,

you need to import the virtual node(s) as physical node(s).

Before importing node and cluster hostnames, make sure that:

• Data Protector is installed on all the nodes in the cluster

• All

HACMP Cluster nodes are running

• Inetd process is running on all nodes (as part of the inetd-service

configured through “/etc/inetd.conf”)

To import a member/cluster using the Data Protector Graphical User Interface

perform the following steps:

1. In the Context List, click Clients.

2. In the Scoping Pane, right-click Client and then click Import Client to start

the wizard for importing a client.

3. Follow the wizard to add (import) the Nodes to the cell. See the online

Help (Help Navigator) for details.

4. After importing all the nodes also import the virtual cluster FQDN / IP

address in the Data Protector cell. Please make sure that “Virtual Host”

checkbox is not checked during the import of cluster FQDN.

5. Backing Up & Restoring Data in the Cluster

5.1. Backup

To enable the backup and restore of the data on all the nodes (also during the

failover) all backup and restore operations are started on the virtual cluster name,

and not on the physical cluster nodes. To backup data contained in the cluster,

please follow following procedure.