Guidelines for backing up the shared disks
To protect the data on the shared disks, configure a policy that includes the virtual server name in the list. This server name must be associated with the shared disk. In addition to this policy, you must also configure a separate policy to back up the local disks.
The following are guidelines for configuring the policy to back up the shared disks:
If NetBackup is installed on the cluster as separate NetBackup media servers, select a storage unit that was created for one of the media servers. Or, select .
If a storage unit does not have local, direct access to the shared disk drives, the data is backed up across the network. This action occurs even if the storage unit refers to a media server running on a node of the cluster that does not currently have control of the shared disk drives. In the list, specify the drive letters or mounted directories of the shared disks.
Note that a backup fails if two separate cluster nodes control the cluster resource that defines the virtual server name and the resource that defines the shared disks. Ensure that the virtual server name and the shared disks are configured to failover together so that the same node always controls them.
System State information is included in the backup of the node's local disks. You do not need to include System_State:\ or Shadow Copy Components:\ in the file list for this policy.
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