What is it that you're actually backing up on the nodes?

If one node fails, aren't you just going to rebuild it?

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Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE
Sr. Systems Administrator
Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity
Atlanta, GA


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Ellis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 10:04 AM
> To: NT 2000 Discussions
> Subject: Backing up a SQL 2000 Cluster
> 
> 
> We have a 2 node active/passive cluster running SQL2000.
> 
> The SQL backups are fine - using the SQL enterprise manager.
> 
> NTBackup - assuming I want both nodes fully backed up each 
> Saturday and
> incrementals the other 6 nights....
> 
> I can backup local disks (C and D) on both nodes - fine.
> 
> The shared disks - E (SQL logs), F (SQL Databases) and Q (cluster
> quorum) - do I let the SQL backups mentioned earlier cover 
> the important
> bits of E and F?
> 
> Or should I set both nodes to backup the whole lot, and whichever node
> is active will succeed.  If so, should I exclude the ldf's and 
> 
> Or do I have to get the boss to buy backupexec and a cluster 
> agent, etc
> etc?
> 
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> Rob Ellis 
> Network Manager 
> Profectus IT 
> Tel 023 9224 7960 
> Mob 07974 111867
> 
> 
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