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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Clustered Master Server Administrator's Guide
  3. NetBackup in a Veritas Cluster Server on UNIX/Linux
  4. Configuring a failover NetBackup server on VCS on UNIX/Linux
Veritas NetBackup™ Clustered Master Server Administrator's Guide

Configuring a failover NetBackup server on VCS on UNIX/Linux

To configure NetBackup server in a cluster, do the following:

Table: Configuring a failover NetBackup server on VCS on UNIX/Linux

Step

Action

1

Review the guidelines for how to configure NetBackup.

2

Configure the devices in the cluster.

Note:

Devices must be configured on each node in the cluster.

3

Verify that the entries for the NetBackup Catalog backups are correct.

Catalog backup information is stored on the shared disk and does not need to be configured for each node.

4

Configure backup policies. Backup policies are stored on the shared disk and do not need to be configured for each node.

5

When you have completed configuration of NetBackup, verify that NetBackup can failover properly in the cluster.

More Information

NetBackup configuration guidelines

Device configuration guidelines

Configuring devices

Configuring NetBackup catalog backups in a cluster

About configuring backup policies for a NetBackup clustered server

Verifying NetBackup configuration

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