Err. so. I will tell you how we do it. We use Tivolli Storage Manager. TSM uses a local configuration file with the IP Address of the backup server in it so we don't need to worry about a HOST file. Every system has a backup network and our main backup network is a /23, We name our backup NICs to Backup. Backup NICs do not get a gateway, they also don't get DNS or WINs and we make sure the 'register with DNS' box is unchecked. We also change the order to make sure the NIC is last in Advanced > Advanced Settings > Connection
Occasional weird connectivity issues are often traced to someone forget to set some of the above right. Usually 'register with DNS' so other systems can't route to it properly. I suspect a HOST file would do something similar for you. As we don't manage TSM and it is hosted primarily on the UNIX servers here that's all I got. Hope something is useful Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Ben N <[email protected]> wrote: > any ideas out there? > > -BenN > > On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Ben N <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have some situations where i really need to start using a backup network >> so i'm not affecting network customers are using. Ideally i'd like to assign >> an IP address on a new network to a SQL Failover Instance to be used for >> this private backup network and would follow it no matter which node it >> ended up being on. I would then just use the local HOSTS file on my backup >> server and on each node to resolve to the new IP on this new backup server. >> Have you guys done this before? I haven't been successful with it yet. >> >> -BenN >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
